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Linking Flavor, Ethics and Ecology

This week, a few of us farmers were uplifted and captivated by some Sunday Morning Radio. After a long, tiring week, we flipped the radio on early Sunday morning and found ourselves in the midst of the most articulate conversation about why we do what we do. Someone was so beautifully explaining to the world what […]

Just Food, Earth Day and (why) It Is Ethical to Eat Meat

Spring Peepers are peeping, American Toads trilling and Wood Frogs are clippity clopping in the pond, amphibians dominate the April night soundtrack at the farm.  By day the goat kids chime in, punctuated by proud hens announcing their eggs, and occasional grunts from Checkers and squeals from her piglets, as they work out the dance […]

Why is it Ethical to Eat Meat

Answering the New York Times Ethicist Query “Tell us Why it is Ethical to Eat Meat” On a cold day in December 2009 I stood on the steaming compost pile belting out “When the Saints Go Marching In”. I changed the words. “When the saints are of four hooves…”  and I carefully put each head, […]