Slow Food USA sponsored the $5 Challenge this past weekend and it was a beautiful success. They encouraged families to share a fresh, healthy meal that cost less than $5 per person – the average cost of a typical fast food meal.
Our friends at Urban Acres in Dallas hosted a meal for their community and we’re delighted that they chose to use our Bosque Blue cheese in the recipe. We hear it was a huge hit and we’re thankful to be part of good eating everywhere. Enjoy the recipe! Read the rest of this entry »
At long last, we’re pleased to announce the winners of our cheese naming contest: Damon & Laura Farrar from Benbrook, Texas! Stuart spent many hours crafting and perfecting this cheese, now known as … Read the rest of this entry »
Stuart’s parents, Bill and Audrey, have been a part of our operation from the beginning. They both grew up on farms in Minnesota. They owned a dairy farm in Woodstock, Minnesota, for 35 years until they moved with us to Texas in 1990. They have six children, twenty-one grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been a busy Spring for us so far! After we attended the Best Bite Competition in Houston, and stopped by the Capitol for an action day, we took part in the annual Spring Festival at Clark Gardens in Mineral Wells. Read the rest of this entry »
On our way home from the Best Bites Competition in Houston, we stopped in Austin for a Family Farms and Local Foods Day at the State Capitol. Read the rest of this entry »
The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo hosts a Best Bites Competition every year to raise funds for youth scholarships. We’ve participated in the competition for the last five years and were there again on February 20th. Read the rest of this entry »
Our first annual Family Farm Day was great – about 300 people arrived from all across Texas. A group of college kids ventured in from Abilene, a smattering of folk arrived from North Texas, and one visitor even came all the way from Odessa. Read the rest of this entry »
Our family on the farm is assisted by a great crew of people. Right now we have Chris, Emily, and Jamie. Read the rest of this entry »
We crafted this building ourselves out of papercrete! It’s an alternative building method where you take recycled paper, mix it with water to make a pulp, then add Portland cement. We poured the resulting slurry into a five inch form Read the rest of this entry »
Torn Greens with Cornmeal Fried Green Tomato Croutons
From Chef Randy Evans
Haven
Houston, TX Read the rest of this entry »
