Tierra Verde Blog
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For the love of bacon. Part 1
It’s the "B" in a BLT sandwich, the star of breakfast buffets, the garnish on a spinach salad, and the "pork" in pork-and-beans. Bacon imparts a smoky flavor to innumerable…
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Eggs 101, Nutrition
In the 1930s, scientists and food producers were creating the first plans to take poultry off family farms and raise them in confinement. To enact their plans, they needed to…
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Eggs 101, The Label
When you buy eggs and meat, you probably look for terms like cage-free, free-range, or pasture-raised. There are critical differences between these terms, and why it matters.
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Eggs 101, An introduction
There are a lot of differences between eggs but the ones that typically matter the least are the ones that you can see. So In this first installment I will…
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Why Grass-Fed Beef and Lamb – Part 5, Community Benefits
In Part 2 of this series we discussed environmental health benefits to grass-fed farming. Our reliance on perennial pastures and hay fields means we can produce proteins with less diesel…
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Why Grass-Fed Beef and Lamb – Part 4, Human health benefits
There are a number of nutritional differences between the meat of grass-fed pasture-raised and grain-fed animals. To begin with, meat from grass-fed cattle, sheep, and bison is lower in total…
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Why Grass-Fed Beef and Lamb – Part 3, Livestock Health
While all animals will benefit from being pastured here we are talking about being grass-fed to finish and why that would benefit ruminants specifically. In Part 1 of this series…
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Why Grass-Fed Beef and Lamb – Part 2, Environmental Benefits
In consideration of the impacts of grass-fed beef, we will consider both the positive benefits to the environment, through the use of holistic farming and grazing practices we can actually heal…
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Why Grass-Fed Beef and Lamb – Part 1, Introduction
The first issue we must address when dealing with the subject of grass-fed beef and lamb is "what does grass-fed mean". Before my wife Connie and I started raising grass-fed…