When you hear the words “certified organic” what comes to your mind? I think for many folks they picture hand picked produce and livestock grazing acres of green rolling pastures. They picture ecological synergy and conservation. Unfortunately, this is a romanticized version of what it means to be certified organic and for many small farms […]

If you’ve ever looked at a package of bacon you may have noticed the words “nitrate-free” or something similar. Over the last few years nitrates have been the subject of a lot of controversy because of their possible link to carcinogenic compounds but I’m here to dissect what it really means to be nitrate-free when […]

This post has been rattling around in my head for quite some time now. It’s no secret or surprise that when it comes to shopping for meat I am always in favor of supporting local ranchers at the source but I know that doing so does come at a premium compared to just stopping by […]

Remember when I shared more about buying beef in bulk and the differences between live weight, hanging weight and packaged weight? Now I want to dive a little deeper and shed some light on the way that beef is broken down from carcass to cuts. The Eight Primals After harvesting and after the head, hide […]

Not many people know this about me but I used to be vegan. It’s a looooong story but aside from believing in a lot of the health claims surrounding plant based foods, I found myself being sucked into a lot of the rhetoric shared on social media and blogs regarding things like antibiotics in meat […]

I think that dry aging has become a bit of a buzzword lately. You commonly see it associated with steak and always with beef (I’ll get into why in this post!) and it usually commands a higher price tag, especially at high end steakhouses. But why? And what does it really mean? Let’s dive in: […]

There’s nothing we love more than being able to fill our customer’s freezers with delicious and premium regeneratively-raised meats, straight from our ranch. In addition to offering our dry aged Angus beef and heritage pork by the cut, we’re also excited to give our customers the opportunity to purchase beef and pork shares, where they […]

As many of you know, in 2021, our chicken season came to a grinding halt when our processor decided to close mid season. We were left scratching our head and wondering, what’s next? Our hardest pill to swallow? We had purchased thousands of dollars in equipment to scale up our poultry production without any way […]

After a year of learning, growing and finding places where I can improve, I made the decision to completely restructure Farm School this year! Over and over, the requests poured after the year was over with a preference to do more hands on and less “formal” style. And I think, as parents, you’re really going […]

To be really honest with you, up until the first guests arrived, I had this pit in my stomach that it wouldn’t be as good as it had been. We had thought of every last detail and double checked the guest list. We had poured over the menus while Chef Josh foraged for berries and […]