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 […]
When farm guests arrive to tour Elmwood Stock Farm, they see our large, rectangular, darker-green alfalfa fields, lots of grass, a few vegetables, and some cows out in a field—or evidence that cows have been in the area recently. Without really thinking about our farm as a whole system, these elements seem unrelated. Our various […]
Even before grass-fed beef was cool, the cattle at Elmwood Stock Farm ate very little grain. The cattle that the Bell kids took to shows locally and regionally were fed grain to give them the benefit of an extra-slick coat and a layer of fat for the show ring, and sometimes calves would get a […]
As the first few cool mornings have welcomed us to fall, we are grateful, especially after such a long, hot, wet summer growing season. Now it is time to think about all the fun foods that coincide with the fabulous fall foliage. Some of the crops were planted long ago, others more recently, and some […]
There is an actual biological basis for why grass-fed meat and dairy has more omega-3 fatty acids. Cattle have four stomachs for a reason, just like their cousins, the giraffe and antelope, on the Serengeti plains of Africa. Their digestive system is a survival mechanism: They can go into the open grassland, away from the […]
Through our newsletter, our farm tours and our everyday conversations, we are dedicated to informing our customers about the value of consuming organic foods. We describe the biological systems at the foundation of farming systems, including the various methods of managing nutrients, with the hope of connecting your personal values and health with the little piece […]
A plant variety that has been produced through selective breeding is referred to as a cultivar. Let’s take garlic, for example. There are hundreds of cultivars of this one plant species. Each has been bred to have different clove size and taste characteristics, largely due to the different climates and soil types in which it has […]
Most of you seasoned local foodies know the names of certain varieties of vegetables you like. Peaches and Cream sweet corn and Black Krim or Green Zebra tomatoes, for example, are some varieties that taste awesome. On our end, we want to plant the varieties that you are looking for, but we have to take […]
There are so many reasons to raise animals as they were meant to be raised, outdoors and on pasture, not confined to a warehouse-like building or bare-dirt feedlot and given synthetic feeds. One of those many reasons why organic farming is so important is something that you have probably heard about in the mainstream media: […]
The words fecundity and fertility are often confused, but there is a subtle difference. Fecundity is the ability of an animal or insect to produce offspring. Species with high fecundity tend to be those whose offspring are less likely to develop into adults. In cases where few eggs are laid, fertilized, or hatched, the adult female is biologically […]
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