Happy New Year From the Farm

Farm News

As this farming year comes to a close there is pure amazement and thankfulness that so many Tennessee farmers are still standing. Too much rain in the spring and no rain in the summer is a recipe for disaster in the agricultural world and that was our weather pattern...

Raw Milk News

Raw Milk

Those interested in raw milk issues may need to learn some of the goings on in Washington this week which will certainly affect us all.A new Food Safety bill was passed last week with new wording and an amendment that would exempt small farmers who sell directly to...

Farm News: Sheep

Animals, Farm News

A Visiting Ram One of our most urgent jobs last week was the introduction of the new sire into the sheep flock. Due to our extensive losses from neighborhood dog attacks last year, we lost our precious rams. In keeping with the amazing camaraderie within the farming...

Cut of the Week: Grass Fed Ground Beef

Book Reviews, Eat Local, Grass Fed Beef, Recipes

Every so often we see a huge surge in ground beef sales. Whenever this happens we find someone with a TV and inevitably there has been a ground beef recall. In his brilliant book Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser reveals that the typical fast food burger contains...

"Plenty – Eating Locally on the 100 Mile Diet"

Book Reviews, Eat Local

If you’re determined to eat locally, you might enjoy Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon. The couple embarked on an experiment to spend a year eating only what they could grow, gather, or purchase from a 100 mile radius...

"Good to the Grain"

Book Reviews, Farm Shoppe, Recipes

If you enjoy baking with whole grains and enjoying fresh seasonal food like we do, you will love Kim Boyce’s excellent cookbook Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours. Boyce is a trained pastry chef with experience at famous restaurants like Spago and...