Our opera guest, Andrew, who’s performing the title role in the local production of Puccini’s comedy, “Gionni Schecchi,” has really taken to farm life. Not only is the bass baritone helping with daily chores, he jumped at a chance to help process our Freedom Ranger broilers. On Wednesday, we butchered 22 of the chickens we’ve […]
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Have I mentioned we are hosting an opera singer? Andrew, a bass baritone from Kensington, Md., is playing the title role in our local production of Puccini’s “Gionni Schecchi.” Besides being a brilliant performer, Andrew is a terrific guest. He does dishes, cleans the kitchen, vacuums–and he makes a fabulous kale salad. Andrew dreams of […]
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Our Freedom Ranger broilers are growing up fast. For the 10 or 11 weeks that they live on this earth, they’re housed in wood-framed cages on our farm’s pasture. They don’t get to run around free, but we do move the cages–called “tractors” in the poultry biz–twice a day so they can forage in fresh […]
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