Solar Panel vs. The Sward

Vegetation is the world’s most perfect solar collector. Without a single manufactured part, grass captures sunlight and stores it in a physical form.

Grass, Solar EconomyJS PortApril 21, 2021Grass, Solar Energy, Local Economy Comments

It's Ribsteak day!!! Wait, no, that's not right. It's RESTOCK day!

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.

Fast Food Mentality (Get One)

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.

Farmer's Market, Farming, Food, Local Food, Marketing, Small BusinessJS PortOctober 12, 2019Local Food, Local EconomyComment

Mirror, Mirror, in your Business

A small business reflects ownership. No two businesses are the same, and a collection of local commerce centers creates a regional landscape that’s as inimitable as a gigantic fingerprint; it cannot be duplicated.

Local beef solves global trade tensions.

Headlines mentioning what we all ‘need to know’ about various countries around the world clog up nearly every artery of agricultural media I encounter. The global publicity fits, I suppose, considering farmers today are told they need to be as proficient at world-wide economics as they are at fixing equipment with baler twine and a scrap of metal salvaged from the road ditch.

Farm Fresh

Several people have asked me after reading my jottings if I feel threatened by fake foods. Today I’ll address the question.

A review for old friends, and orientation for new!

IT'S WEDNESDAY!! The unequivocal BEST day to live in Clarion, because Wednesdays are the day we re-stock the Beef Barn with all of your favorite cuts.

We're honored to have an influx of new followers who're interested in this bustling farm community we call home. If you're new, welcome! We think you'll love being a part of the family as much as we do.

Let's go over a few details to make sure old friends and new fans alike are on the same page (this is a little lengthy, but worth the read):

Is Fun Functional?

During a tour of our farm in the late spring I greeted the crowd with the announcement that we would not be having fun during the event. My statement was met with surprised laughter, and when everyone regained their composure I offered an explanation for sounding like such a curmudgeon.

Farm Life, Farming, Food, Local Food, Small BusinessJS PortJuly 14, 2019Farm Life, Real Farms, Real Food, Local Food, Local EconomyComment

Looking forward to it.

The consumer climate we experience today is anticipation’s worst enemy.

Saturday in the Strip!

I am headed your direction this morning with full coolers! Find me on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets from 9-12 beside the extraordinary Bar Marco and joined by our friends Gruber Farms Pasture Raised Meats.

Beef, Food, Local Food, Pittsburgh, Small Business, SteaksJS PortApril 20, 2019Clarion FarmsPittsburgh, Shopping, Local Food, Local Economy, beef, Steaks, Steak Night, Spring, CookoutsComment

I see a lovely bunch of coconuts, deedly dee...

I spend a relatively large portion of my limited computer time each day screaming at the screen: ‘That just doesn’t make sense!!’

Switcharoo

It was seven years ago this month: March 2012. ABC news set the beef world ablaze with reports of a widely used product sneaking its way into consumers’ hamburgers and hot dogs.

Beef, Farming, Industrial Agriculture, Local Food, Nutrition, Small BusinessJS PortMarch 19, 2019beef, Local Food, Local Economy, Industrial FoodComment

Winter Tour Agenda: This is it!

Here it is - the schedule for our Winter Tour: Frozen on the Farm! coming up this Saturday, February 23:

Saturday in the Strip!

Find us from 9-12 beside the extraordinary Bar Marco on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets; we'll be the crazy people standing outside under a blue tent.

A Case for Cows

A good method to stir up gatherings lacking edifying conversation is to casually drop the comment that eating beef is a good thing for our environment. Before you utter the words, though, make sure you’ve located the exit. The mob will attack.

Co-Producers

His analogy does a good job driving the point home: even if you haven’t ever set foot on a farm, and never intend to do so in the future, your food buying decisions so influence the growing methods that you’re like a partner in the production practice.