Growing chickens has been quite the adventure since the first group came to the farm in June of 2021. Broilers are fast growing "meat chickens" only intended for slaughter, completely different from the "egg layer" chickens. Join me for a behind-the-scenes look at how they're raised on our farm.
Straight from my no-fuss kitchen, I'm bringing you a simple recipe using the affordable and under appreciated Smoked & Cured Ham Hocks. A low-input, budget-friendly recipe, you can tweak and customize it to make it your own. Perfect for a potluck, as a make-ahead-side dish or stash it in the freezer for later.
Often folks will ask if we butcher our own animals. "Nope, we drop off the live animal and pick up the frozen cuts," I tell them. Here's a quick look into how much ready-to-eat cuts a beef animal yields.
We believe that ordering a beef side to feed your family shouldn't be hard or confusing. Read this to understand the whole booking process from choosing the best side size for your family to having it delivered to your home.
Find our Farm Store a short 25 minute drive West of Springfield, MO, right in the heart of the Ozarks. We welcome the public to shop and see where our beef is grown when we're open. Driving directions and current hours are always updated on Google.
We're seeing an influx of new customers looking for local beef at a time where grocery store shelves are nearly empty. Here's a story about how we pivoted in this unprecedented time to make sure our shelves remain stocked, now and throughout the rest of 2020.
From a steaming pot of soup to boosting the flavor of rice, there are so many ways to use beef stock in the kitchen. I don't have lots of time to spend watching over a simmering pot of beef stock, so I got creative & developed this process for making my own homemade stock using the convenience of my freezer and the hands-off cooking of my slow cooker.
The idea to start Blue Silo Beef all started with a fence and a pen of bulls. Asking "What if" and choosing to buck the normal cow-calf ranch business model in favor of selling direct-to-consumer started us down the path of running Blue Silo Beef as a component of our ranch operation.
Make it easy to find what you need the moment you open the freezer! I'm sharing my secrets to keeping our full freezers organized.
Our beef is truly a cut above! Learn about the different parts of our white label and what it means to you as the consumer
Seasons of life & work. Seasons of trial or abundance. It's written all over our laundry 'round here. And it's not for the faint of heart!
