by OogieFarmBlog | Feb 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well there has been another major food contamination issue with meat. The largest ever beef recall for E. coli contamination. I want all of you to look a bit behind the headlines to see the system that allowed that to happen, what problems it presents for small...
by OogieFarmBlog | Dec 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
Yesterday Ken and I went up to Terror Creek Winery to help bottle wine. With the 4 of us we can bottle nearly 40 cases in a couple of hours if everything is set up when we get started. Here’s Ken holding up the hose at the very end as we try to get the last drop...
by OogieFarmBlog | Nov 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
It’s fall and this year I vowed not to go into winter with as many sheep as I had last year. So our fall slaughtering has started. We’ve already done 16 adult ewes and today was 10 young rams. We have to schedule slaughter dates over a year in advance and...
by OogieFarmBlog | Sep 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
This past weekend the three main agricultural businesses on our mesa held a wine, cheese and mutton tasting. Our farm had mutton slow cooked shoulder roasts and 2 Welsh cheeses to taste. Terror Creek Winery had lovely fondue to go with their Swiss style wines. Stone...
by OogieFarmBlog | Sep 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
One of our local farms Zephyros Farm hosted a farm dinner yesterday evening. About 125 people attended the event celebrating local foods. Each course was prepared by a top local chef and the menu included the sources for all the ingredients. Ryan Hardy from Montangna...
