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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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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Where to eat this week: Take-Out Tuesday!

If you're going to dine outside your home, you might as well go somewhere that supports local farms. That's why we celebrate Take-Out Tuesday every week! This is the place to check and discover the restaurants that serve Clarion Farms Beef on their menu!

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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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How to shop when it's freezing.

If you're shopping in Clarion, the Beef Barn is warm and well stocked. Come in, thaw out, and pick up something for a meal that will make this weekend special. If you're planning on shopping in Pittsburgh this Saturday, however, our amenities are a little more lacking.

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Wednesday at the Beef Barn!

Wednesdays are the BEST day to live in Clarion, because this is the day we re-stock the Beef Barn with beef, glorious beef. Here's what we're excited about today:

Take-Out Tuesday!!

Today we're focusing on the awesome people at La Palapa, Traditional Mexican Kitchen.

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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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Saturday in the Strip!

Find me beside the extraordinary Bar Marco between 22 and 23 Streets on Penn Avenue - look for our blue tent and sign. I'll be there with my friends Gruber Farms Pasture Raised Meats from 9-12. The farms are coming to your city today, and this is one-stop shopping for beef, pork, and chicken! See you there!

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Where did I put that dollar?

Those dollars leave the pocket of a local and head out of town to…somewhere.

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It's Wednesday! The BEST day to live in Clarion.

Now, be honest: how good do you feel when you ignore meal plans, panic at the last minute, and ingest ready-to-eat junk? Lethargic. Unfocused. Queasy. Generally unproductive. That's speaking from experience, and I don't think I'm alone.

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Take-Out Tuesday: Bar Marco, Pittsburgh

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Where did you go, variety?

Clarion is the perfect place for a food renaissance because we’re close to large population centers, our landscape is perfectly suited to accommodate diversified farmsteads, and we’re still largely isolated from the constriction of vertically integrated industrial agriculture.

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It's Wednesday!! The BEST day to live in Clarion...

Small business happens at the Beef Barn, because our customers love small business.

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Take-Out Tuesday! Daddy's Main Street, Clarion

Daddy’s menu is always changing thanks to the creative genius of Dana and Darren, the father-son duo who create the culture of Clarion, and then serve it on a good roll.