The Hoven Blog — grass

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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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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Canadian Agriculture Day

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Red Meat and Your Health

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This is an excellent keynote from Dr Peter Ballerstedt at the 2021 Southwest Missouri Spring Forage Conference. http://springforageconference.com/. 

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Sustainable Ranching and Pasture Management

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What is Sustainable Grazing and Pasture Management?

This short video gives a great summary of the practice and what is takes to have a successful grazing management system.

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