In addition to raising a family and farming, food and farm policy has been part of my work for the better part of the past decade and probably won’t change in the coming decade. It will proceed apace with the 2016 election. A few weeks ago I was researching on the the food policy platforms… Continue Reading
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A Film Crew Visited the Farm Last Summer – Vegan Butcher
Molly Breslin is a friend and a fellow farmer. She used have a roommate, Kat. Kat’s boyfriend, Ryan, is a videographer. Ryan was working a story about a vegan who opened a butcher shop. He needed to film and interview a sustainable livestock farmer. Ryan came to Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm. This is the video.… Continue Reading
Custom Butchered Meats – AKA Cowpooling
It’s long been a Midwest tradition to put a side of beef and/or pork into the freezer each year to supply a family’s meat. Sixty years ago, what went into the freezer was either raised on site or within a mile or two. Even as people migrated off the farm to nearby towns and cities,… Continue Reading