Wow, wow, went to the local organic farm for their open tour day. It was fantastic! A young couple with their 3 small children are living the life - 400 acres leased to them from the city of Gunnison with beef cattle,dairy cattle, pigs, meat chickens,chicken for eggs, turkeys and sheep. All free range and pasture fed. We tromped through muddy pastures and visited most of the animals. Naturally I went gaga over it all and we're signing up for the eggshare and mixed meat share. They have a raw milk share as well, but I'm not sure how much we would consume, plus I know there's somewhat of a controversy over the "raw" part. Yes Heather, the link you sent is the same darling Parker Pasture farm. Naturally you would sleuth out the good organic even from a long distance away...
They have a big problem with foxes, so there are different protective measures depending on the animal. The cages for the meat chickens & turkeys, are portable and moved over different parts of pasture. The free range chickens are guarded by two older great pyrenees dogs. See photo. Isn't that great? Pigs live with the chickens, which they say is all very friendly, and they have 5 different kinds of chickens, including Ameraucana (green eggs!)
The sheep & lambs are their daughter Chloe's territory. She was darling, talking about "her" sheep. Sweet photo. I don't think I could do this farm thing, but I love, love the concept, and will be supporters. Power to the little guy doing sustainable stuff!
I thought I was on Heather's blog for a minute!! What a very cool place. Take me there.. the week of the 28th?
ReplyDeleteHooray! So glad you found a good source out there!! It's not hard to get caught up when you have someone some passionate about their work and doing the right things for the land and their animals.
ReplyDelete@Lisa... haha!