Grazing Stockpiled Grass

In earlier posts we have mentioned cattle grazing stockpiled grass.  To explain, “stockpiled” grass is portions of pasture lands that were left un-grazed during the growing season for the specific purpose of grazing those areas during the non-growing season.  We are now well into the non-growing season,…

2014 Broiler Butcher Day

After having the privilege to care and raise a batch of chickens, the “reward” is this special day.  Photos below from 2014 Broiler Butcher Day.  It is a humbling experience to go through this process.  With help, we were able to clean and package 25 broilers…

2014 Fall Broilers On Grass

Well it’s not quite fall yet, but our second batch of pasture poultry for the year went to grass this week.  We start the day old chicks in a chicken coop to control the temperature and keep them dry.  After three weeks they have…

Our first beef – one year to go

In the last post we noted that we are three years into our beef operation, yet we have not shipped any beef yet.  Last year we had our first calf crop, 5 heifers and 4 bulls.  The 5 heifer calves were shipped off to be developed…

Animal Fat Hits Mainstream

OK, one more item on animal fat.  Just had to share this article posted recently on The Wall Street Journal.  Now that the information is hitting the mainstream media, I urge you to check our earlier post on Traditional Food and continue your own…