Category Archives: Livestock

All things about raising for a profit, especially note my interest in rare breeds and pastured ASH free pork management techniques.

200 Dead Cows!

Not at all my normal kind of thing for here on Traveller’s Haven Farms, but just imagine… You are a farmer. You are just getting going with your Sunday morning routine and you get a call. The caller says they have some questions for you, but the most important thing is the information they have for you. Information that you have an entire herd of dead cattle out in a pasture. Numbering around two hundred head in fact. What a way to ruin a perfectly good day otherwise. Anyway, this or at least something similar to this, occurred in Wisconsin today. Facts are still sketchy and of course there is still a good deal of speculation, but this is what is know at this point. Continue reading

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Endless Feast

An interesting show that I had recorded from the local PBS (KET) station some time back and finally gotten around to watching a couple of nights ago is called Endless Feast. It is a pretty good show that is actually something I could enjoy watching on a more regular basis, but I had only recorded the one episode and do not see it on the schedule anytime soon. The premise of the show is let’s go to some specific area of the country, hook up some chefs in the area with a good venue and, most importantly, local producers of food products from the farm and/or ranch. The particular episode I watched was set in Virginia and involved Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farms – in fact, it was because of seeing the name Polyface Farms that I had recorded the show at all. Continue reading

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Egg Recall

Anyone heard about this billion or so eggs being recalled across the country all because one or possibly two egg farms have allowed some contaminated eggs into the production stream? If this is not yet another reason for locally produced ‘slow’ food I can not imagine what would be. Continue reading

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Hillside Heritage Farm

Not something I do very often, but a flat-out plug for some of the best tasting and clearly the best raised pork you are going to find anywhere around central Kentucky. Continue reading

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Willie Nelson – Farmers Hero

A few brief notes about one of my heroes – Willie Nelson. And of course, a few reasons why I believe he should deserve such a high honor from me. Continue reading

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