by Daniel | Nov 10, 2013 | Daniel, East West Farm, Pigs
Butt for a dose of reality. When you think of a farm, what are the three critters that immediately come to mind? C’mon. You know it. Cows, chickens, and PIGS! Every family farm prior WWII had these three animals. They might also have horses, mules, rabbits,...
by Daniel | Aug 21, 2013 | Daniel, East West Farm, Katie, Vacation
This year marks our second full year and we are facing very real struggles and obstacles to our very survival as a farm. Recently, I posted on our blog about a new direction for our farm, but I primarily spoke of our cows. If we are going to have any longevity, we are...
by Daniel | May 6, 2013 | chickens, Chicks, cows, Daniel, East West Farm, Farm, free range chicken, on farm processing, processing
Will stop the farming. This Saturday was our first scheduled processing day for our broiler chickens and thank goodness for the ability to forecast the weather. We’ve been receiving gargantuan volumes of precipitation this year and with the knowledge that a...
by Daniel | Apr 18, 2013 | Daniel, East West Farm, Farm, Garden
Alright all you would be helpers and volunteers. I have finally set up a calendar on our EVENTS page so you can plan ahead for days you’re available to come be a farmer for a day, month, year… We are in crunch time for planting, soil conditions have not...
by Daniel | Jan 30, 2013 | chickens, Daniel, East West Farm, Farm
My lack of computer savvy is proving to be a pain in the tuckus. I think I have fixed whatever setting it was that I had on the chicken CSA form that kept it from working. If you tried to place an order for the chicken CSA and weren’t able to, please follow this...
by Daniel | Jan 1, 2013 | chickens, cows, Daniel, Eggs, Farm, free range chicken, Pastured poultry
When I steered my family’s life onto this course known as farming, we knew there would be numerous challenges to overcome. We knew that we were completely altering the way we would live our lives, but perhaps we didn’t realize just how drastic it would be....
