[This was published in the May/June 2020 APPPA Grit newsletter, a trade publication of the American Pastured Poultry Producers Association, and relies on contextual understandings of pastured poultry farmers]. As processing plants close and big chicken destroys barns full of birds, CAFO chickens have been in the news a lot over the course of the […]
Author Archives: Mike Badger
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May
May
Peeling freshly laid pasture raised eggs can be a real challenge. The eggs you buy in the grocery store are often weeks or months old, which is one of the reasons they tend to peel easier. Here are some of my best tips for hard boiling and peeling eggs. Use the oldest eggs you have. […]
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May
May
Nothing says picnic better than a platter full of creamy deviled eggs. Here is my simple recipe for making disappearing deviled eggs. You’ll want to make a few extra or keep some aside because these things will always get eaten fast, often before the main course is served. The key is to start with the […]
We Stepped up the Pullet Game in 2020 We still only sell brown egg laying pullets with full beaks, so what’s different about our 2020 pullets? Our birds were fed a non-gmo feed from day 1 of their life. This is a custom growout from Moyer’s Chicks, and they’re only available through one other dealer in […]
The most influential factors to build flavor into your chicken dinner is age and diet. Simply put, the older the chicken, the more flavor it has. The more diverse the diet, the more flavor it has. “It tastes like chicken,” has become the default answer people give when they try to describe what another, less […]
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Feb
Feb
There’s nothing wrong with frozen chicken. There, I said it. Let the lightning strike me down. In recent years, we’ve made the decision to supply all our chicken frozen, and it has been one of the best decisions we made with regard to our current production and distribution model. We realize, however, that many among […]
By purchasing a share in our chicken club, you guarantee that you will have local, pasture-raised chicken grown for you in six monthly installments starting in May. This is a lot like a vegetable CSA where you buy a share of the weekly harvest at the beginning of the season, only we’re selling chicken. In […]
I discovered this very tasty recipe while searching for something to take to a potluck, and since I had all the primary ingredients from local sources, I gave it a try. And it was awesome. I brought home an empty crockpot. 6 cups drained corn 1 cup honey from Badger’s Millside Farm 2 pasture-raised eggs […]
People who buy local farm-raised chicken do so for many reasons. A big reason is that most small farmers raise chickens on antibiotic free feed. There is enough suspicion and caution to be had regarding the constant feeding of antibiotics to broiler chickens as a growth stimulant and not as a disease treatment. Here is […]
Every once in a while we feel compelled to share a good thing. On Tuesday, we received our first box of organic vegetables from Walnut Run Farm in Williamsport: artichokes, zucchini, lettuce heads, cherry tomatoes, basil, parsley, edible pansies and nasturtiums, shell peas, snap peas, and cilantro. Superb. The fresh salad with cherry tomatoes and […]