Dog Days of Summer We are right into the heat of July here on the farm, the time of year when we always pray for rain. If there is going to be a drought, which is devastating for farms like ours that depend on hay and pasture, it usually begins in July and lingers into […]
March comes “in like a lamb, out like a lion” March – the fair weather friend month is upon us. For those of you inclined to the Farmer’s Almanac and iconic sayings about the weather, we note that the first day of March was mild and pleasant, definitely lamb-like. So we should keep the snowblower […]
Zettel Family Farms Certified Organic Grass-fed Beef, Pastured Pork and Chicken Chepstow, Ontario, Canada To Order, Call Ted @ 519-881-8773 or email ted.zettel@gmail.com. Order online at zettelfamilyfarms.ca/storefront Happy New Year! All the Zettel family sends to you our hope that 2022 brings you peace! We want to thank all of you who make this farming adventure […]
Oh how the months go by! Can you believe that the first third of 2021 is already “in the books”? We are into our second year of Covid restrictions, and no end in sight. If at the start we were trying to just survive the unprecedented measures that have turned things upside down, we now […]
New Walk-in Freezer and Packing Room We are putting the finishing touches on our new packing facility, (pics) built into our old driving shed on the home farm where Sam and Michelle and their five boys live. This driving shed was built in 1973 when I was 15 years old, for a total cost […]
Thanks be to God! The Thanksgiving weekend is a bittersweet event for us here at Zettel Family Farms. It is the finale of turkey production, which means one less chore each morning and night. The absence of turkeys, who inhabited the space between our house and the river, and occasionally visited our patio without an […]
One of the foundations of a pasture -based organic farm is rotational grazing. We adopted this management strategy back in the 1980’s when we were still milking cows, and like everyone else were feeding them in confinement. What that means is that you harvest the feed with machinery and bring it to the animals who […]
February 26th, just a few weeks ago, was “Ash Wednesday”, the day when many Christians around the world observe a day of fasting, the beginning of a 40 day preparation for Easter. On this day they abstain from eating meat. Coincidentally, I turned on the radio while driving to catch an interview with Mark Bittman, […]
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