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 […]
When people talk about organic food, so often it’s just vegetables and crops that come to mind. Animals managed under organic systems have their own set of rules, too, that involve the food they eat, their health-care protocol and their housing situation. Organic livestock rules—all of the organic rules, really—are meant to be guidelines and […]
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