Animal Welfare Archives - The Yarn by The Free Range Butcher

Grass Fed Meat – Why Eat It?

Written by Ben Clinch on March 28, 2022. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Beef, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

It’s better. It’s that simple! Grass Fed versus Grain Fed – there are numerous articles around the pros and cons and the impact on our Health. The fact that you are reading this may mean that you are considering buying or have bought from The Free Range Butcher and are therefore conscious of how your meat is produced...

The New ABC: Abattoirs, Bandwagons and Certification

Written by Ben Clinch on May 29, 2015. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Miscellaneous, Newsletter. Leave a Comment

We received a question today about the abattoirs we use and whether or not they are Halal certified. Presuming that the person was not seeking meat for religious reasons (this was obvious from the questions she asked), I can only assume that she had been reading the social media hype regarding the fees that are charged...

Ethics, Sustainability, Traceability and Pricing

Written by Ben Clinch on April 15, 2015. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. 1 Comment

If you’re a regular reader of our blog or newsletter, you’re probably already familiar with what we produce and sell, and how we (and our like-minded farming partners) make it happen. From the beginning we’ve encouraged questions from customers and we never shy away from the tough ones. This week I...

How to Choose Ethical, Sustainable and Traceable Food this Christmas

Written by Ben Clinch on December 11, 2013. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. 1 Comment

One of the loveliest things about Christmas is getting together with family and friends and enjoying beautiful food. Given our climate in December there’s an increasing trend towards cold dishes like ham and seafood, rather than the traditional roast*. What’s also changing is consumer awareness around food production....

Position Vacant: Camel Handler

Written by Ben Clinch on July 25, 2013. Posted in Animal Welfare, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

I was listening to the radio this week and heard Richard Glover interviewing a girl involved with the camel races at Bankstown. I don’t have a lot of strings in my bow, but, believe it or not, I’ve had some experience with camel racing. Many moons ago, not long after returning from my jackeroo stint up north I...

What’s in Store for this Winter?

Written by Ben Clinch on April 22, 2013. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat. Leave a Comment

As the season tightens on the farm, we can count on one hand the number of rainy days we’ve had in the last six months. We had some good growth from the last big rain fall well over month ago, but as each week goes by, and with no further rain, farmers across the state are getting nervous that a dry winter is looming....

Let’s Talk Turkey. Honestly.

Written by Ben Clinch on March 8, 2013. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Poultry. Leave a Comment

Not surprisingly the topic of conversation at the markets over the weekend has been the recent incidents at yet another abattoir. We choose our abattoir based on reputation, methods, management and systems. We are confident that the premises we use for slaughter treat our animals with the same level of respect that we...

Thinking time… waiting to land the big one

Written by Ben Clinch on November 11, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

I bought a fishing rod some time ago. It has pride of place in the garage: behind the golf clubs and the market BBQs; it sits next to the ice freezer, on top of the 30 odd bright yellow eskies that we use at the farmers markets; which, in turn sit behind the umbrellas and the six gazebos. You might think we have a big...

Pasture fed a cut above

Written by Alison Clinch on July 10, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farmers Markets, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

We were thrilled to be interviewed recently by Helen Greenwood from The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food supplement. You can see the original article here, or read it below: Ben Clinch, a former tiler who grew up on a farm, had an epiphany in a restaurant while eating a steak. ”I went out to dinner and ordered a...