A Relationship with your food
I'm asked on a weekly basis how can I kill the animals I care for. The query as written is not verbatim. The actual questions run the gamut infused with you heartless bastard to true disconnected...
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I hear so many cool memories from people my age who knew / raised / sloped pigs at their grandparents. I love the moments of the faraway look that recaptures and relives those feelings and have come to...
View ArticleThank You Mother Nature - Winter 2012/2013
It's been a long winter! The most upbeat people I know are actually beginning to get a bit grumpy, the new has worn out of wearing woolens and creating warm spaces.In a darker moment last week it hit...
View ArticleFarm Time - Answering to a Different Clock
I’m listening to Cokie Roberts read her book ‘Founding Mothers- the Women who Raised our Nation’ on cd. It’s a great listen and inspiration from a historical and a female tenacity perspective. This...
View ArticleBoston Baked Beans - Melo Style
Ok, this is why it’s hard for me to share recipes. My cooking often lacks….we’ll call it….structure. Let’s use my latest confection, Boston Baked Beans, as an example. The ingredient list looks like...
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Baby Chickens on Grass
It's finally here ... warmth and therefore chicken season for all of us who raise Pastured Chickens.This will be the third year of our First Day on Grass practice, which is based on our 'Instinctive...
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Baby Chicks Tomorrow Morning
Well Spring is trying. We had a nice stretch of weather, so finally ordered the chicks. Now we're looking at the next week of nights at freezing. However .. we're ready. When we are looking at a...
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Yeah .. they sent us to Melo Farms
Chicks arrived a bit later than planned, but all arrived safe and sound. As I mentioned in the last entry, the big thing is getting the environment stable as well as warm. Their water should be air...
View ArticleWe Want Health and Humanity for the Animals We Eat - We are Tribe
There are days at our stand at Detroit Eastern Market when joy, hugs and deep conversations are a large part of our market experience. On a typical Spring Saturday at Eastern an estimated 30k - 40k...
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2 Week Graduation - First Day on Grass
It's been two weeks since the first batch of chicks came and Sunday they graduated to their portable hoop shelter.During their first two weeks - here is where we're at. We had 2 losses within the first...
View ArticleA Relationship with your food
I'm asked on a weekly basis how can I kill the animals I care for. The query as written is not verbatim. The actual questions run the gamut infused with you heartless bastard to true disconnected...
View ArticleGrandparents
I hear so many cool memories from people my age who knew / raised / sloped pigs at their grandparents. I love the moments of the faraway look that recaptures and relives those feelings and have come to...
View ArticleThank You Mother Nature - Winter 2012/2013
It's been a long winter! The most upbeat people I know are actually beginning to get a bit grumpy, the new has worn out of wearing woolens and creating warm spaces.In a darker moment last week it hit...
View ArticleFarm Time - Answering to a Different Clock
I’m listening to Cokie Roberts read her book ‘Founding Mothers- the Women who Raised our Nation’ on cd. It’s a great listen and inspiration from a historical and a female tenacity perspective. This...
View ArticleBoston Baked Beans - Melo Style
Ok, this is why it’s hard for me to share recipes. My cooking often lacks….we’ll call it….structure. Let’s use my latest confection, Boston Baked Beans, as an example. The ingredient list looks like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baby Chickens on Grass
It's finally here ... warmth and therefore chicken season for all of us who raise Pastured Chickens.This will be the third year of our First Day on Grass practice, which is based on our 'Instinctive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Baby Chicks Tomorrow Morning
Well Spring is trying. We had a nice stretch of weather, so finally ordered the chicks. Now we're looking at the next week of nights at freezing. However .. we're ready. When we are looking at a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yeah .. they sent us to Melo Farms
Chicks arrived a bit later than planned, but all arrived safe and sound. As I mentioned in the last entry, the big thing is getting the environment stable as well as warm. Their water should be air...
View ArticleWe Want Health and Humanity for the Animals We Eat - We are Tribe
There are days at our stand at Detroit Eastern Market when joy, hugs and deep conversations are a large part of our market experience. On a typical Spring Saturday at Eastern an estimated 30k - 40k...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2 Week Graduation - First Day on Grass
It's been two weeks since the first batch of chicks came and Sunday they graduated to their portable hoop shelter.During their first two weeks - here is where we're at. We had 2 losses within the first...
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