A longtime sheep farmer once observed, you know you’ve got happy sheep when they’re laying around at 7 a.m., chewing their cud. Our sheep must be pretty happy. These are the four Dorper ewes we purchased earlier in the summer. They’ve spent the ensuing months grazing fresh pasture every day. They are plump and in […]
Gracie’s parents were both white, but she was born black. Since then, she’s turned more of a latte color and we’ve learned that one of her grandfathers was black. She was the only one of our spring lambs to survive. I thought she might have a date with the butcher this fall. But she’s such […]
I spent a few days in D.C. Last week. The writing program at George Washington University had invited me relive my school food reporting under the heading, “Is Real Food Only for the Rich?” Indeed, the battle over this nation’s largest feeding program goes on–but without me tagging along. Hard to believe it had been […]
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