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

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...

How it All Started

Written by Ben Clinch on March 2, 2013. Posted in Farmers Markets, Farming and Agriculture, Grass Fed Meat. Leave a Comment

Our story begins 30 years ago when our family purchased a property at Barraba in North West, NSW. As kids we grew up in true country fashion; collecting our own eggs, weeding our own vegie garden, milking the cow, and producing our own meat. We thought nothing of how lucky we were to be eating such nutritious and tasty...

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...

From the Paparazzi and Back Down to Earth Again

Written by Ben Clinch on July 25, 2012. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Health and Wellbeing, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

It’s been a big couple of weeks around here. We had a great bit of press with an editorial in the SMH Good Living supplement and we have been flat out ever since. I awoke that Tuesday morning feeling quite chuffed with myself. I read the article online, and then thinking I was famous, I took a peep outside… disappointingly...

A Story of Commitment

Written by Ben Clinch on April 20, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture. Leave a Comment

It’s the Saturday morning of Easter at the farm. We have a big kitchen with an eight seater, old school timber table in the middle. The even bigger window faces the east and the sun is starting to come up; it floods in as I eat my breakfast. I love the first morning at the farm in the kitchen. Cereal, tea and toast,...

About a Boy Called Sam

Written by Ben Clinch on April 16, 2012. Posted in Farmers Markets, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

It’s a Saturday morning late last year, November or December, I don’t quite remember. It was looking to be a great day, with the sun already streaming in. It’s about 8am at Orange Grove markets, and the place is already busy; people are everywhere. I’m out the front of our stall with a plate full of samples, and...

Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

Written by Ben Clinch on March 22, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Today is Daddy Day Care around here. Some days we have grandiose plans, other days we don’t. Today is one of the latter. I am lying on the couch trying to get a catch up snooze from a busy weekend of markets, but Tom is playing carparks on my belly. The noise he makes as he pushes the cars off the edge and before he...

Thank You for Your Support in 2011

Written by Ben Clinch on December 15, 2011. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Well Christmas is literally just around the corner now and I wanted to take a moment out from packing Hams and Turkeys to thank all of you for your support this year. Once again it’s been a big year for us – new staff, new markets, and new premises. None of our success would have been possible without your...

What Does Free Range Mean to You?

Written by Ben Clinch on September 13, 2011. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Free Range Poultry, Grass Fed Meat. Leave a Comment

There has been some talk in the media and at the markets recently about Free Range and exactly how ‘free’ is the ‘range’. When we first started the business and we were thinking of a name, we sent out a sample of our top five names to family and friends. The Free Range Butcher was not among them....

Where There’s Smoke There’s Flavour

Written by Ben Clinch on July 14, 2011. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. Leave a Comment

Smoking is the process of flavouring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to the smoke from burning or smouldering wood. Meats and fish are the most common smoked foods, though cheeses, vegetables and ingredients used to make beverages such as whisky, are also smoked. Historically, farms included a small building...

Author: Ben Clinch

Let’s Talk Turkey. Honestly.

How it All Started

Thinking time… waiting to land the big one

From the Paparazzi and Back Down to Earth Again

A Story of Commitment

About a Boy Called Sam

Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

Thank You for Your Support in 2011

What Does Free Range Mean to You?

Where There’s Smoke There’s Flavour

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