Seek and you shall find

Knowledge is a wonderful and dangerous. And the government and the big food corporations are afraid you will find out the truth. But you must search for the answer's and weary of any group that does a study. First ask yourself who paid for the study? And who did it and why. I would recommend some reading for anyone interested in food. Books , Holy cows and Heavenly hogs by Joel Salatin or just about anything he has written will open your eye's.Movies, Food inc as well

as King corn.

The information in these couple of movies and books will open your eye's as the direct correlation

in the dramatic rise in our country's health. But you have the power if you are willing to use it.

Attend a farmers market or a local bee keepers meeting .

Patronize a local you pick apple orchard or strawberry patch , pick extra and freeze for winter use.

Read the labels of everything you purchase and learn what those chemicals are, just type in you web search engine.

Support local farmers and arm yourself with knowledge

I would ask for everyone to get to know and support a local farmer. You have the right and responsibility to know what you are serving your family at meal time. Or even better dig up your backyard for some tomato plants onions and cucumbers to supplement you food bill.

Build yourself a chicken tractor for your backyard and get a couple of hens for your own eggs you do not need a rooster. In fact my wife says they are the perfect pet she can let them out in are fenced back yard and they never leave and if you leave the door to the pen they put themselves up at night. Ask your self this Question the next time you are in the supermarket

" how can they ship a ripe melon from South America and it not spoil? or a tomato anything for that matter. If you buy local not only are you getting a a fresher better tasting tomato, you are reducing your carbon foot print. just think of all the petroleum it took to get a melon from Guatemala. Learn to preserve any excess . There is not a better filling in the world at night when you lay down than knowing you have a cupboard full of canned green beans and tomato sauce of a freezer full of Brewer and sons pastured chicken.

Our poultry

We raise Cornish cross chickens which are bred for their large breast and growth rate. We are experimenting with a new chicken this year called Freedom Rangers or Label Rouge a Chicken developed in France for their high quality meat. The one thing I have noticed about this breed is they eat more grass and scratch for bugs a lot more aggressively than the Cornish cross, but they will require more time to reach maturity, only time will tell. This is our first year with Turkey's , I currently have 6, three bronze at 8 weeks of age and three Broad Breasted white.

I was always told by my father that they are hard to raise, but they seem to be doing well. I have noticed that turkey's area a more social bird they like company, and they love grass they get excited every time I move their pen to fresh grass, they seem to purr almost like a cat.