Our Farm Blog
How to Cook a Pastured Chicken
Chicken and pork sweet rub recepie card I get asked all the time, "what is the best way to cook a whole pastured chicken?" 10 years ago (long before we had the farm) my answer may have been something like "In a rotisserie bag from the grocery store." Yea, I'm glad I...
How To Cook A Pastured Pork Shoulder Roast
Are you enjoying this summer heat? On the farm we are trying to stay cool, doing most of our chores in the morning and evening. I am still doing my fair share of sun baking though! Summer is also a great time for BBQ, wouldn't you agree? Although making tasty pulled...
A Spring Update + 3 Sisters Garden
A Spring Update Spring is always a busy time of year for us, and this year is certainly no exception! I have heard folks talk about how they have become bored and have run out of things to do to keep themselves occupied during the pandemic. Meanwhile I am thinking,...
How To Increase Your Self-Reliance: Part 1
These are certainly unprecedented times, aren't they? The amount of change that has happened in our society over the past few months is hard to even comprehend. It can all seem quite scary. The future can seem increasingly blurry. Things that you may have once thought...
A Huge Bulk Buys Thank You!
We recently released our bulk buys for ordering for 2020. Well, a big thank you is in order. Why? You have to watch the video to find out!
How To Make Lard
“How to make lard, wait… you mean that greasy stuff grandma used to use on the cast iron pans?” Yup, I’m talking about that greasy stuff that grandma used to grease her pans, as well as make her biscuits flaky and fluffy, and her pie crusts brown perfectly. Right...
Going Keto + Easy Keto/Paleo Bowls
Around the second week of the new year, I decided to go Keto. It sounded like a good idea at the time, and never truly doing it before, I wasn’t 100% sure what to expect. Oh boy, it sure has been difficult for my natural sweet tooth to stay away from the sugar! What...
Why You Might Get Sick And What To Do About It
HOW DID YOU CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR? Atlanta, Georgia was the spot that your Freedom Valley farmers had the opportunity to ring in not only a new year, but a new decade! Ryan, Luke, Billy and Josh spent three monumental days with 65,000 other 18 to 25-year-olds, at the...
How Loss Can Lead To Clarity (especially around the holidays)
The highly anticipated, autumnal feast of Thanksgiving in our family, has been hosted by me and hubby, along with our four sons, Ryan, Luke, Billy and Josh, for years. Actually, I can’t remember exactly when the ‘mantle’ was passed down to us; perhaps it just might...
