Raw Milk
Originally Manchego is made with sheep’s milk – specifically Manchego sheep from the La Mancha region of Spain. I am making it here with our own Jersey cow’s milk. I have been making a lot of cheese lately and needed something different and flavorful to try. The biggest difference so far between this and other [...]
When we got our hogs butchered last fall we decided to keep a fresh side to try our hand at curing our own. Well, with the upcoming butchering date for our chickens coming up and 2 more hogs, 1/2 a beef, and a lamb already off to slaughter and needing to be picked up next [...]
We moved the cows out to pasture this week and have them off of hay now. It is wonderful to see them in the spring when they get their first run of a new paddock of fresh green grass – jumping a kicking and excited. The children call it “rodeo-ing’. The milk is wonderfully yellow [...]
It’s a busy time of year here. Preparing the garden for spring is in full swing. Our brother-in-law got a plow and harrow for his tractor and he was kind enough to plow our garden area for us. To prepare for that, we needed to dig up our strawberries that we had planted 2 years [...]
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Just after Christmas we acquired a new Jersey girl. We got her on a trade for our % mini-jersey heifer we had for sale. She is 2 years old and calved in September of 2010. She is also registered with the AJCA. She has taken nicely to the milking routine and is really a sweetheart. [...]
We brought Heart’s bull calf home today. He was born February 27th of last year. He was sired by Glen Forrest Avery Action We had 2 Action bull calves born here this year and the other recently went to become a herd sire at another farm here in southwest MO. I don’t think he’ll be [...]
(Greene County, MO) — It’s a big win for farmers and people who prefer to buy locally-grown food. A husband and wife who run a farm in Conway have been acquitted on charges of illegally selling raw milk inside Springfield city limits. The Bechards sell milk that’s regularly tested but not pasteurized. It’s not against [...]
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By Stanley A. Fishman, Author of Tender Grassfed Meat There are many reasons to oppose S510, the so-called “Food Safety” bill that will come up in the Senate after the election. It will do nothing to improve actual food safety, relying almost totally on burdensome paperwork. It will drive small farmers out of business, because [...]
by Mark McAfee, Owner Organic Pastures Dairy Company Farmers and Consumers need to react strongly and swiftly to combat unfair attacks on their food by regulators. To attract media interest, you must create a loud and colorful protest, armed with the facts. Fresno-Raw-Milk-Protest-Rally Raw Milk Rally in Fresno, California When OPDC was shut down for [...]
Missouri Milk Board Declares They Have No Appeal Morningland Dairy to go to Court ©Doreen Hannes Those following the saga of Morningland Dairy should be aware that this past week has been a relentless roller coaster ride. On the upside of the roller coaster, many have donated to the Uncheese Party to help the family [...]
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