We are raising 100% grass-fed beef because we believe it to be better (or healthier) for at least five categories of living things: soil, pasture, animals, us farmers, and those who eat it. In some of our previous posts we have explained why rotationally-grazed grass-fed beef is better for the soil and the pasture, though …
Soil erosion is a serious issue for at least three reasons. First, a reduction in top soil is also reduction in soil productivity. Second, when soil erodes it means water is not infiltrating the soil. This leads to a reduction in soil productivity. Third, soil erosion leads to a decrease in stream quality. In environmental …
Paddock at start of 24 hours of grazing Paddock after 24 hours of grazing When it comes to grazing cattle the devil is in the details. The approaches to grazing cattle range from granting them access to all the acreage they will see for the entire year (often called continuous grazing) to giving them just …
I set out around 7:00 AM this morning for APD Farm here in Fauquier County (same farming practices as us – 100% grass fed, no antibiotics, hormones, etc.) to pick up eight Devon steers. The steers had already been sorted out of the herd and were in a small corral ready to be loaded onto …
Since we will be offering our 100% grass-fed beef in bulk, and we have already received some questions about this, we thought it would be good to spell out what one would get by ordering a whole, half, or a quarter beef. We will be building a page that describes this all in detail, but …
Picking the name of anything (a pet, a song, a child) can be a difficult process. Ellen and I went back and forth for weeks before we landed on naming our farm Living Pastures, after the name came to Ellen in a dream. We think it captures both the reality of what is happening in …
Welcome to Living Pastures Farm! We are Jonathan and Ellen Elliott. After four years of full-time farming with some of our dearest friends, we have decided to cast into the deep (bad metaphor for a beef farm?) and start our own farm here in Marshall, VA. For the time being we are focusing on raising …
