A Weird Analogy

Here’s what I’m saying: beef and dance are the same. Think about that.

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.

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Part I: Less

There are too many people on Earth.

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Wednesday: The BEST day to live in Clarion!

Wednesdays are the BEST day to live in Clarion, because this is the day we re-stock the Beef Barn with all of your favorite steaks, roasts, and ground beef. Local food happens in Clarion the middle of each week, but you knew that already, right?

Saturday in the Strip!

We're in our usual spot beside the extraordinary Bar Marco on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets from 9-12, joined by Gruber Farms with their pork and chicken. This is the best part of the food district!

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Searching for a Certification

For a few hundred bucks, we can get some goof to do a perfunctory examination of the production line and apply a sticker to our packaging that proclaims greatness to the world.

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Saturday in the Strip!

Find us today from 9-12 on Penn Avenue beside the extraordinary Bar Marco between 22 and 23 Streets.

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There are the cows. Where is the beef?

This rather dreary February Monday has me dreaming about steak, and when I’m in la-la land these days the steak I’m picturing is grassfed. Call me a product of the times, I don’t care.

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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.

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The Effort of Being Alive

Maybe the world could use a little less scientific convenience and a little more meaningful work.

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Saturday in the Strip!

Find our farm in your city this morning from 9-12 on Penn Avenue Between 22 and 23 Streets beside the extraordinary Bar Marco and joined by Gruber Farms Pasture Raised Meats. See you in the Strip!

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Looking Over the Mountain

For as long as I can remember, farmers in Clarion and the surrounding region have, after reading Lancaster Farming and other agricultural publications from the area, longingly looked East with visions in their minds of the flat and fertile land constituting Pennsylvania’s breadbasket.

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Happy Wednesday! The BEST day to live in Clarion.

Wednesdays are the BEST day to live in Clarion because real food gets rolling at the Beef Barn. Here is what we're excited about on this rainy day:

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Saturday in the Strip!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, PITTSBURGH!!!

Unless you've managed to avoid all interaction with the outside world by spending a week living in a cave, you know it's going to snow this weekend. A lot.

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Clueless.

Our culture is so far removed from food that people can see livestock handling in front of their nose and not recognize it.

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Did you know?

I’ve noticed that people who are trying to promote a cause always carry with them some of the most bizarre bits of information. These are the attention-grabbers for the public: short, shocking, often horrifying sound bites that make readers read or news watchers watch or passersby pause and take notice.

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Saturday in the Strip! (Three things you need to know for today.)

Here are the top three things you need to know for today, in order of importance:

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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.

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Saturday in the Strip (and True Confessions...)

Find the farm in the Strip today from 9-12 on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets. We're right beside the famous Bar Marco. Gruber Farms Pasture Raised Meats is joining us. The only thing missing is Y-O-U!

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Ain't Worth It

Everyone in our family has listened to some variation of these themes about a million times:

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