In baseball, they call it “small ball.” Be it by walks, bunts, steals, or singles, the idea is that a series of more measured, incremental steps is a more successful path to home base than swinging for the fences. Of course, who doesn’t love seeing a home run or a grand slam? Like America’s pastime, [...]
For last few months, the national news has been dominated by the politicking in Washington over two major spending bills- an infrastructure program and a social agenda program. While I am not qualified to discuss the merits of either one, I have found in my readings an example of one of the most successful [...]
Everyone is familiar with their “food budget”. It’s how much you plan to spend on food each month. The United Sates has the lowest percentage of disposable income spent on food in the world. In 2019, Americans spent an average of 9.5 percent of their disposable personal incomes on food—divided between food at home (4.9 percent) and food away from home (4.6 [...]
The number one question John and I get asked these days is “how is the farm doing?” Well the farm itself is doing fine. There has been farming on our land for 250 years and this spring and summer arrived like many of those in the past- green shoots, new life on wobbly legs, and [...]
There's a , running joke that when you can't descibe wha you're eating you say "tastes like chicken", but what exactly does that taste like? We spend too much time and money in life not to be eating something good. And, when I say "good" I mean flavorful. The ingredients for great flavor in clude [...]
Link-It: Sites we like and think you’ll find them useful too. Farms: Our farm– evermorefarm.com Organizations, Associations, Agencies: Future Harvest CASA– www.futureharvestcasa.org Alternative Farming Systems Information Service (USDA) Maryland Agriculture and Resource-Based Industries Corporation (MARBIDCO) Maryland Deparment of Agriculture University of Maryland Extension-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) University of Maryland Extension-Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center Johns [...]
October is National Pork Month. Have you had some bacon today? Pigs are one of the most prolific animals in the world since their young are born in litters (our sows have 10-12 pigs per litter, twice a year) and they do well outdoors as foragers. Did you know that on average we each consumer [...]
Summertime ushers in a host of carnivals and local fairs. Have you been to a local fair yet this summer? This year the Maryland State Fair will be held from August 23 through September 2, at the Timonium Fairgrounds Did you know that the concept of the modern day fair dates back as far as [...]
With so many choices for a festive meal centerpiece, eating ham for Christmas seems a little blasé. Featured as the centerpiece of the prototypical Dickensian Christmas, it’s said to have its roots in ancient pagan ritual. Supposedly, the tradition started with the Germans, who wanted to appease the god, Freyr. He was the god of [...]
About a year ago a fellow Berkshire hog farmer, Amy Thames, in South Carolina posted a blog article about pig’s ears. We use the same notching practice on our pigs. It’s about how we identify them. Pigs will get an ear tag caught in a feeder or waterer and pull it out, often slicing their [...]
