Old Dogs, Old Tricks
Edmund went away for a long weekend, which meant I was on livestock duty and also that the animals weren’t on their best behavior. On Friday I was drinking my...
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Old Dogs, Old Tricks
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A Bit of Perspective
My family and I have been visiting relatives in Tucson, Arizona. Although there’s tremendous variation in the landscape of the northeast, both the dramatic changes from valley to mountain to...
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Enthalpy
A few days ago, in the midst of the recent cold, I went up to give the pigs their afternoon whey. I pulled open the valve on one of the...
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The Blue Heron
Trying to explain some aspect of the farm that I am directly influencing is relatively straightforward. But one of my favorite parts of living here, a part that is much...
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Cold Water Bathing
If you've never spent much time in absolutely frigid water, you're missing out. Many of us have done ice bucket challenges or polar plunges or less formal outings - until...
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The Lean Grass Fed Beef Myth
One of the most persistent myths about grass-fed beef is it's always lean. Much grass-fed beef is lean, but not all, and certainly not most of the beef we raise...
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Material Handling
When trying to change some aspect of the farm it's usually better to use animals than machines. Putting cows and sheep or pigs onto a patch of goldenrod will turn...
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Organic and Grass Fed Fraud, or, Let's Just Call It Farming
Back in August I got a call from a fellow farmer who lives a few valleys over. We chatted about cows and grass, and when I mentioned that our vegetable...
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100% Grass Fed Beef
To me, 100% grass-fed and finished beef means our cattle never eat grains or grain byproducts at any time in their lives. I wish there was a way to convey...
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Why Buy From Cairncrest Farm
When you purchase grass-fed beef, lamb, or pastured pork from our farm, your support makes a difference: ~Fertility goes to feed healthy, verdant New York pastures instead of hypoxic dead...
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Bamboo Yield
For those of you who may not be familiar with the term, "bro science," is when a dude (it's always a dude) makes a few casual observations about a phenomenon...
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The Coming Fall
The plants prepare for winter with an enviable complacency. The goldenrod and grasses store up energy in their roots for next spring even as their leaves begin to desiccate. The...
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Ungrounded Earthing
I am by nature a somewhat skeptical person. Send me an article about how Basque sheep farmers in Wyoming are actually a fifth column seeking to undermine the existing political...
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Fall Piglets
A newborn piglet usually weighs about three pounds. The natural way to pick one up is to reach down and grab it one handed, the way you might scoop up...
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