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?
Read MoreIf 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.
Read MoreHeadlines 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.
Read MoreWe WILL have some tremendous Strip Steaks, Ribeyes, Sirloins, Flat Irons, Flanks, Filets, Chuck Eyes, Stew Meat, various roasts, ground beef, and more!
Read MoreSeveral people have asked me after reading my jottings if I feel threatened by fake foods. Today I’ll address the question.
Read MoreHere’s what I notice on the landscape: Farmsteads that have been in the family for generations. A collection of equipment occupying outbuildings. Fancy pickups. And herds of cattle on completely exhausted grass.
Read More“This tastes like fish,” stated my sister, looking a little surprised.
“That,” I responded quite proudly, “is proof of all the extra omega threes found in grassfed beef.”
Read MoreDuring 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.
Read MoreEfficiency has become synonymous with convenience, and convenience is the impostor that’s distracting modern agriculture from honest effectiveness.
Read MoreIn a world plagued by constricted beef options, where steaks from across the country are mutually interchangeable because they share a common industrial template, our farm is the beacon for better eating. EVERYONE sells 'fresh meat', but NOBODY has their own cattle. Where, then, does their beef come from?
Read MoreMy after-market routine usually includes a stop to see my apple friend Aaron, my barbecue friend Richard, and my baking friend (really, one of her employees) Eliza.
Read MoreOne doesn’t have to be too perspicacious when reading agricultural reports to realize that farmers are quite dependent on Washington for survival.
Read MoreWe're packing the coolers and bringing the farm to your town this THURSDAY, JUNE 6 from 11:30-1:30. You will find us in the lobby of the Oil City YMCA. Shopping for wholesome, local food should be as easy as possible, so we bring the cuts to you. Purchase whatever your family loves in quantities that suit your lifestyle.
Read MoreFor years I’ve been wrestling an invisible adversary that regularly stymied my experiments born of whimsy, and these few words of insight exposed the scoundrel in an instant. Gotcha!
Read MoreSeveral projects I’m involved with have shined a new light on the economic realities of the region in which we live. The sad truth is Clarion is smack in the middle of a very depressed area. Based on the grave statistics, one can readily deduce that a lot of families are struggling all around us.
Read MoreEveryone who doesn't live in our town has to wait to get their beef, but you, dear friends, get to experience restock day at the Beef Barn when it happens!! Good meals, here we come!
Read MoreVery often I receive media post feedback that contains messages of despair as people lament the loss of ‘the way things used to be.’
Read MoreI was recently sitting in a meeting during which someone disdainfully threw out a comment in regard to “this whole ‘know your farmer’ thing.” The utterance stuck in my mind, but not because I was offended.
Read MoreYou can find us from 9-12 beside the extraordinary Bar Marco on Penn Avenue between 22 and 23 Streets alongside our friends Gruber Farms Pasture Raised Meats.
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