This week marks the beginning of summer! Peak busy season. Just as we harvested one batch of chickens, another group got moved out of the brooder house onto pasture and yet another group arrived from the post office and into the brooder house. So, the chickens come as day old chicks from a hatchery in Cincinnati. The young birds must spends the first couple weeks of their lives protected from the elements. This space where they live during that time is called the brooder house. Young birds need water, warmth and food....in that order. Rain storms are not their friends, nor is tall grass. So we give them some time in the brooder as a protected environment. They go out on pasture as soon as they are big enough and then consume grass and bugs and all the things that help make these birds some of the tastiest you will ever eat!
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Farm Happenings for June 18, 2019
About the farm
We are a seventh generation family farm, raising certified organic vegetables for CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and Farmers Markets. We also raise pastured chicken, 100% grassfed beef and offer pastured pork. We raise food with the intention of taking care of the land: growing healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy animals, and healthy people. Since we are a seventh generation family farm, caring for the land and soil for our children and the next seven generations is at the forefront of our farming practices. We nourish the soil with compost from our farm, and other natural ways to bring nutrients and minerals back to the land to improve the health of the soil, land and crops. We work to maintain a balanced, healthy soil to help grow healthy plants and food. We see our farm as part of a larger community-- a network of people who are interdependent with each other. We grow healthy food for our family, friends and community.
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