by Rafter W Ranch | Mar 31, 2021 | Our Farm
Know What Meat Guarantees Mean You’ve likely encountered this scenario when shopping at your local grocery store or market: You approach the meat counter or meat cooler, you scan the products and see an assortment of logos and labels, claiming...
by Rafter W Ranch | Mar 29, 2021 | Pastured Chicken, Our Farm, Recipes
What is Organic Chicken? Organic Chicken comes from farms that raise chicks on organic feed and bedding from the second day of life until processing. Organic feed and bedding come from sources that used no inorganic fertilizers for the preceding 3 years. Organic...
by Rafter W Ranch | Mar 27, 2021 | Our Farm, Beef, Healthy Living, Lamb, Pastured Chicken
The Problem with Packaging Walk into the meat section of nearly any grocery store and look at the packaging and label. You will see statements like, “Net Weight” “Solution Added” “Water Added.” What does all of that mean? It means...
by Rafter W Ranch | Mar 19, 2021 | Our Farm, Sustainability
PAUSE: Ballot Initiative to Criminalize Husbandry Practices Would Cost Consumers, Limit Food Availability WRITTEN BY: Rachel Gabel; rgabel@thefencepost.com – A ballot initiative proposed, currently known as Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and...
by Rafter W Ranch | Dec 4, 2020 | Beef, Our Farm, Recipes
Cook the Best Steak of Your Life Think back to the best steak of your life. Close your eyes for a moment and remember how it smelled, how the knife melted through it like butter. Think about how it tasted as the first bite rested on your tongue, the texture of it as...
by Rafter W Ranch | Oct 9, 2020 | Eggs, Our Farm
Pullet Eggs? What Are Those!?! If you’ve been to a farmer’s market during the spring, you might have noticed your egg farmer selling ‘pullet’ or mini/small eggs. There’s a reason for this, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the eggs....
