By admin on April 10, 2012
Well it looks like our spring season has been brief and we are jumping right into summer, or so it seems with these 80 degree days already. The garden crops are loving it and potatoes, onions, garlic, broccoli, cabbage are all growing rapidly– it should be a bumper crop. It has turned quite lush out [...]
Posted in Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog, Farm Newsletter, Featured | Tagged 2012 Piedmont Farm Tour, Easter Ham, Farm Newsletter, Farrowing House
By admin on February 22, 2012
Oreo girl with her new litter of pigletts: Esther resting after giving birth to her first litter: Sometimes the warmest, safest spot is on momma’s snout: A welcomed snack of broccoli and brussel sprout plants pulled up from the fall garden: Thanks to Shelly Jacobs for the photos.
Posted in Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog, News | Tagged Pigletts, Pigs
By admin on February 6, 2012
Photo Post: Happy Barn Kitty + Fresh Eggs
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By admin on February 5, 2012
Photo Post: Lots of bird babies running around here, like this little duckling.
Posted in Chickens & Other Poultry, Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog | Tagged Cane Creek Farm, Duckling, Ducks
By admin on February 4, 2012
Photo Post: Our turkeys are raised with fresh air, loving care and respect for their inner turkeyness.
Posted in Chickens & Other Poultry, Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog | Tagged Animal Welfare Approved, Cane Creek Farm, Farm Intern, Turkey
By admin on February 3, 2012
Photo Post: These cute little guys are newly hatched and just one day old. Did you know that baby turkeys are called poults?
Posted in Chickens & Other Poultry, Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog | Tagged Cane Creek Farm, poults, Turkeys
By admin on February 2, 2012
Photo Post: Sheep enjoying a tasty mineral treat… so much so that they climbed into the feeder.
Posted in Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog, Sheep | Tagged Cane Creek Farm, Mineral Feeder, Sheep
By admin on December 15, 2011
Eliza recently had had the opportunity to meet up with fellow farmer Suzanne Nelson of Cozi Farm, chef Jeff Barney of the Saxapahaw General Store and The Eddy, filmmaker Graham Meriwether and Frank Stacio of National Public Radio to discuss how meat is raised in America. The discussion centers around the new documentary American Meat, [...]
Posted in Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog, News, Press | Tagged Audio, Cozi Farm, Frank Stacio, Graham Meriwether, Jeff Barney, NPR, Radio, Saxapahaw General Store, Suzanne Nelson, The Eddy, The Sate of Things
By admin on December 15, 2011
(L-R Chef Jeff Barney of the Saxapahaw General Store & The Eddy Pub, farmer V. Mac Baldwin of Baldwin Beef, farmer Suzanne Nelson of Cozi Farm, filmmaker Graham Meriwether, farmer Johnny Glosson of Glosson Farm, farmer Eliza MacLean of Cane Creek Farm, farmer Kim Griffin, and Casey McKissick of NC Choices. Photo courtesy of Sarah [...]
Posted in Events, Excerpt Homepage, Farm Blog, Featured | Tagged American Meat, Baldwin Beef, Cane Creek Farm, Casey McKissick, Cozi Farm, Documentary, Eliza MacLean, Glosson Farm, Graham Meriwether, Jeff Barney, Johnny Glosson, Kim Griffin, NC Choices, Panel Discussion, Saxapahaw General Store, Suzanne Nelson, The Eddy Pub, V. Mac Baldwin
By admin on December 15, 2011
DECEMBER NEWSLETTER We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving! Christmas is just around the corner but by the looks of things here you’d wonder if it was springtime—babies are everywhere. We have an abundance of piglets, with more on the way and so far five lambs on the ground with another dozen or more [...]
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