The Hoven Blog — Alberta

The Most Cattle on the Smallest Paddock for the Shortest Period of Time

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Tim talks about moving the biggest number of cattle to the smallest area of land for the shortest time possible.

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Anti-beef push

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Have you noticed that there is a big anti-beef push right now?  We're being told that from a diet perspective bugs are in and beef is out.  This was a fantastic podcast, and we hope you tune in to listen.  Jill Winger from The Prairie Homestead interviews Diana Rodgers, author of the book Sacred Cow.  Some of the fascinating ideas that are covered in this podcast:-the idea of "carbon tunnel vision"-why the grasslands NEED cattle-why is beef being vilified right now-examining the "red meat is bad for you" myth-what we can do about current (and future) food issuesAnd much more.If you have an appetite...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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A whole lot of Hovens made it out to the farm to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend.  There was good food, good conversations and a whole bunch of fun.

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2022- Open Farm Days

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Thank you for supporting our family farm in 2022!  You are the reason that we are able to put food on our table.Because you have walked alongside of us this year we wanted to offer you a special invitation to Open Farm Days 2022.On Saturday, August 13th; 11 AM - 5 PM we will be opening our farm to you.  We will be hosting tours to show you how we grow our organic grass-finished beef.   **Free Access**-Walking tours (40 min) to see our beef cattle, Tabita our family milk cow, horses, ducks, specialty breed chickens, baby chicks, laying hens, bees, kittens,...

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Look what arrived at the Farm!

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Francis picked up his pigs and brought them to the farm.  These little guys are going to be our free ranging pigs.

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