Tierra Verde Blog
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A Doctor’s Journey to Regenerative Agriculture
In early February 2026, Fireberry Provisions hosted a gathering of people to discuss regenerative farming, real food, and faithful stewardship of land and community. Shirley McElhattan, M.D., Tierra Verde’s business…
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A Primer about Hay
This is not intended to be an exhaustive white paper on how to make hay, actually I will talk very little about making hay what I really want to answer…
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It is all about the dirt
I guess to start out with I should go with the disclaimers. I am not a soil scientist, I am not an agronomist, and I am not even a life…
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Lamb vs Veal
To begin with with most, not all but most meat animals are raised and then harvested at an age that is similar to the age that they reach sexual maturity…
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How to eat clean on a budget – Part 6
When we started this series back in April, inflation was only at a 30 year high and I wanted to share with you techniques Connie and I use to save…
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How to eat clean on a budget – Part 5
Up to this point all of the techniques I mentioned apply to the fruit/vegetable world in the same manner as they apply to the meat world. This one, not quite…
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How to eat clean on a budget – Part 4
Up to this point in this series we have been discussing just modifying existing behavior. Instead of buying the same food year round you would buy food seasonally. To get…
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How to eat clean on a budget – Part 3
Last week I made the case that buying seasonally gives you the best chance of getting the best tasting foods. The second attribute that buying seasonally gets you is buying…
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How to eat clean on a budget – Part 2
Summer tomatoes, early fall apples, late summer corn on the cob, all of these in the State of Ohio bring to mind a fruit or vegetable bursting with flavor. These…