Blog — Farm Life

Utter Bliss~ Our cattle are pampered to the max. A-list celebrity typ’a deal, it’s their world, we’re just living in it. Setting is *crucial*. We start with sounds of Sade’s “smooth operator” to set the mood. Next, we rub lavender essential oil on their temples as we whisper sweet nothings into their ears. Oh, I should mention, they like their wheatgrass shots on the rocks, the dirtier the better. Once their cbd infused deep tissue massage is over, they take a biodynamic mud bath and are utterly blissed out. Who’s their Daddy? That’s when our head herdsman, Derek, wakes them...

Humane Farming Better for the Animals, Better for You, Better for the Earth We often think of biodynamic farming as chemical free, but did you know that biodynamic standards dictate farming is cruelty-free? Humane treatment of all farm animals is a requirement of biodynamic farming that is incredibly important, but often overlooked in articles on the methods. Biodynamic farming doesn’t look at animals as a means to a profitable end. Animals are a vital living force on a biodynamic farm and an important piece of the farm organism as a whole. Therefore, their health and well-being is considered with gravity...

Can Farming Heal the World? “Demeter’s vision is to heal the planet through agriculture, so if we’re going to really impact climate change, agriculture is the number one way to do that. If you build really healthy farms, they’re going to sequester carbon faster than taking every gas-guzzling car off the road.” -Elizabeth Candelario, Demeter Self Sustaining Ecosystems “The best fertilizer is the farmer’s feet” is an adage that sums up the ethos of biodynamics perfectly. Biodynamic farming stands in stark contrast to the prevalent American monocropping or 3-crop rotation models. Rather than growing one or a few crops, biodynamic...

It’s inevitable. You need to thaw your frozen 100% Grassfed Beef pronto. The good news is, you can actually thaw our vacuum sealed, flash frozen grassfed beef pretty quickly. If you have your freezer stocked with some of Foxhollow Farm’s 100% Grassfed Beef way to go! You are ahead of the game and a well-prepared home cook. Perhaps you decide to invite your neighbor over for dinner and need to thaw 2 extra steaks. Your brother-in-law shows up unannounced Sunday afternoon and he is hungry - did someone say tacos? You thought you were eating out but your kid gets...