I am obsessed with beef and devote a considerable amount of time to the subject. Following are several tips that have helped me better understand my favorite protein.
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People are smart enough that we don’t use vegetative pigmentation to lead us around like a bug. When it comes time to formulate a diet we use science, not color attractants.
Our method fails to acknowledge a critical reality.
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What on earth happened to me that could affect such strong and recurring memories over a decade later?
A more appropriate question is what in earth influenced my mind so powerfully?
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If a cow is forced to consume inadequate feed due to drought conditions or some other factor, she’ll survive the drop in energy by utilizing fat reserves stored on her body. As fat reserves are depleted, the sole mission of her body is to return body fat to an optimal level and reestablish equilibrium that enables successful breeding, foraging, and mobility.
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For years I’ve been wrestling an invisible adversary that regularly stymied my experiments born of whimsy, and these few words of insight exposed the scoundrel in an instant. Gotcha!
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I'm packed up and headed south this morning with coolers full of BEEF, straight from our farm for your family. You'll find me on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets beside the extraordinary Bar Marco from 9am-noon.
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Everyone who doesn't live in our town has to wait to get their beef, but you, dear friends, get to experience restock day at the Beef Barn when it happens!! Good meals, here we come!
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I spend a relatively large portion of my limited computer time each day screaming at the screen: ‘That just doesn’t make sense!!’
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Very often I receive media post feedback that contains messages of despair as people lament the loss of ‘the way things used to be.’
Read MoreIt's Saturday, and we're bringing the farm to your city today from 9-12 on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets beside the extraordinary Bar Marco.
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Here’s what I’m saying: beef and dance are the same. Think about that.
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The weather is going to cooperate today and be gorgeous. You have spring fever and a desire to experience the new season. We can help you maximize that experience, friends!
Read MoreIt 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.
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Wednesdays are the BEST day to live in Clarion, because this is the day we re-stock the Beef Barn with all of your favorite steaks, roasts, and ground beef. Local food happens in Clarion the middle of each week, but you knew that already, right?
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What’s the deal with young generations of people gravitating towards fake food?
Read MoreClarion 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.
Read MoreWe’re hosting a nutrition class from Clarion University at our farm this Thursday.
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