According to writers, the lure of the beef is its flavor. Consider this quote from Yi Wah Roberts, the mature-beef-obsessed farm visitor I mentioned at the outset of this article: “I remember the smell and the look and the way the fat melted – as opposed to sticky fat, being a smooth, pleasant fat … The flavor is just absurd.”
Sounds good, doesn’t it?
Read MoreThere is a distinct difference between the people who supported us when there was another option at the grocery store and those who buy from us because there is no other option at the grocery store. It’s the difference between a deliberate vision for the future and the expectation of limitless gratification.
Read MoreNew faces generate a lot of questions. Here is what you need to know in bullet point format:
YES, we are open at the Beef Barn.
Beef Barn hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10-5. Mondays by chance.
The store (Beef Barn) has been busy, but that doesn’t mean it’s crowded. You can shop here without milling through masses of loafers.
We raise all of the cattle that produce every piece of beef available to you at the Beef Barn. Why is this important? We’ve learned a lot about diseases recently. Co-mingling spreads disease. Isolation does not. Our herds remain completely isolated from the outside world from birth to harvest.
Ask just about any outdoor enthusiast, environmental geek, or suburban homeowner for the best method to improve a specific piece of land and the answer will ring clear: get people off of it!
There are significant problems with this approach.
Read MoreI like to help Dad with the grassfed herd. He covers a LOT of territory in a day, though, and that makes it tough for my short legs to keep up.
Queue my Mom Engine.
Read MoreI got a fort. Aunt Kate and Uncle BJ went on an adventure and retrieved the structure to be assembled in our yard. When it arrived I was pretty confused; Mom got me up from a nap and there were planks and sturdy supports scattered in front of the house.
Read MoreCat, dog, toddler.
Toddler, dog, cat.
Dog chewing on cat, toddler chewing on dog.
All parties break to shred the mail.
Sounds like a square dance, doesn’t it?
Read MoreYou can imagine my excitement, then, when Dad surprised me on a warm day last week. He rooted long wooden poles out of the barn and flipped over a metal igloo that’s been sitting near the water’s edge for my entire life. Guess what? IT FLOATS!
Read MoreAnother update (Farm Dog Friday will follow later today, don't worry!):
Our Core Goods beef delivery today has been rescheduled for next Friday, March 27, because we don't have any extra beef to sell. We sent additional cattle to help fill the void, so more beef will be on the shelves next week.
Yes, I'm coming to Pittsburgh tomorrow. There are a significant number of orders headed to the city and I'll have limited cuts available for walk-up traffic.
Yes, we still have a few things left at the Beef Barn. Here are two things to consider:
Read MoreWe're VERY busy. Be open minded and sympathetic: we're doing our best to make sure everyone can get a little bit of source-verified beef. You may not get the exact cut you were thinking of, but, hey, since the world closed you'll have time to look up a new recipe.
Read MoreWhat is a farm worth?
For most people, farms aren’t worth anything; at best they’re grounds for petting zoo entertainment, at a glance they’re open tracts of land with tractors, and at worst they’re the useless and annoying stomping grounds of simple minded people who cannot guff it in the modern world.
Read MoreToday is Saturday, and that means you will find me at 2216 Penn Avenue in the Strip District from 9-12. The coolers are loaded with steaks, roasts, and ground beef, as well as Beef Bacon, Beef Hot Dogs, Beef Summer Sausage, Beef Jerky, and Beef Sticks, so come with a food game plan and we’ll make sure your March still features plenty of madness to celebrate. Grilling madness, that is…
Read MoreIt’s Saturday and that means I’m headed to the Strip District with coolers full of beef, glorious beef that’s raised in Clarion by our family for yours. Find me at 2216 Penn Avenue beside the extraordinary Bar Marco from 9am-Noon. The best way to change tomorrow is to take action today.
Read MoreToday, March 5, is the first Thursday of the month, and that means IT'S DELIVERY DAY AT THE OIL CITY YMCA! Find me in the lobby from 11:30-1:30 with steaks, roasts, and ground beef raised by hand on our farm in Clarion.
Read MoreAnd, because this is Clarion Farms Lebanon Bologna, you know it’s 100% beef raised in Clarion by the skilled hands of our family. We don’t use cheap pieces for lunch meat. This is delicious ground beef prepared into a ready-to-eat format. Sandwiches, here we come.
Today we have an extremely limited supply of sliced one pound packages.
Read MoreIt’s Saturday, and that means I am headed to the Strip District with coolers full of BEEF, glorious beef. Find me at 2216 Penn Avenue beside the extraordinary Bar Marco from 9-12. This three hour window will change your meals for a whole week. Now that, friends, is worth getting excited about! I’ll see you there.
Read MoreAt home I put my skills to work as well. Stockpiling beef is an important requirement for successful meal planning. Mom and Dad like to keep steaks in the refrigerator, but I prefer to keep them close where it’s easier to monitor the precious food stock.
Read MoreIt’s Saturday! What does that mean?? I’m in the Strip District! With what? BEEF, glorious beef that we raise on our farm! When? From 9-12! Where? Find the blue tent at 2216 Penn Avenue beside the extraordinary Bar Marco. Passersby always describe the 2200 block as ‘pretty much the end of the Strip.’ We call it the beginning. There’s Clarion Farms Beef, and then there’s everything else. Ha!
Read MoreIt’s Saturday, and that means today is the day to find worry-free beef in Pittsburgh. The coolers are packed and I’m headed to the Strip District with steaks, roasts, and ground beef from our farm for your family. We really do raise, pack, and sell it all. That’s as authentic as it gets. Find this goodness at 2216 Penn Avenue beside the extraordinary Bar Marco from 9-12.
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