As of last Saturday my rabbit experiment at the yurt is over. Successfully concluded for the most part I would say. Back in April, I couldn’t believe that Alice was talking me into raising meat rabbits. Now 7 months later, the bunnies and everything that goes along with them feel like a normal part of [...]
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Caution: if you have a squeamish tendency, or you are my parent, you may not want to read this post. Just kidding. Kind of. But here’s the tale of my last week and a half! We are entering the upswing of the honest-to-goodness farm season. The time when you realize that you were just being [...]
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Breakfast is a very important meal on the farm. I’ve always been a breakfast eater (mostly Cheerios during my formative years ) but farm work burns a lot of calories, so these days a nice big protein and carb load in the morning is absolutely necessary to get from 7am start time until noon lunch. [...]
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Vegetarianism and then veganism have been increasing trends in our culture in the past few decades. I recently heard an opinion that we are now entering a “post-vegetarian” culture where eating meat is now cool again, as long as it’s “sustainable” and “grass-fed” and (etc, other buzzwords). I believe this is true, and I [...]
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I recently had a chance to participate in a small batch chicken “processing” (butchering) on the farm. I was a bit nervous about it, but it turned out to be a great experience and helped me feel many times closer to and more comfortable with where meat comes from, just as I have been learning [...]
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