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You Gonna Eat That?
We have about 32 assorted birds on applewood farm at the moment. We also have a casual restaurant that generates a generous amount of food waste. Turns out, birds LOVE restaurant food. Chickens love it; ducks love it; guinea fowl … Continue reading
Size Matters
“While it is always possible to wake a person who’s sleeping, no amount of noise will wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Jonathan Safron Foer (Eating Animals) We consider factory farmed meat unacceptable. It is unacceptable … Continue reading
… And Then There Were Seven.
We sold four of the piglets yesterday. Once piglets are at least six weeks old, it is generally fine to separate them from their mama. Obviously, specifics need to be considered (e.g. we have one that is substantially smaller than … Continue reading
Pigging Out
Two days before we went on our annual Vacation On The Beach, our friend Bernie the Pig Farmer and his wife, Amie, stopped by for a visit. They’d come all the way from New Hampshire, just to have a look … Continue reading
Shhh… Don’t tell the New York Times
Ever since opening applewood in 2004, we’ve maintained a set of guiding principles from which we have never wavered. We wanted a restaurant that served only sustainably-sourced foods, whether grown locally or farther afield, with an emphasis on supporting small … Continue reading
Culling the Roosters – Part Two (Culling the Roosters)
This is how the coop looked last night when we closed up the chickens. We let them go in and roost and, once they were settled, we grabbed the seven roosters slated for culling and crated them. If you ever … Continue reading
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