Cuban Picadillo

Cuban Picadillo

I make this recipe almost every week.  It takes less than 20 minutes to get it on the stove and everyone loves it!  I’ve doubled and tripled this recipe many times and my suggestion is to keep the ratio of ingredients the same no matter how many times you...
How We Raise Your Food – Pork!

How We Raise Your Food – Pork!

You are part of a cycle you can be proud of.   I dislike the thought that some animal has been made miserable to feed me. If I am going to eat meat, I want it to be from an animal that has lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good...
Beauty Interrupted

Beauty Interrupted

Beauty, in all its manifestations,  has always been important to me but the older I get the more it has become a faith, a yearning, and a guiding principle for my life. My great fortune is that the farm puts all this in crystal clear perspective, day after day. This...
The Making of a Great Cow

The Making of a Great Cow

It never, ever fails! Whenever there’s historical storm a baby will be born on River Cottage Farm and with a full moon to boot this baby had no choice but to be born in the snow. So, after a week overdue according to our records, baby Michi Storm was born last...