As evening fell on Christmas Eve, 1826, in West Point, New York, three military academy cadets crossed the Hudson River in a covert search for whiskey. In celebration of Christmas…
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There is nothing like a pasture-raised turkey. They have richer dark meat and smaller breasts than their industrial brethren, and thus benefit from a slightly different cooking method. First, a warning…
We’ve always tried to highlight that New England and New York is the one region in the country where the average age of farmers is declining, the size of farms…
When it comes to grilling sausages, it’s hard for me not to think of Tony Soprano in his backyard, Sweet Italian links draped around his neck, an end twirling in…
I was cooking dinner with my mom, when she laughed and said to me, “The last part that went over the fence—my dad used to say that!” We were listening…
We are excited to say that the first of this year’s pasture-raised chickens are now being included in our shares! Raised in New Hampshire and Vermont with excellent early pasture…
In 1876 an MIT professor, Edward Pickering, and Charles Hitchcock of Dartmouth College, among others, invited Boston area academics to form an association for the purposes of exploring New Hampshire’s…
Prior to 1920, farmers took home upwards of 70 cents on every consumer dollar spent on meat. By the late 1930s the farmer’s share had fallen to 51 cents, but we still saw…
Grazing ruminants (animals that are meant to eat grass and grass alone, like cattle) produce methane as a bi-product of digestion. Much has been written and analyzed regarding the climate…
We had a blast this week in our Boston butcher shop breaking down a beautiful side of pasture-raised pork step-by-step. Wielding sharp knives and cooking tips abound, Head Butcher Tommy…