The Beginning Farmer

The Journey of a Beginning Farmer :: As a child I spent most of my life in town living with my mom, but whenever I visited my Dad and his side of the family it was on the farm. From my earliest memories I have always wanted to be a farmer (except when I wanted to be a cowboy). Now, I am trying to fulfill that dream. This will be a journal of that journey :: my research, my joys, my frustrations, and all of the things that go along with the beginning farmer.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Satisfaction and Taste

A while ago I was lucky enough to be on the panel of a screening for the film "American Meat" . As far as food documentaries go ...

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

It's the End of "Dairy" As We Know It?

On the days leading up to Christmas the story of potentially rising milk prices seemed to be the story de jour. I began hearing about it l...

Friday, December 21, 2012

Another Farm's Farrowing Perspective

Frequent commenter Donna O'Shaughnessy has been following along with my ramblings on winter farrowing and took the time to discuss her...

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Sometimes ...

We are under our first "Winter Storm Watch" of the year. Even though it is December 19th and I shouldn't be surprised by this ...

Monday, December 17, 2012

Winter Farrowing :: Huts and Hay

Winter farrowing has been on the forefront of my mind lately (in case you haven't noticed), and as I look at the 8-day forecast and se...

Friday, December 14, 2012

Greenhouse :: Hoghouse

Inside a Farrowing Greenhouse at Becker Lane Organic Farms. Do you ever find yourself answering your own questions? On Wednesday I wrote...

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Time Has Come ...

Working on my Uncle's new Pro-Tec hoop building A very quick search of my blog posts showed me that back on November 7, 2008 I fi...

Monday, December 10, 2012

A Diversified Farm

Tacopocalypse's Market Set-Up I have always known that I wanted a diversified farm with many different enterprises. Diversification ...

Friday, December 07, 2012

The Tipping Point and Scaling Up

It is my experience that at some point in the life of a business or an organization things come to the tipping point ... the to the edge o...

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Pork Chops Come From Where?

I stumbled across this video the other day and thought it would be a perfect fit for The Beginning Farmer Blog since pigs are such a big ...

Monday, December 03, 2012

Truck Farming

I can't tell you how many times people have said to me that they can't believe I am farming without a real pickup (it's even bee...

Friday, November 30, 2012

Crazy Ideas :: The Perfect Processor/Butcher

I know that Joel Salatin bought one ... I know that Walter Jeffries is building one ... and I know that I would love to have my hands in...

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Talking Turkey ...

Hopefully you realize that Thanksgiving day was just last week ... and with Thanksgiving comes a nationwide focus on the turkey. Which mea...

Wednesday, November 07, 2012

A Post Election Thank You

Tonight ... we stand before you ... with victory in our hands! (wait for applause to subside) The votes have been counted ... you and oth...

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Short Days :: Long Days

I know that I said a while back that I was back to blogging again, but then I sort of trickled off ... like I have done a lot lately. This...

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Building a Monopoly Style Monopoly

Lately I've been listening to podcasts while I'm driving to and from the farmers market, doctors appointments, and work. It seems ...

Thursday, October 04, 2012

An Open Letter to Uncle Loren

Over the past four years, since the very beginning of the farm, we have been helped by countless family members and friends. They have spe...

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Oh No :: No More Bacon!

Just the other day our local news station had this article on their website ... "Bacon, pork prices to increase next year" T...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Single Sport Athletes ... err ... Farmers

Before we started the farm (and during the first year of farming) I was a head girls varsity soccer coach in our community. I loved soccer...

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Time For a New Boot

On September, 26th 2006 (wow ... almost exactly 6 years ago???) I wrote my second ever blog post . It is probably obvious from the post th...

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