Bob and I had the delight a few weeks ago of sharing our day at our farmers’ market with a young man who is preparing to go into grassfed farming. He worked closely with my mom and dad to understand the production end of the farm, then chose to spend a day with Bob and […]
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Nothing Says Love Like Filet
Love me tender…with the tenderest of cuts February 14, 2012 In the fifteen years Bob and I have been together, we’ve figured out how to orchestrate the perfect romantic evening. Flowers and chocolates were long ago dismissed. Jewelry goes largely unappreciated. Fancy restaurants or elegant stays in romantic B&Bs are over-rated. An amorous evening for […]
When A Farmer Hops Off The Fence
When an email from the group Food Democracy Now! landed in my inbox last week, asking farmers to occupy Wall Street, it seemed only right that I notify the subscribers of GrassfedCooking—a free monthly e-newsletter I run for other farmers of grassfed meats—and ask that they consider joining. Some farmers, myself included, heeded […]
Why A Farmer Would Occupy Wall Street
Why A Farmer Would Occupy Wall Street December 5, 2011 Every week during the growing season my husband and I cart our family’s grassfed meats to market, priced at $11/lb for pork chops, $7.50/lb for ground beef. Every week we meet someone who tells us the prices are too high. And yet, at those prices, […]
The Small Scale Poultry Flock
By Harvey Ussery Chelsea Green Press, ISBN: 978-1603582902 ; $39.95 Ussery is a homesteader inVirginiawho has taken his passion for poultry to the written page. He paired up with Chelsea Green to publish a phenomenal resource that delves into everything from the philosophy of why and how we should be keeping poultry, to housing, starting […]
Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture
By Sepp Holzer Chelsea Green Press, ISBN: 978-1603583701 , $29.95 Originally published in German, Holzer’s book was translated for American audiences in the past year. When I first saw the book, I must admit that I didn’t think it held much applicability for the North American pasture-based farmer. However, as I spent more time with […]
A Handmade Life
By William S. Coperthwaite ISBN: 978-1933392479 , Chelsea Green, $25.00 Coperthwaite’s book was originally released in 2002, but I stumbled upon my dog-eared copy a few days ago, and thought it was worth mentioning here. It is not a farmers’ guide by any means, but for those of us who are deeply committed to […]
Newcomers’ Guide to Pastured Poultry
By Shannon Hayes Grassfedcooking.com New to the world of pastured poultry? Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions…. Spring rains are turning to summer showers, and all your friends are once more waxing poetic about the locally sourced treasures from the farmers’ market: fiddleheads, asparagus, wild ramps, fresh salad greens, snap […]
Super Slow Roasting
Techniques and recipes for guaranteeing tender meat from the toughest cuts of beef
Prudent Carnivore: Bringing Home the Back fat
Rendering and cooking with lard