Ben Clinch, Author at The Yarn by The Free Range Butcher

Why We Are What We Eat, Eats

Written by Ben Clinch on July 29, 2016. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

One of the most memorable meals I have cooked is chilli mud crabs. I had caught the crabs myself, by wading through mangroves with friends at night with a torch and hand net near Port Macquarie. Alison and I cooked them the next evening for friends who we had rung at the last minute to come and enjoy the bounty. The...

Noises in the Night

Written by Ben Clinch on July 28, 2016. Posted in Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

We have big bedrooms at our farm. It’s an old school farmhouse which we have extended over the years. It now has a big veranda right the way around so you can catch the sunrise at breakfast, and have an afternoon drink as the sun goes down. Well that was the idea when we built the veranda, but the reality is you get...

An Industry on the Brink

Written by Ben Clinch on June 10, 2016. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Way back in 2011, I wrote about this whole milk (pardon the pun) price issue. Once again it’s in the spotlight. Obviously, the low cost of milk at the supermarkets is not sustainable; but it’s not this price factor that has dictated the recent reduction in the price paid to farmers for their milk solids. As this story...

Next Business Day Delivery

Written by Ben Clinch on February 15, 2016. Posted in Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

For the past couple of months, we’ve been refining our internal systems and working with our delivery partner to provide NEXT BUSINESS DAY DELIVERY. I’m pleased to say that as of today, Monday, all orders placed before midnight will be delivered the next business day. For example, if you place your order on Monday you’ll...

My Best Ever Pitch

Written by Ben Clinch on November 19, 2015. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Miscellaneous, Newsletter. Leave a Comment

Long-time readers would be aware that a butcher’s November newsletter is prime time for Christmas Ham talk. You know the lines… ‘Nearly Sold Out’, ‘Last Chance’, ‘Early Bird Catches the Worm’, blah, blah, blah. Well this newsletter won’t be like that…until towards the end. Which is soon, because this is a short newsletter,...

WHO Said WHAT?!?!

Written by Ben Clinch on October 30, 2015. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous, Newsletter. Leave a Comment

If the recent findings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are to be taken out of context (as much of the news reporting has done), we are all now vegetarians from fear alone. We have all known for some time that excessive meat consumption is not good for you, nor is the excessive intake of processed foods – meat...