Nursing Piglet-Farm Photo of the Week
Not much is cuter than a baby piglet...except maybe a sleep nursing baby piglet.
5 from The Farmers Kitchen-Bacon
I always love the feeling when the fridge and freezer are full, I know exactly what’s in the pantry, meal planning feels possible, and I’m excited about what I’m cooking for the week. Do you know that feeling? We got that feeling on a farm scale this week. Asa inventoried all the freezers(a really big job), defrosted the ones that needed it, and then yesterday we got restocked on pork! So we know exactly what’s available, hopefully no more being surprised when we are sold out. And best of all for Farmhand 4, BACON is back. We were out of our Classic Bacon for 3 weeks, and that was not a happy time for our youngest farmhand. So to celebrate the return of bacon, I’m sharing 5 of our favorite ways to use bacon after the morning rush is over. I know when we think of bacon, we think of breakfast, and when you think of breakfast, bacon often comes to mind! But bacon’s not just for mornings, it’s ready to shine all day.
Will JBS meat packers strike?
I wanted to know more about the possible JBS Strike and the lawsuit filed against them Haitian workers. It's an eye opening state of affiiars with no easy soultion.
What we pay-Food for Thought
Humans (in most parts of the world) are the only species that don’t spend most of their energy and resources acquiring food. And we’re one of the only generations in human history that: Doesn’t grow it Doesn’t hunt it Doesn’t preserve it Doesn’t know the people who produce it (You are an exception to the norm here.)
Sodium is not the vilian-Food for Thought
Sodium Isn’t the Villain — Imbalance Is For decades, we’ve been told that salt is the enemy. Lower your sodium. Avoid salt. Choose “low-sodium” everything.In human and animal nutrition, the story is more complex.Sodium is not optional. It’s an essential mineral that our bodies cannot function without. One tough farming lesson: we lost nearly 400 chicks over 6 weeks due to a salt deficiency in the feed. They stopped growing, drank less water, and nothing we tried worked. Finally, feed tests showed almost no sodium—the company missed the salt to a whole batch of feed.
5 from the Farmers Kitchen-Chicken Wings
The Big Game is only a few weeks away...I’m not sure if you’re following along and excited for the teams in the running or if you're like us and have NO CLUE what’s happening. As a chicken farmer, I have to share some wing facts since it’s the day this often forgotten cut gets to shine.
