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Free Range Eggs - A Top 10 Superfood

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Monday September 12, 2011   -   By David

Fresh Brown Eggs I have long been a proponent of eggs from pastured hens. Eggs get a bad rap many times but the truth is they are a great source of: Nine essential amino acids One of the highest quality proteins you can find. Proteins are ...

Eating Grass Fed - Increases Blood Levels of Omega...

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Monday July 25, 2011   -   By David

Tamworth Pigs on Pasture I have long been a proponent of Grass fed beef, pastured pork, and poultry. It always thrills me to see studies as they emerge proving out more positive benefits of eating grass fed meat. A recent article discusses the fact...

So much rain the worms are drowning

Blog: Gravel Knolls Farm, CSA   -   Friday April 15, 2011   -   By Linda

April 15... Just a few days ago I stepped into the plastic covered hoop house protecting our crop of transplants for the farm and noticed 3-4 dozen worms of all sizes laying still on top the hard, muddy ground and not a one showing the tiniest of wiggles....

All Cooped Up!

Blog: Homestead Pantry   -   Sunday March 20, 2011   -   By Homestead Artisa

Today we worked on the brooder house/coop.  Again.  This has been an awfully long, ongoing project for the size of coop it is, but that happens when you're training your workforce as you construct, and when those happy hens keep interrupting...

Chickens are coming this week!!

Blog: Harvest Hill Farms   -   Wednesday March 16, 2011   -   By Justin & Sara

Spring is right around the corner and that means baby chick time. We will be getting our first batch of chickens this week and we are really excited to have baby chicks running around again. They will be hatched on Wednesday and hopefully be here and ready to...

Goundhog Dodges the BBQ!

Blog: Homestead Pantry   -   Saturday March 05, 2011   -   By Homestead Artisa

We were very cross with Phil and all his relative groundhogs here at the homestead, and vowed to team up with our predator control partner, Gazelle, to wreak vengeance upon Puxatawny Phil and all his kin.  We just did not like the weather that hit us,...

VOTE 4 Your Favorite Foods!

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Saturday February 12, 2011   -   By Poly

Food Inc - Official Trailer [HD]  - Brought to us by, VISO TRAILERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0 Release Date: 12 June 2009 Genre: Documentary Cast: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser Director: Robert Kenner Writer: Robert...

Bicycle CO-OP Tour Update

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Wednesday February 09, 2011   -   By Poly

Good morning! The group of university students touring co-op's and farms across the country will be here on Thursday Feb. 10th. They are only using bicycles as a form of transportation and are a dedicated to this project. They will be visiting co-op's...

DeLauro Calls for Equality for Women Farmers

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Tuesday February 08, 2011   -   By Poly

An important bill, brought to our attention by our friend Katherine W. Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today introduced the Equality for Women Farmers Act. She was joined by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-14), an original co-sponsor of...

Free Protein for Chickens

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Monday February 07, 2011   -   By David

Laying Hen Spring Hill Farms I'm constantly looking for new and free (or cheap) protein sources for chickens. Obviously for us here at Spring Hill Farms it also has to pass clean food test as well. I'm not of the mind that "free" is good no matter...

Farm Pick-Up Today! Sat. Feb. 5th

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Saturday February 05, 2011   -   By Poly

Today marks another pick-up day at the farm. Open to registered farm members. Please bring your large coolers, try to carpool and wear flat shoes. Please, drive up and open and close the gate  behind you, we have livestock running free. ...

Link Between Diet and Onset of Mental Illness

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Tuesday January 25, 2011   -   By Poly

So many health factors are triggered by diet and nutrition, some behavior is a result of bad diet, such as: compulsive lying, overeating, excessive smoking, alcohol binging. Most of us understand the links between diet and behavior, others are still wet...

Rainbow Ranch Farms

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Monday January 24, 2011   -   By Poly

 Rainbow Ranch Farms Rainbow Ranch Farms is owned by a cooperative group of farm members and operated by farm members protocol. A small, private farm, specializing in the delicate dietary and health needs of a close nit group...

WHY EAT LOCAL? From Health to Money Matters

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Sunday January 23, 2011   -   By Poly

WHY EAT LOCAL? From Our friends at www.100milediet.org   Here on www.LocalHarvest.org  you will find the largest selection of farms, close to you. Please be sure to explore, what your local food providers are growing NOW!. 1. Taste the...

Free Range vs Pastured

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Friday December 31, 2010   -   By Poly

Free Range vs. Pastured: Chicken and Eggs   Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:59 AM   By  Cheryl Long   Tags: pastured , grass-fed , free-range , chicken ...

Don't Wash Those Eggs!

Blog: Smaht Fahm   -   Thursday December 16, 2010   -   By Erin

I see you in the grocery store (a place I go rarely, but living in New England, there's only so much you can grow and preserve), staring at the egg section, baffled about all the egg choices available.  What is free range versus pastured?  What about...

Pastured Freedom Rangers and Carcass Weight

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Tuesday November 30, 2010   -   By David

Freedom Ranger 5 1/2 lbs 68 days We just processed a batch of Freedom Ranger Broilers we ran on pasture. Actually in movable cages on pasture. This was the last batch of the year and we were pushing it to have birds on grass the last day of November. ...

What a season!

Blog: Foxhollow Poultry Farm   -   Monday November 29, 2010   -   By Tai

Wow! What a season this has been. It looked perfect on paper and started without a hitch but then....Torrential rains plagued us all summer. We had 2-3 inches of rain every other day.  One 3 day stint accumulated 13.5" of rain. That's right. In...

Tamworth Pig Taste Test

Blog: Spring Hill Farms   -   Tuesday November 09, 2010   -   By David

Normal 0   Did you know? The Tamworth is one of the great ‘dual purpose’ pigs producing stunningly good pork as well as equally tremendous bacon. In the mid 1990’s the Tamworth came top in a taste test carried out by...

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