Flooded: How grassfed beef can save oyster farmers.

Over ten trillion gallons of water flowed through the Bonnet Carre Spillway during the summer of 2019, and each of those intruding units of river water freshened the brackish ecosystem that exists in the Mississippi Sound, resulting in massive die-offs of blue crabs, shrimp, and oysters.

A permanent solution is to stop the flooding instead of attempting to control it. The best way to take control of the flooding is to find a farmer who understands healthy water cycles and partner with the family by purchasing food directly from them.

Farming, Food, Grassfed, Industrial AgricultureJS PortNovember 7, 2019Clarion Farms Beef BarnGrassfed Beef, Water, Paradigm Shift, Local BeefComment

Farm Fresh

Several people have asked me after reading my jottings if I feel threatened by fake foods. Today I’ll address the question.

Beef, Farming, Food, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food, MarketingJS PortAugust 29, 2019beef, Local Food, Local Beef, Local Economy, Industrial Food, Silicon Valley, Fake FoodComment

I see a lovely bunch of coconuts, deedly dee...

I spend a relatively large portion of my limited computer time each day screaming at the screen: ‘That just doesn’t make sense!!’

Beef, Food, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food, Nutrition, Small BusinessJS PortApril 15, 2019Clarion Farms Beef Barnbeef, Local Food, Local Economy Comment

Switcharoo

It was seven years ago this month: March 2012. ABC news set the beef world ablaze with reports of a widely used product sneaking its way into consumers’ hamburgers and hot dogs.

Beef, Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food, Nutrition, Small BusinessJS PortMarch 19, 2019beef, Local Food, Local Economy, Industrial FoodComment

Looking Over the Mountain

For as long as I can remember, farmers in Clarion and the surrounding region have, after reading Lancaster Farming and other agricultural publications from the area, longingly looked East with visions in their minds of the flat and fertile land constituting Pennsylvania’s breadbasket.

Clarion PA, Destination Clarion, Farm Life, Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food, Small BusinessJS PortJanuary 24, 2019Clarion Farms Beef BarnClarion PA, Farm Life, Food, food dollars, Landscape, Small Town, Small Business, Big Ideas, Destination ClarionComment

Where did you go, variety?

Clarion is the perfect place for a food renaissance because we’re close to large population centers, our landscape is perfectly suited to accommodate diversified farmsteads, and we’re still largely isolated from the constriction of vertically integrated industrial agriculture.

Farming, Local Food, Small Business, Nutrition, Industrial AgricultureJS PortDecember 10, 2018Clarion Farms Beef BarnFarming, Food Quality, Flavor, Buying Local, Destination Clarion, Shopping Comment

I Don't Understand the Policy

As near as I can tell, the only conclusion on which anyone can agree is our agricultural system is a mess.

Small Business, Industrial Agriculture, Farming, Local FoodJS PortNovember 29, 2018Clarion Farms Beef BarnFarming, Food, Buying Local, Commodity Agriculture, Change the World, PolicyComment

Cheap

The Fourth of July was recently their targeted occasion, and price, as usual, was in the crosshairs of the campaign: ‘People in Pennsylvania will pay less for their cookout this year!”

Industrial Agriculture, GenericJS PortNovember 1, 2018Clarion Farms Beef BarnCommodity Agriculture, Cheap Food, Food Quality Comment