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Foxhollow Beef Makes Great Primal Time TV. 4 Things An Animal Must Have (according to butcher Dario Cecchini): A good life - a healthy life with natural feed and ample clean space to move around A good death - no trauma when being transported, which often leads to shock A good butcher -someone who knows how to select the right parts and cut them in a way that brings out the best qualities A good cook - someone who can dignify the animal and all those whose labors led it to this table Foxhollow has been lucky to have some...

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...

Does Biodynamic Food Mean Healthy? Soil Matters One of the major concerns of modern life is how we’ll feed the increasing number of people on our planet. Part of this concern comes from the depletion of soil nutrients due to ‘indiscriminate use of agro-chemicals over the past 5-6 decades,” which has “adversely affected soil fertility, crop productivity, produce quality and particularly the environment”. Put simply - heavy chemicals mean poorer quality and quantity of the foods we need. When the soil and the food is bad, we can’t feed everyone. But why does good soil matter? “Healthy soils are the...

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...