What came first, the organic chicken….or the organic egg?
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 9/4/2011 to
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" What came first, the organic chicken….or the organic egg?
The proverbial question may never be summarily answered. Yet organic eggs only come from organic laying hens. What makes a laying hen organic? A big part of the answer is in the
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Our Visit with "Humane Food Finder"
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 9/3/2011 to
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" Recently, Emily - who writes the Humane Food Finder blog - called and scheduled a tour of Reedy Fork Farm. We had an awesome time! Emily blogged about her visit, and was kind enough to allow us to share it on our site.
I have
Milling About at Reedy Fork Organic Feed
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 8/23/2011 to
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" When we started milling organic feed, we never dreamed of the variety of feeds we would be mixing. To give you an idea, here's a partial list of what we've sold recently.
A seventeen ton order of organic chicken feed , along with some
Farm Vocabulary
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 8/9/2011 to
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We've had more than our fair share of visitors at the farm lately, and they've noticed that we farmers bandy about a few terms that the rest of you might not be familiar with.
Here are a few that we've had to explain recently - to help you
Meet Our Friend RAFI
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 8/3/2011 to
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" If you're like most folks, you may not know what RAFI stands for, much less what it does. Rural Advancement Foundation International or RAFI promotes and protects sustainable agriculture in very practical ways.
Since the first step to a
Happy Lines: Where to find Happiness on the Farm
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 8/1/2011 to
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" How do you know a cow is happy and healthy? She has happy lines!! No, it doesn't mean she's smiling. It means she has horizontal lines that are right down the side of her ribs. It looks like you took your fingertips and raked down the side of
Soil Amendments - Conditioner for Your Soil
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 7/22/2011 to
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" Even as nature intended, there's no perfect soil. For the best crop possible, farmers and gardeners have to add things to the soil to create the best environment for whatever is being planted. Additions that improve the physical properties of soil
What's the Difference Between Local and Organic?
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 7/5/2011 to
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" It's all good, right?
The answer to that question is: it depends! When it's summertime, you can count on sighting hand-lettered signs advertising fresh local produce sold from stands on less traveled roads. Or you can find fresh local corn,
New Pictures for the Reedy Fork Farm Gallery
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 6/11/2011 to
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"We recently had a young photographer take some pictures at Reedy Fork Farm. She did a great job, don't you think? Thanks,
Our Visit to the Company Shops Market!
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 6/7/2011 to
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Sunday after church we paid our first visit to the Company Shops Market ! Seeing the dream come to life was awesome. It's a beautiful facility, and has an tremendous variety of local produce and organic products that just haven't been
The Meeting with Jeff Mattocks
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 5/23/2011 to
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"We had an incredible session with Jeff Mattocks from Fetrell on Saturday - a beautiful, sunny, not too hot day at the farm was the perfect time to visit the feed mill. Since he is a nutrition consultant, and has helped us immeasurably in our feed
Jeff Mattocks (from Fertrell) Coming to our Farm!
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 5/12/2011 to
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Jeff Mattocks from Fertrell is coming to the farm on Saturday the 21th of May from 10-12:00. The meeting will be here in the feed mill. Jeff Mattocks is a Nutrition Consultant at Fertrell. He authored "Pastured-Raised Poultry Nutrition", a
Why Flies Don't Bug Us Anymore
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 5/7/2011 to
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The farmer's idyllic front porch wouldn't be realistic without a few flies buzzing around, but flies in your barn and on your
Relative Feed Value - How's it Related to You?
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 3/31/2011 to
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" If you had your own self-sufficient farm with a few cows, you could draw conclusions about feed quality by feeding forage - like alfalfa - to your cows and observing how they thrive and produce. On a larger scale, this method wouldn't be
GE - Not Such a Bright Idea
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 3/17/2011 to
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" One of our customers called us the other day asking about updates she kept seeing on Stonyfield Organic’s Facebook page. “They’re all about GE alfalfa,” she said. “I didn’t know General Electric was in the farming business.”
We
Hey Frogggggggy. Frog TV.
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 3/11/2011 to
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" Tune into FrogTV , an up and coming news outlet publicizing the dangers of chemical pesticides to our environment and consequently our health. Weighty information - lighthearted delivery.
Meet Triball, the three-eyed frog and hero of FrogTV.
We WON The Stonyfield Organic Contest!
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 3/1/2011 to
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" At 7:00 this morning, we got the email. We WON first prize in Stonyfield Organic's ""Grant a Farmer's Wish"" contest! Stonyfield is granting us $10,000 to help fund our organic feed mill. We won't repeat the quip that someone had, but yes, we are
They're Blogging About Us
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 2/25/2011 to
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Chances are you've already seen some of the pictures of local photographers Sarah Cook and Nate Perry. Recently, their pictures chronicled the Kick-off Potluck for Company Shops Market - the new coop coming to downtown Burlington, and those
Why Do We Need Cow Feed When We're Organic?
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 2/18/2011 to
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" “So if you’re an organic dairy, shouldn’t the cows just be getting everything they need from the grass?”
Well, in a perfect world with lush green rolling pastures – yes! Our cows would need nothing else to eat but grass. The
The Mill is Online!
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 2/9/2011 to
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" The new mill is in service! After being trucked in (with a load of hay!) all the way from Wisconsin, after being installed in the building, and hooking up augers...after hours of figuring and wiring and sweating...Reedy Fork Farms Organic Feed
Proud Member of Organic Valley Family
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 1/29/2011 to
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" Reedy Fork Farms is proud to be a member of the Organic Valley family of farms. And there's a great reason for our pride! Organic Valley was started by seven dairy farmers in Wisconsin back in 1988. with seven selling organic dairy products in
Proud Member of Organic Valley Family
Posted by Reedy Fork Organic Farm on 1/29/2011 to
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Reedy Fork Farms is proud to be a member of the Organic Valley family of farms. And there's a great reason for our pride! Organic Valley was started by seven dairy farmers in Wisconsin back in 1988. with seven selling organic dairy products in