October 2009

Sickness

October 28, 2009

One of the worst things about having 7 kids is that the family is a disease magnet. With 4 kids in different classes in school, we are exposed to half the germs in the school. It is a long 4 weeks as the bugs slowly filter through the kids. I think we have had at [...]

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Sunday Morning on the Farm

October 25, 2009

It was a beautiful morning when I walked out to check the cattle today. Here is a picture looking north. You can see some cattle swath grazing across the road.

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You Are a Wimp

October 23, 2009

Take this, you wuss. And no backtalk, you hear me?

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Three must-visit foodie Oases

October 22, 2009

From the Calgary Herald. Very nice to see some local people make the list. The people from Ravenwood Farm Fresh Meats have a very nice shop. I haven’t been in Caroline in the last year to go see the shop, but I defineitly want to stop in and check it out. These folks are another [...]

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Homemade Pasta Sauce

October 22, 2009

Homemade Pasta Sauce from Tim Hoven on Vimeo. You saw the pictures of the ripening tomatoes. Here is a short video about what we did with some of those tomatoes. Homemade pasta sauce made with home-grown organic tomatoes on our home-grown certified organic ground beef. I love the taste of fresh homemade food.

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Vine Ripened Tomatoes

October 17, 2009

Lori, my wife, planted some tomatoes this year and finally we can enjoy her hard work. Before the frosts came, the tomatoes were not green so she searched the internet, found out what to do. She put the tomatoes in covered cardboard boxes, and voila, weeks later, we have our very own vine ripened tomatoes. [...]

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Vegetarians make great speed bumps #bwe09

October 16, 2009

I disagree. Vegetarians make great ex-vegetarians. From the Fatburger Van.

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Cow FAIL

October 16, 2009

If you don’t own a cattle squeeze, you may not get the joke.

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Eat Real. Eat Local

October 15, 2009

I was very surprised by this website. Why? First thoughts… it is awesome. The video is excellent and drives a few important points home. It goes through the reason why we need to eat local and support local food production. Please go visit the site and see what I am talking about. Watch the video. [...]

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20 Food Rules by Michael Pollan

October 14, 2009

Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food, asked readers for advice on the rules they use when choosing their food. 2500 submissions later, Pollan made his list of his favorite 20 food rules. Here is the link. As a meat producer,the vegetarian responses always beg me for comment. Usually, I don’t say anything. I [...]