Powers Farm LLC

09/09/2013

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The Seasonal Slow DownPosted on September 9, 2013 by [email protected] my life and on the farm there are two things that tell me fall is just around the corner: football is back and the brooder is empty. In Virginia, pastured poultry farmers have a fair weather window from about mid…

08/27/2013

Another great processing day for Powers Farm! Today we processed 435 broilers (meat birds)!

08/23/2013

Morning chores!

08/14/2013

Now this is how you raise a chicken!

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Pastured BroilersPosted on August 14, 2013 by [email protected], or meat chickens, are our centerpiece enterprise here at Powers Farm. They begin their life on the farm in the brooder (check out this blog post for more on that) but most of their life is spent out on pasture in…

08/02/2013

After years of sweeping the issue under the rug and hoping no one would notice, the FDA has now finally admitted that chicken meat sold in the USA contains arsenic, a cancer-causing toxic chemical that\'s fatal in high doses. But the real story is where this arsenic comes from:It\'s added to...

07/05/2013

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TurkeysPosted on July 5, 2013 by [email protected] Friday I was delivering food to our Fredericksburg buying club, and on the way there I saw something that reminded me of the great dichotomy in American agriculture.This is a fairly regular siting in our area. Many of our neighbors...

11/22/2012

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Happy Thanksgiving!

05/10/2012

1st processing day of the season!! Let the games begin!

03/27/2012

Want to see how we collect eggs?! Check out my blog!

I realize that it's quite unique, in most circles, to be able to say that "collecting eggs" is a part of my daily routine. I mean really?! Maybe checking email, taking out the trash, or brushing your teeth (I do those too), but collecting eggs? Well, as a "farmer's wife" I do. And I love it.So,…