Part 2.1 – The Farm Crisis
Earl Butz was regarded as a well spoken politician who brought out the patriotism in farmers, encouraging them to produce as much as possible - buy more land, take out...
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Part 2 – Get Big or Get Out
There was an incredible shift in the 1970s which laid the foundation for Big Meat to really take off. One man in particular had a substantial impact during this time...
Part 1.1 – Post World War II
Despite the markets being pretty fair over the next fifty years, it’s worth noting that during and post World War II, we began to see a shift in the way...
Part 1 – How Did We Get Here?
Before we get to know the modern day meat oligopoly known as The Big 4, we must first journey back to the 1880s. While John Rockefeller was building the Standard...
Introducing – The Big Meat Dilemma
It may seem like your local grocery store offers a variety of beef, chicken, and pork. The truth is, most of the brands on those shelves are owned by a...
Our Soon to Be Meatery – by 1915 Farm
In Early August We received the news our chicken processor was closing which really put the fire under our tail feathers. This probably had the biggest impact, as it's time...
Dirty Dozen - Fruits and Vegetables
Pesticide usage is one of the key elements that separates conventional farming from organic farming. Conventional farmers can use around 900 different pesticides on their crops and at least 225...
The New GMO - Bioengineered
Cruising the grocery store aisles it's no secret that more and more foods are beginning to have some sort of deceiving green label or marketing claim like "fresh”, “natural”, or...
Could 10 Square Feet Really Be the End of Bacon in California?
You may have seen the recent headline click-baitish headline "Bacon May Disappear in California" floating around several media outlets lately. This is due to the fact that an Animal Welfare...
Is Beef Labeled Grassfed, Really Grassfed?
Before grassfed beef became popular and so sought after, it was a much simpler landscape for producers and consumers alike - grassfed beef was, well, beef that was raised on...
Flash Flood on our Small Texas Grassfed Farm
After months of praying, hoping and wishing for rain it finally came. And came. And kept coming. And isn’t stopping. Last weeks shower soaked in so fast it was as...
Moving our Pasture Raised Chickens Regeneratively
We can't wait to have our pastures looking like this photo below after we get some rain! One of my favorite pieces of regenerative agriculture is the tangibility of this...
Sorting our Pasture Raised Sows Around - the Moms to our Pasture Raised Pork
Today's video is a little behind the scenes look at an evening of moving sows around. We have "maternity suites" for our pasture raised sows that have piglets or are...
Looking back on 2020
It's hard to believe it's already been over two years since the moment our business changed forever. This is all of the video I took, March - April of 2020: a...
How we butcher the grassfed meat we raise
I get this question often, and as an animal lover I probably would have been asking the same thing four years ago before becoming educated on the commodity meat system....
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