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Author: Meg Peery
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Pastured Lamb: 10 Reasons to Add It to Your Cart
Y'all, Laura can't stop talking about our pastured lamb. It is so, SO good. Here are 10 reasons to add it to your next order.
Vendor Spotlight: What are the Health Benefits of Raw Honey?
Raw honey's got a ton of health-related and medicinal tricks up its sleeve, which are worth knowing about and definitely worth adding to your list of natural remedies for your family. Plus, it's delicious! Here are just a few examples of raw honey's healing superpowers.
Christmas Breakfast: Festive & Fun, Wholesome & Hearty
There isn't much not to love about Christmas morning—the sparkly tree, the shiny new gifts, the wide eyes, the eager voices. After the early morning celebration, gather your gang for a festive and fun Christmas breakfast to fuel your crew right through to Christmas dinner.
Christmas Dinner: Recipes and Inspiration
The main event: a warm, nourishing meal and the cozy glow of faces we love. What magic will you bring to the table this year?
How to Cook a Pastured Turkey like a Pro
You've got questions, we've got answers! Read on to grab our favorite tips & tricks for Thanksgiving Day pastured-turkey perfection.
How to Defrost A Pasture-Raised Turkey
What day should I pull my turkey from the freezer? How long should it defrost in the fridge? How much time should I factor in if I'm brining? Read on - we've got you covered.
Wholesome Thanksgiving: Recipes & Recommendations
As days grow shorter and temperatures chillier, bright fall colors remind us that celebration is on its way! Read on for nourishing recipes to delight your tribe as you gather to give thanks.
Top 5 Reasons to Choose a Pastured Thanksgiving Turkey
If you're like most of our customers, you're more thoughtful than the average bear about what your family eats. You've read books...you've seen documentaries...you know why to pick a pastured turkey for your holiday meal. So, we thought we'd slide out of the way and let you do the talking in this Thanksgiving Top 5!
Subscribe & Save: You Ask, We Answer!
We love fielding questions about our Subscribe & Save program! Here are some of the questions you ask, plus a few reasons to consider joining if you haven't yet!
Creating a Soup & Stew Routine (Meet the Core 5)
When I was eating super-healthy, I found it helpful to have 5 core pasture-raised items on hand at all times. Read on to meet my "Core 5," and get started creating your own homemade soup & stew routine for healthy living.
Homemade Soups & Stews: 3 Reasons to Love These Staples of Healthy Eating
After 18 months of heroic healthy eating to help my body deal with chronic medical issues, I'd worked out a fantastic system. Homemade soups were central to my success.
Hey, it's a J&L magnet!
A fun new item for the New Year.
Still Not Convinced You Should Buy a Pastured Thanksgiving Turkey? Here Are the Signs You've Been Waiting For
What does it take to get people to try the juicy deliciousness of a pastured Thanksgiving turkey? Frankly, sometimes it takes a really big sign.
Early Summer on the Farm
Early summer is BUSY, but also a lot of fun. Here's what we've been up to.
How to Cook Pastured Meats from Our Farm
Here are a few simple guidelines to help you cook the tender and flavorful pasture-raised meats we raise on our farm. Get ready for some amazingly tasty meals!
CSA: "How much in a box? How long does it keep?"
Thanks for your questions about CSA boxes this past week. As usual...you ask, we answer!
What is a CSA and why should you sign up for one?
Here's a story that starts with something bad and ends with something good.
"More Biodiversity than the Rainforest" — A December Holiday You may have Missed
Heads up, friends: Somewhere between carving your pasture-raised Thanksgiving turkey and ordering your forested Christmas ham, you might have missed an important December holiday.
In the News for Doing it Differently
Over the summer, a writer-photographer team from Northern Virginia Daily visited our farm. They wanted to hear what makes our approach different.
Behind the Scenes: Summer 2023
As we finish up an extremely dry summer, we're so thankful for the way we steward our land and raise our animals. Here's a peek behind the scenes of Summer 2023.
What's A Farm Tour Like?
Have you ever walked the land where your food is raised?
A Fresh Take on Shipping
We've been looking for ways to simplify our on-farm shipping operations AND improve your experience as a shipping customer. Here's what we came up with...and why we're making each change.
New! Locally-Made Artisan Loaves from Staff of Life Bread Company
This microbakery's small-batch, artisanal breads are incomparably delicious, of the highest quality, and are some of the best loaves you will ever taste.
We Don't Use RNA Technologies on Our Animals (and Probably Never Will): 5 Things We Know & What We Do Here
There's been a lot of hubbub about RNA technologies in animal vaccines lately. Here are a few of the things we've learned in our research, plus what we choose to do on our farm.
Why We Chose Éban's Bakehouse as our Farm's Gluten-Free Breads Partner
We're thrilled to share with you Éban’s Bakehouse—the environmentally-conscious, family-owned, GLUTEN-FREE bakery where our newest product offerings are crafted with care and conscience.
Possible Good News About the USDA "Product of USA" Label
A few weeks ago, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack made an announcement that got a standing ovation from a room full of farmers. What was it? This.
What Grocery Store Food Labels Mean...and Don't
Learning about food labels takes a lot of time, research, and open tabs at the top of the browser window (yikes). So here's a clear run-down of common food labels, what they mean (and don't), and our thoughts about an easier way to trust your food.
A New Offering! Local Spring Raised Trout
A few photos from Smoke In Chimneys, the local Virginia farm and hatchery where one of our new product offerings, spring-raised trout, are hatched, raised, and harvested.
How to Store & Organize Recipe Printouts
Once you start printing recipes to try, how do you keep track of them??! Read on to find out what worked for me.
5 Reasons Why Good Food Makes a Great Gift
Does food make a good gift? We sure think so! Here are 5 reasons why.
Small Actions, Big Impact
Think small actions make little difference in accomplishing a big goal? What if they are the MAIN thing that makes a difference?
Choosing a Farmer to Feed Your Family: 10 Questions to Ask
Looking into buying direct from a farmer you can trust? Here are 10 questions we recommend asking...plus, our answers!