By / Par Jerry Kitt Rain, rain, go away! After years of drought finally we’ve been getting some good precipitation. The pastures are loving it and any cows or bison out grazing will certainly have all they can eat of the fresh succulent grass. They had better enjoy it now because when fall comes … [Read more...]
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt The spring rains sure have been a blessing. Soil moisture has been dropping for the past several years and the drought has had a major effect on the farm. Lack of rain had reduced the amount of grass that could grow and without that pasture or hay the size of our beef herd has … [Read more...]
From the Farm: Large Black Pigs / De la ferme : des cochons noirs
By / Par Barbara Schaefer When I first began farming the Large Black Pig in 2008, I was invited to provide some pork shoulder for a Slow Food dinner in Ottawa. Chef Dave Neil made a delicious sausage with my pork that garnered rave reviews and launched my germinating farming business in the … [Read more...]
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt YouTube Farming. Slow Food Canada, an organization I’ve supported for the past ten years, held its annual meeting in Osoyoos, B.C. this month. I really wanted to attend but leaving the farm is always a hard thing to do. My son said he’d be around and I had three very capable … [Read more...]
From the Farm / De la ferme
By / Par Jerry Kitt Spring fever: A number of sows on First Nature Farms have come down with a fever – spring fever! Why? There’s a new boar on the farm! “Willy” the Berkshire boar is a couple of months past puberty and is ready to socialize. Unfortunately for Willy, he is a “city” boar among a … [Read more...]