For the last two weeks I've promised an article on the current Bird Flu situation in the U.S. Well here it is! There's more going on than meets the eye, but also more hope than you might have been given by news outlets to this point. There are many factors involved in the current egg situation in the U.S., so please bear with me as I do my best to explain what I know in a way that makes sense and doesn't take too much of your time.
Remi here, and today I want to confront a myth about pigs. Growing up I'd heard horror stories that involved pigs hurting people.
Remi here 👨🏻🌾 with a topic that might make your blood boil. Did you know that the steak labeled "Product of the USA" at your grocery store might actually be from Brazil, Australia, or even China?
As the demand for our pasture-raised chicken was growing, we were working hard to increase supply so our customers didn't go without. We decided to start a batch of broilers in October, later than we ever had before. At the time, we raised our broilers—meat chickens—in "chicken tractors", which were floorless coops that we had to move by hand with a dolly. This worked great on pasture in warm temps, but not during that time of year.
I'm sure by now you've heard the news that the FDA recently revoked authorization for the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs. 👏 Hopefully you know us well enough to know that this change means absolutely nothing for us, and that my subject line was simply rhetorical. 😁
Good morning! It's Kait this time 😊 Remi asked me to share a bit of my New Year's kitchen goals today.
What happened on Thursday had people holding up traffic to take a second look.
No, we don't have nomads camping on a corner of the farm...at least not that I know of. Today I'm referring to a different kind of hitchhiker; two plant species in particular. What are all those little seeds stuck to my shirt? While many folks refer to them using curse words, we call them sticktights. They are covered in tiny hooks that grab onto clothing, hair, and fur. These Velcro-like seed pods come from a plant called Beggar's Lice, or Tick Trefoil.
It's easy to get discouraged while surveying today's US food and economic landscapes. A large concern lately has been family-owned farms going out of business, and their land being purchased by corporations. Times get tough, the little guys go out of business, and the big guys just get bigger. Not the situation we'd choose, especially when some of those corporations are owned by foreign entities. 😬 But there's hope!
