We talk about organizations like the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, the Organic Farming Research Foundation and the Organic Association of Kentucky in the context of their assistance to us as farmers. They’re also assisting us and you as consumers, too. We encourage you to take advantage of what they have to offer and to […]
We are blessed to be part of a movement that provides wholesome foods to those that appreciate their value while caring for the earth as Mother Nature intended. It is rewarding to be part of a sustainable food-farming community that is willing to openly share ideas and information, even though our collective customer base is […]
We harvested tomatoes well into November this year. This late of a tomato harvest is simply unheard of in recent memory. While the weather has given us more time to get the sweet potatoes dug and cured, the typical fall crops are not overly happy with the extreme hot and dry pattern we are in. […]
Did you read about our big, big pig surprise? Our organic, pasture-raised pork is now available to you! We hope to offer this at farmers markets in the future, but for now, the only way you can get it is to place your order here. You can pick up your order at a farmers market or on […]
The farm tours we hosted this year were a lot of fun, each one being a little different than the others. Not only did we have a theme to each one, but as the season progressed, naturally the crops, trees and fields changed. Yet each farm tour was designed to be sure all our guests had […]
As industrial meat production began focusing on only a handful of livestock and poultry breeds in the mid-1900s, our more traditional livestock and poultry breeds became rare and, in some cases, nearly extinct. In 1997, The Livestock Conservancy conducted a census of heritage turkeys and found only 1,335 breeding birds in the whole US. Thanks to The Livestock Conservancy’s and Slow Food’s […]
Cattle: generic, plural term for all cows, bulls, calves, heifers and steers Herd: group of cattle Cow: female that has had at least one calf Bull: mature male used for breeding Calf: male or female less than 1 year old Heifer: female that has never had a calf Steer: young male that has been neutered Often […]
Growing produce is mostly what we do and what you see at the farmers markets, but it is important to address the idea that cattle are an integral part of Elmwood Stock Farm, too. They not only convert solar energy into wholesome meat, they are also a valuable tool in our vegetable-production toolbox. From nutrient […]
As the Summer CSA wraps up and you consider how and where to source your food for the fall and winter, we hope you will take with you some of the knowledge you’ve gained this year about your food choices. (Also, we hope you’ve considered a Fall CSA Share with us.) Elmwood Stock Farm produces […]
Living on our organic pastures, the broiler chickens at Elmwood Stock Farm are afforded a varied diet of seeds, insects, worms, clover and bluegrass. You might remember that they only really get 10 to 20 percent of their diet from pasture because their digestive systems aren’t set up to digest a quantity of forages. Chickens […]
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