During our first year farming, I’d often come home at the end of the day to find Greg facedown on the couch with an ice pack on his back. Slowing down didn’t feel like a viable option at that time. After all, we were just getting started. So, it was full steam...
Long before we had all these pigs roaming the pastures. And before we moved the 200 year old barn to the farm from a few miles down the road (did you know we did this?). And before we built the Farm Store, Greg and I made a deal with the powers that be. If the stars...
There’s a trend that I’m sure you’ve seen in action countless times before. The farmers that live down the road make the decision that it’s time to retire and the farm kids aren’t the least bit interested in taking over the family...
You probably won’t believe this. But every year or so, we actually interview a bunch of our customers. It might sound strange, but I’m totally serious! We spend time creating a list of topics we’re curious about and questions that we might want to...
We bought another cow. Like the last one, it wasn’t destined to graze our pastures. Raised carefully on a farm an hour west of here, it was destined for our freezer. Our butcher tells us he clocked in at over 800 lbs hanging weight, which means that he was well over...
It was a big week. For the first time in Stonecrop history, we said bon voyage to a litter of piglets, as they headed off toward their new home on another farm. With time, I’m sure the term “organic pig breeder” will roll off the tongue easily – sorta like...
