Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:43:46 -0500WeeblyTue, 31 Aug 2010 06:49:58 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/08/the-pastured-egg-healthier-than-its-industrial-counterpart.htmlOnce again we see that eggs from chickens raised on pasture are better for you!

]]>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:41:54 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/08/is-pastured-poultry-healthier-than-conventional-chicken.htmlThis is a great video showing the benefits of eating animals that are raised on pasture in a natural setting.

]]>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:17 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/07/what-is-the-meatrix.htmlI love this little video! It really brings home what's going on in the industrial farming sector.

When I go through the grocery store I see so many pretty, pastoral labels all designed to make me think my food is actually coming from a real farm somewhere...

Opt out of that system buy from a local farmer!

]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:21:05 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/07/piglets-foolin-around-video.htmlShot some video of Tamworth piglets that finally showed themselves a few days ago.

These are from our oldest sow. She had 6 pigs and is down to 4. Her age may be catching her as she has always had at least ten. We'll see how she does next time!

]]>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:32:23 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/07/why-you-dont-want-to-buy-organic-eggs-from-the-grocery.htmlGreat Article from Mercola...read it here
]]>Tue, 18 May 2010 16:31:50 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/05/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.htmlGreat article by Dr. Mercola
]]>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:55:18 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/04/lets-have-pigs-head-for-dinner-honey.htmlFor those who think chops, bacon, sausage, and ham when they think of pork....

 

I introduce you to Andrew of Slim Pickins

Andrew gets a pig from us every year and has it scalded instead of skinned which keeps all rind on the pig. Most folks aren't used to that anymore.This guys uses the whole pig.. feet, tail, head you name it, he has a dish. His latest post is the head.

 

Check it out here]]>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:39:04 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/03/why-eat-local.htmlEating food that was sustainably raised is like eating a tomato out of your garden verses buying a tomato at your local mega grocery. It looks like a tomato, well sort of, but the taste is more like cardboard. There is plenty of crunch, plenty of texture, but almost no taste. No taste usually means very little nutritional value. How can you take something like a tomato and ruin it? The same way you can take a pig and raise it in a way that isn't sustainable or natural and end up with something that looks like pork but tastes like, you guessed it, cardboard! Most factory farm "premium pork" tastes like the brine and chemicals used to enhance the flavor.

According to ATTRA, sustainable agriculture follows the principles of nature to develop systems for raising crops and livestock that are, like nature, self-sustaining. I agree.

If you come to my farm I'm not going to give you my long passionate talk about the evils of big business agriculture and how we need to return to a more sustainable model. I'm going to give you a pork chop, unless you'd rather try our pasture raised chicken.

I've learned that once you taste and see that sustainably-raised food is superior to factory-farmed products, you will ask me where to get food that tastes so good. And I'll gladly tell you.

Find a sustainable farm practice in your area and see what they offer. You will be convinced that food produced according to nature tastes better because it is better . It's healthier, environmentally friendly, and it stimulates the local economy. As the old saying goes, "The proof of the pork is in the eating."

 If you're around our neck of the woods, we hope you'll try us at Spring Hill Farms

 

Until next time...]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:23:52 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/03/some-obscure-history-of-the-tamworth-pasture-pig.html I came across some old writings recently that stated the Tamworth at one point had some "crosses of pigs having a strong infusion of Neapolitan blood...It is also said that a few breeders used a white pig that had been improved by Bakewell."


 I was surprised as everything I ever read about the Tamworth indicates no particular story of having any known infusion of other breeds.  Some have speculated that probably it did, have but no indication of what type.

 Although the writer didn't say anything with certainty, I found the account interesting.

They did start out saying "The Tamworth is probably the purest of the modern breeds of swine, it having been improved more largely by selection and care than by the introduction of the blood of other breeds."

They go on to say, "Fortunately the class of men who had undertaken the improvement of some of the other breeds, by sacrificing almost everything to an aptitude to fatten, did not undertake the Tamworth; hence the preservation of the length and prolificacy of the breed. For a number of years previous to 1870 the breed received comparatively little attention outside it's own home. About that time the bacon curers opened a campaign against the then fashionable short, fat and heavy shouldered pigs, which they found quite unsuitable for the production of streaked side meat for which the demand was constantly increasing. The Tamworth then came into prominence as an improver of some of the other breeds, in which capacity it was a decided success owing to its long established habit of converting it's food into lean meat."   


 We're thankful to those very early Tamworth breeders here at Spring Hill Farms, and once our customers try some of our old fashion hickory smoked bacon they are too!

 

Until Next time...]]>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:06:44 -0500http://springhillfarms.us/1/post/2010/03/if-you-contacted-us-in-the-last-two-weeks-please-read.htmlIf you sent us any type of communication from our website from March 1st to March 16th, chances are we did not get it.

 

Our website had an "issue" where it wasn't sending us the email. It would tell you on your end that it did when in fact it didn't...

 

SO... If you signed up for our free pork or wanted on our mailing list you will need to go back to our site and re-submit your information.

 If you sent us a request for more information and you didn't hear from us, we didn't get it please re-send.

 

Oh the joys of the Internet...

 

Until next time...]]>