This story will be brutally honest. You’ll soon know all my shortcomings.
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My goodness, if that’s the whole philosophy backing sustenance production, then maybe we really are forever doomed to be on the brunt end of hick jokes passed around more urbane classes of society.
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Our stumbling block in the local economy is convincing 31,411 people to downgrade or eliminate something they want – superfluous gadgetry – for something they need. Another way of saying this is we need people to want our food more than they want a phone.
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We’re born with the need to be together. Surrounding ourselves with people we trust is, among other things, an act of protection, a coagulation of wisdom, an amplifier of ability, and a membership card to the human race.
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If a cow is forced to consume inadequate feed due to drought conditions or some other factor, she’ll survive the drop in energy by utilizing fat reserves stored on her body. As fat reserves are depleted, the sole mission of her body is to return body fat to an optimal level and reestablish equilibrium that enables successful breeding, foraging, and mobility.
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A property border, however, does not eliminate the opportunity to migrate, nor do the confines prevent us from accessing the freely replenished bounties of nature.
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It was not the settling of new land that enabled Native American tribes to flourish in fecundity; rather, it was the ample rest provided to land abandoned.
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When tension exists in the production of food, discomfort jumps to the end user. Nobody can eat contentedly from a platform that’s hanging on the edge of catastrophe, yet that’s exactly where we find ourselves today.
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There is a distinct difference between the people who supported us when there was another option at the grocery store and those who buy from us because there is no other option at the grocery store. It’s the difference between a deliberate vision for the future and the expectation of limitless gratification.
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New faces generate a lot of questions. Here is what you need to know in bullet point format:
YES, we are open at the Beef Barn.
Beef Barn hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 10-5. Mondays by chance.
The store (Beef Barn) has been busy, but that doesn’t mean it’s crowded. You can shop here without milling through masses of loafers.
We raise all of the cattle that produce every piece of beef available to you at the Beef Barn. Why is this important? We’ve learned a lot about diseases recently. Co-mingling spreads disease. Isolation does not. Our herds remain completely isolated from the outside world from birth to harvest.
Another update (Farm Dog Friday will follow later today, don't worry!):
Our Core Goods beef delivery today has been rescheduled for next Friday, March 27, because we don't have any extra beef to sell. We sent additional cattle to help fill the void, so more beef will be on the shelves next week.
Yes, I'm coming to Pittsburgh tomorrow. There are a significant number of orders headed to the city and I'll have limited cuts available for walk-up traffic.
Yes, we still have a few things left at the Beef Barn. Here are two things to consider:
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We're VERY busy. Be open minded and sympathetic: we're doing our best to make sure everyone can get a little bit of source-verified beef. You may not get the exact cut you were thinking of, but, hey, since the world closed you'll have time to look up a new recipe.
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What is a farm worth?
For most people, farms aren’t worth anything; at best they’re grounds for petting zoo entertainment, at a glance they’re open tracts of land with tractors, and at worst they’re the useless and annoying stomping grounds of simple minded people who cannot guff it in the modern world.
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Today is Saturday, and that means you will find me at 2216 Penn Avenue in the Strip District from 9-12. The coolers are loaded with steaks, roasts, and ground beef, as well as Beef Bacon, Beef Hot Dogs, Beef Summer Sausage, Beef Jerky, and Beef Sticks, so come with a food game plan and we’ll make sure your March still features plenty of madness to celebrate. Grilling madness, that is…
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Wednesdays are my favorite, because this is the day we pile in all of your favorite cuts that will enhance your meals later this week. Grainfed, grassfed, you name it, we raise it.
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This actually is Rib Steak day, by the way. We have a small pile of coveted bone-in ribeyes that are begging for a hot cast iron. You better get here quickly, because they’ll be gone just as fast.
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You fancy yourself a foodie, and you’re always seeking connections with the sustenance on your plate.
That’s wonderful! Let’s trace a grassfed steak:
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Do you…
- Possess a gleeful interest in restoring the landscape around Clarion?
- Submit to nature, accepting that natural laws of diversity, thriftiness, conservation, and wholeness are more important than on-demand inventory and next-day delivery?
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If local farming and wholesome nutrition encompass the niche market, then fast food may accurately be tagged as the antagonist to the mission, being a product of industrialized production and indiscriminate consumption. Farmers and consumers have to objectively examine the differences between local food culture and fast food culture in an effort to shift the needle of consumer participation.
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