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Our Landlord
The Monadnock Community Land Trust (our landlord) held its annual meeting here at the farm on Sunday. After the procedural details were taken care of, we took a walking tour to inspect our operation....
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Nice Article
We are featured in Sunday’s Nashua Telegraph in an article about the shortage of meat processing facilities. They got it wrong about me sending cattle to Massachusetts for slaughter. I use LeMay and...
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Organic Egg Controversy
We have posted before about the controversy over the National Organic Standard strengthening its outdoor access requirement. But we just found this great video by the Cornucopia Institute that explains...
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Sold Out
We have just been down to Montgomery, New York to visit our friends, Steve and Gene Pirog at Bettinger Bluff Farm. We went to check out their operation, and as usual we were impressed with what we saw....
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Buying Beef in Bulk
Our fall beef processing season has finally arrived! We have more bulk orders than ever before, and bulk orders mean filling out the dreaded “cut-sheet.” The cut-sheet is how a customer tells the...
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We’re Getting Social
I can remember the exact moment when, to be a “real company,” you had to have a fax number. (It was in 1989, and yes, I am THAT OLD!) Now, it seems, nobody uses faxes any more, but you gotta have a...
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Chicken Processing
Click to view slideshow. Today was the first day of chicken processing, which is normally not my favorite chore. However this year, Craig Fournier and Omar (my farming partner) are starting a chicken...
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Land Ho!
For some time, we have been searching for more land to expand our cattle herd. And we are very excited that we finally found some. Peter Nash has agreed to lease some of his nearby land to us. The new...
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Feed for Thought
As you can see from this video, feeding 146 head of cattle in the winter uses a lot of labor, equipment and fuel. Even more fuel is used shipping the certified organic hay down from our supplier,...
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It Ain’t Chicken Feed
The organic feed that we feed to our chickens is a significant part of our costs, so we have been searching for a way to control it. The price of commercial feed (mostly composed of corn and soy) has...
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Sausage, Anyone?
For some time now, we have been big fans of Noack’s Meat Products of Meriden, Connecticut. We send our hams and bacon there for nitrite-free smoking. If you have tried our smoked meats, you will agree...
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