Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

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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...

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What Does Free Range Mean to You?

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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....

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The Pigs Have Arrived at Blue Hills!

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My dad Pete has many hats; father and family man, farmer, truck driver, meat salesman extraordinaire, fall back guy, and now, Free Range Pig Farmer! The old bloke headed over to the Free Range Pig Mecca on Rob Roy Road, Inverell recently and picked up our pigs, and from all reports they have settled in well and are getting...

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Farming in Frosty Times

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I have previously touched on the need for consumers to understand how their food is grown and seasonality is a part of this discussion. The truth is, grass fed meat eats better at some times of the year than others. The influencing factors include the location of the farm, the season, and the amount of rainfall the farm...

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Why we Choose to Produce Grass Fed Products

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Quite often I get asked why our meat isn’t organic, and the reality is that organic farming systems are not necessarily suited to all environments or all farming enterprises. Our farm is situated in an area with high summer rainfall and hot days, which are the perfect environment for grass fed beef and lamb, but these...

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A Load of Hogwash

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Firstly, let’s call it H1N1 for the pigs’ sake. Our politically correct pigs delivered to us from Melanda Park are about to march on parliament house in protest, as they believe they have nothing to do with this ‘hog wash’. And the reality is they don’t. As of today, the renamed H1N1 virus has not been reported in pigs...

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