Spring is here! As I write this greeting to all of our faithful friends on March 21st, the official Spring Equinox and close of winter, we are already well into enjoyment of some of those seasonal wonders which make this time of year so beautiful. Yes, the ground is still covered with snow and the […]
Hello everyone and welcome to the sunny south! The southern part of Bruce county, that is, where after the darkest, greyest January in memory, we are enjoying some fabulous warm, sunny weather – feeling more like mid-March than February. We seem to have turned a corner with Groundhog Day, and are on the downward slope […]
Ted opines on what an odd year 2022 was, and how we can learn from it.
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There was a time in our history when we were simply thankful for food. As a pioneer in this country, if you had your belly full you were pretty well satisfied and likely didn’t have a care over what kind of food you had eaten or where it came from. Back then, we were much […]
New Products and Products on Sale Building on the popularity of our recently introduced “Mild Italian Pork Patty”, we are now making a “Garlic Pork Patty.” Most of you seem to prefer the larger 6 oz. burgers, so we are preparing them in this format – 3 / package, at $9.00/lb. You can order a […]
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 […]
Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Yes! They are back. Baseball and soccer. Swimming in the river. Going to the beach for the afternoon. Camping. Community dinners and weekend festivals. Picnics and parties outside. Friends and family gathering and celebrating together. Kids running around on the lawn, turning on the water hose and getting […]
June is the month when it really shines! The method of production that we use here at Zettel Family Farms is often referred to as ”Pasture based livestock production” or more simply “grass farming”. This year, for the first time, we had no spring seeding to do in the fields. All of the land is […]
The Cattle Are Out! Those dreaded words strike terror into the heart of any livestock farmer. This announcement greeted me as I was beginning my work of putting together orders in the packing room. My nephew Joe, stuck his head in the door; “We have a problem. The gate was wide open and I can’t […]