We don’t butcher our pigs ourselves. But we are tasked with moving them from our pastures to our incredible team of butchers in the FLX every few weeks. Pigs are larger than us. And they’re stronger. And quicker, too. Which is why moving them from one place to another...
We made a decision recently. And I’m afraid that you won’t be happy to hear about it. But bear with me, because I promise that once I share the bad news, I’ll share a bit of good. This is usually the time of year when our ginger and turmeric seed shipment arrives and...
If we’re not deliberate about it, left to our own devices, we won’t have much if any blank space in the schedule. This isn’t what the cool kids call a “humble brag.” This sticky habit of ours can be destructive and I mention it now because it was on...
I had a dream that I was walking around the farm with an old friend, introducing him to our pigs who miraculously just learned to fly, when Greg arrived on the scene, driving a tractor trailer with a cow on top. The very next morning, right after I told Greg about my...
The “Piglet Explosion,” as we so lovingly called it, is what happened back in 2019 when we made a planning error and accidentally had 3 pigs deliver in the same week. It was a challenging (ahem, stressful) situation, but it made us wise up and learn to be...
Almost exactly 4 months ago I was making my way into the house on crutches, having just had surgery to repair a tear in my hip. When I got home, still nauseous from the anesthesia, I got into bed and dozed off with just this one simple thought on my mind – I...
