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Thursday April 07, 2011 - By David
What's the true cost per pound when buying a side of beef or whole
beef? For instance you see advertised grass fed beef for say $3.99 pound
hanging weight. So you read a bit
further and see that a side of beef (hanging weight) is typically...
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Wednesday March 02, 2011 - By David
Grass fed meat is leaner, denser, less watery, and far more flavorful than other meat. This is affected by mainly two things: The quality of the animal (breed and genetics) The quality of the forage (pasture quality or...
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Tuesday February 01, 2011 - By David
Herbivores
have been under attack for centuries. Farmers and breeders have been
doing everything in their power to convert them to grain. As a
result, we have made the majority of our cattle and goats dependent on a
high grain diet in order to perform...
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Tuesday December 21, 2010 - By David
Are you sure you want to delete this post? This action is permanent. Yes, delete post No, keep post Tamworth Pigs Ever
wonder how you keep grass-fed pigs and chickens eating grass in the
winter? The main way of course...
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Hurricane Farm -
Sunday October 17, 2010 - By Chris
A link to a nice article about our farm in the Hartford Courant from October 14, 2010.
Click on the "Discover Windham" link...
http://www.courant.com/about/special_sections/
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Monday August 30, 2010 - By David
This is a great video showing the nutritional profile of pastured vs conventional chickens. I will be ordering our last batch of birds next week. If you were thinking of ordering now is the time... Video
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Hurricane Farm -
Monday July 12, 2010 - By Chris
This past Saturday we took part in the Coventry Regional Farmer's Market "Graze Fest" which involved tours of some of the farms involved in the market. Erica did a great job showing a nice group of eager folks around our farm and many...
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Hurricane Farm -
Thursday April 22, 2010 - By Chris
Spring continues its forward progession.
New calves have been introduced to the growing "herd" out in the pastures...
A new lamb, named Vera, is introduced to some of the other sheep in the flock...
A little girl...
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Ebersole Cattle Company -
Monday March 01, 2010 - By ShanenEbersole
Wow, these couple of weeks have been crazy!! But, this past Friday was Beef Pickup Day! I have just tried out a new locker & went to pick up our Grass-Fed Ground Beef. The new part is that I also had them make some of their AWARD WINNING...
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Monday February 22, 2010 - By David
ground beef I'm posting this to alert you to a deal we have available right
now due to a mistake at our processor. We had a special order for 90/10 ground
beef. Long story short, the order got ran as 80/20 ground beef.
So....we have 80/20...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday October 13, 2009 - By Chris
It is come upon the end of the season for our borrowed field down the road. The cattle did a wonderful job clearing out the overgrown field and we have high hopes for superior hay next season. I'll be brush-hogging the remaining saplings and...
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Cookus Interruptus -
Friday October 09, 2009 - By Cynthia
Enjoy as a post-game team meal, Friday night dinner with a (locally-brewed) beer - take the chill off with this chili . Brought to you by Cookus Interruptus.
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Hurricane Farm -
Thursday October 08, 2009 - By Chris
Hurricane Farm in Scotland, CT is currently offering a Holiday Meat CSA.
Many people inquired about and have been on a waitlist for our Summer Meat-Based CSA. We are now pleased to be able to expand our CSA to a second season...
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Ebersole Cattle Company -
Friday September 04, 2009 - By ShanenEbersole
Wow! It seems like just yesterday that these little guys were trying to walk into my house.
Now, those little guys, are this big out in the pasture. Next weekend, we will have our first round-up of the fall season.
We...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday April 28, 2009 - By Chris
Here are some updated photos of our new calf, Aloysius, running in the field. These were from about two weeks ago. By now, the grass is really starting to take off in the field. We over-seeded the pasture with a nice mix of grasses just...
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Hurricane Farm -
Tuesday March 31, 2009 - By Chris
I came home yesterday to find a bale of wood shavings ripped open and spilled across the barn floor. Hmm, I thought, I wonder how that happened? Then I saw some ripped paper in the stall with the cattle...Apparantly, they enjoy brown paper almost...
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Ebersole Cattle Company -
Wednesday March 11, 2009 - By ShanenEbersole
Well, we are in the thick of it! Calving Time. So far, we have about 20 calves alive and healthy.
As you can see, we have been doing everything we can to get them warm and dry. Including letting them inside our house, well...
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Ebersole Cattle Company -
Monday February 23, 2009 - By ShanenEbersole
Our life on the Ranch has reached the busiest time of year! Calving time! We also have been able to (so far) keep all of our '08 spring and fall calves. We have sold several steers in our CSA pay as you go program, and have selected 13 heifers to...
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Hurricane Farm -
Friday February 06, 2009 - By Chris
How can one not love such a face? The newest hog trio has a new game: destroy the feed sack. See, here are the easy rules...
1. Pretend to eat your feed. 2. Quickly sneak out of the gate as your water is being changed....
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