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Breezy Hill Update 22612
Posted 2/26/2012 10:53pm by Art Ozias.
Breezy Hill Update 22612
Posted 2/26/2012 10:35pm by Art Ozias.
Breezy Hill Update 22612
Posted 2/26/2012 10:13pm by Art Ozias.
  • Goldie has a new home.  Kathy now has an A2 Guernsey.  Several others are planning to start with their first milk cow.  How exciting to have people realize the value of providing their own food.  I had a call from a lady 20 miles south of the Canadian border near Glazier Nat. Park who is moving to MO and is looking for a milk cow.
  • We are going to make another order to Green Pastures for cod liver oil and Ghee.  Let me know and I will put you on the list.
  • I already have orders for over 100 chickens.  Some will be on the second batch.  I think we will be doing about 100 each time.
  • If you want a "Dirt Hog" I need to know this week. 
  • Seedlings are up.  Soon the plant table will be full of plants.  Start your own.  Don't rely on Lowe's and Westlake.  There are so many interesting varities in the catalogs.  Stores only carry the standard, whatever varities.

  • This may be important information for women.  Be careful when your doctor is concerned about your cholesterol.   http://cl.publicaster.com/ViewInBrowser.aspx?pubids=8934%7c735%7c847818%7c800903&digest=yCxu8CGoyQNYbNeIt4WKdg&sysid=1 

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    Just for fun.  Thanks Marlies.  http://grist.org/list/pollans-food-rules-animated-with-vegetables/ 

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    Nice comment. Thanks.

    Hello, Mr Ozias,

    I would like to put an order in for 10 chickens.  We have enjoyed our last order.  I make stock from the carcasses so the great flavor extends to homemade soups.

     

    The beef has been wonderful, as well.  I have friends in various parts of the country and I have been surprised regarding their experiences with grass fed beef; I have encouraged them to find other farmers.  One has to marinate the steaks to eat them because of a "gamey" flavor; she even had to throw out a roast.  Another complained about steaks not being tender enough.  This has definitely not been our experience.  The t-bones we had a couple of weeks ago were fantastic!  Simple seasoning, a good sear on each side & then low & slow until medium.  I have great success with roasts & stew meat in the crockpot. 

    Greatly appreciate what you do.

     

    Thanks,

    Rhonda

    Another comment-

           BTW, the coconut ghee is amazing, my wife kind of made fun of me for buying such a large tub of it, but we have used about 1/3 of it already.  She loves using it in just about everything she makes, but it truly makes the best popcorn ever.   Jason

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    Looks like a good book.  Thanks, Marlies, for sending the link.  http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/books/tracie-mcmillan-writes-the-american-way-of-eating.xml


    that's it from the hill.  Art and Debra 

     

Breezy Hill Update 22012
Posted 2/20/2012 9:10pm by Art Ozias.
  • The first batch of chickens have been ordered.  They will be ready mid May.  We are holding the price the same as last year at least for this first batch.  The price is $3.25/#.  There is a five bird minimum.  If fuel prices go out of sight that will have a major impact on feed costs.  Should that happen we will have to adjust the price.  So, to lock in at last year's prices, order now.  We will do it the same as last year.  I keep a list as you email me, and when I get the number of chickens we have to process, I draw a line and notify you of the pick up day and time. 
  • I have several people waiting for a "Dirt Hog".  It  will be another two weeks.  If anyone is interested, let me know.
  • We are holding our prices for pasture finished beef the same as last year, $3.25/ lb hanging weight.  I read recently that the average price, according to  USDA, is $4.58.   Our price considering waste and trim is still less than $4/#.  Again, if fuel prices go up, we will have to adjust accordingly.  If you have ordered and sent your deposit, we will honor that price.  If we have to adjust our price, then any order received subsequently will be at the adjusted price.  We are going to be scheduling three beeves for each processing.  I have, in the past, done only two.  With increased fuel prices, I need to reduce the number of trips to the processor and that will also reduce my costs for delivering.
  • Goldie has a new home.  Daisey will soon have a new home.  I have some new heifers that I have raised, coming fresh and I needed to reduce the number of milk cows.  I still have two for sale that need a good home.
  • We have our plant bench started and some have already sprouted.   I wish everyone could see and taste the spinach that Debra has raised this year in our small green house.  I never tasted such great spinach.  We recently found some great tasting balsamic vinegar and olive oil.  It truly makes a difference.  Debra and I now fight for the last bite of Kale.  It is delicious.
  • Ryan and his friend, Andrew, came over yesterday and learned my recipe for the planting medium in out raised beds.  We got half of the beds refilled for the transplants that will soon be ready for planting.
  • They helped get the Purple Martin house ready.  The martins may be coming earlier this year.  This has truly been a mild winter.
  • Sweetpea and Kris should be calving in March, and we should again be able to honor all the milk for our old customers and be able to add some new ones.  We have two yogurt makers for sale.  They are $24 each.  I finished a good book recently, Artizan Bread in Five Minutes a Day, by Hertzberg.  I thing J. Jones has volunteered to check out the recipes and the process.
  • I just got my Mother Earth News for Jan/Feb.  I am providing  a link to their story on BPA.  Be sure to read it.  http://www.motherearthnews.com/natural-health/bpa-zmgz12fmzrog.aspx

  • Mounting Evidence Links GE Foods with Harm to Animal- and Human Health…

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/10/genetically-modified-food-reduce-fertility.aspx?e_cid=20120115_SNL_MV_1

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    Should mammograms be done?  You may want to review the studies in this report.  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/05/mammograms-only-occasionally-save-lives.aspx?e_cid=20120115_SNL_MS_1

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    If you are taking an antidepressant drug, make sure you get tested for the CYP450 gene.  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/07/antidepressants-trigger-violent-behavior.aspx

    Also, I hope you watched 60 Minutes last night.  If not, I'm sure it is archived. 

    That's it from the hill.   Art and Debra

Breezy Hill Update 12912
Posted 1/29/2012 9:45pm by Art Ozias.
  • I had three ponds cleaned out this winter.  Tomorrow, since it has been so dry we are going to haul away the dirt.  We have several places to fill. 
  • We are working with a new dog.  She is 3/4  Great Pyrenees and 1/4 Anatolian.  The owner could no longer handle her in town.  Hopefully, she will make a good predator dog.  Marlies worked with her today and thinks she'll be just fine.  Maisey is a year old.
  • Anyone wanting a "dirt" hog needs to let me know.  I am expecting a call from my source in February.  Recent report from Iowa University states there is MRSA in store pork and their solution was to make sure you cook it properly.  They said nothing about handling it prior to cooking.  Thanks Jim H.  I think we had similiar information in an Update this past summer.
  • We are now in zone 6 according to the USDA, so it's time to start planning for your garden this year. 

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    Do we really know who the “experts” are?  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/14/medical-experts-paid-off-by-drug-companies.aspx?e_cid=20120114_DNL_art_2

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    Learn some basics about milk.  The next time someone tries to “scare” you, you can counter with the truth about raw milk.  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/14/mark-mcafee-raw-milk-update.aspx?e_cid=20120114_DNL_art_3

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    We have had Dr. Huber’s interview with ACRE’s,USA magazine on our weekly update.  Here is Dr. Huber again.

      “It's important to understand that the glyphosate actually becomes systemic throughout the plant, so it cannot be washed off. It's inside the plant. And once you eat it, it ends up in your gut where it can wreak total havoc with your health, considering the fact that 80 percent of your immune system resides there and is dependent on a healthy ratio of good and bad bacteria.”

    "… When future historians write about our time, they're not going to write about the tons of chemicals that we did or didn't apply. When it comes to glyphosate, they're going to write about our willingness to sacrifice our children and jeopardize our existence, while threatening and jeopardizing the very basis of our existence; the sustainability of our agriculture." … It doesn't mean that it's not reversible… But it means that we need to recognize what the concerns are, what's happening, and then we need to change."

     

    • “GE crops are supposed to be nutritionally "better" or at the very least "equivalent" to conventional foods, but they're not. On the contrary, they're nutritionally inferior due to glyphosate's chelating mechanism, which blocks absorption of micronutrients. GE crops contain about 50 percent less manganese, and up to 70 percent less zinc. They also contain less copper, iron and magnesium, just to name a few. This affects the overall health of the plant, and its reproductive ability, and when you eat this nutritionally inferior food, you're not getting the micronutrients your body needs for proper function either. All animal products are similarly affected when raised on GE soy- or corn feed. “

      READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AND LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW.  DO IT!!!!
     http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/15/dr-don-huber-interview-part-2.aspx?e_cid=20120115_SNL_Art_1


    that's it from the hill.    Art and Debra

      

Breezy Hill Update 12212
Posted 1/22/2012 9:14pm by Art Ozias.
  • I recently received my lectures from the last ACRE's, USA conference.  This will be my Spring semester of learning.   We didn't go as Columbus, Oh is too far to go during the Winter.  Next year it will be in Louisville.  We'll see.
  • I have had several people express their excitement in reading the Salatin book.


  • The truth is that chiropractic, naturopathic, and osteopathic medicine have PROVEN to be medically effective and cost effective for the patient, and the AMA can't stomach this, viewing natural medicine as a huge threat to their bottom line.

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/12/30/rethinking-medical-associations-best-interests.aspx?e_cid=20120108_SNL_MS_1

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    Be sure to read this by Dr Horner.  This should entice you to READ this  one.  “Naturally, processed foods and soft drinks do not belong in a cancer-preventive diet...

    Dr. Horner, believes red meat from animals reared in confined animal feeding operations (CAFO's) is also a MAJOR contributor to cancer. These animals are given antibiotics, growth hormones and other veterinary drugs that get stored in their tissues. Additionally, cooking the meat over high heat creates heterocyclic amines, which further add to its carcinogenic effect.

    While I do recommend eating meat, I agree that there is absolutely NO benefit to eating CAFO beef. The ONLY type of meat I recommend is organically-raised, grass-fed meats. It's hard for a lot of people to grasp the difference between CAFO and organic meat, but truly, they are like two different species in terms of their nutritional content. One is health harming while the other is beneficial.”

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/01/14/dr-christine-horner-interview.aspx?e_cid=20120114_DNL_art_1

That's it from the hill for this week.  Art and Debra

Breezy Hill Update 11512
Posted 1/15/2012 8:53pm by Art Ozias.
Breezy Hill Update 1812
Posted 1/8/2012 8:03pm by Art Ozias.
  • We had a rump roast recently from our current genetics.  We used the recipe that we have posted on our web site.  It was excellent.  We are very pleased with our decision to change the genetics by increasing the amount of Red Devon.
  • Debra and I delivered beef on Friday.  After picking up the beef, we went to Knob Noster, Grain Valley, Buckner, Liberty, North Kansas City, Topeka and finally Prairie Village.  It was a long day, but still it saved a lot of trips for our customers.  We enjoyed meeting new faces we've only known via emails.
  • Our ground beef pick up went well.  One person, who originally ordered 20 pounds had decided to just get 10 pounds.  I got a phone call this morning asking if I had another 10 pounds.  After trying the ground beef she wanted as much as she could get.  Fortunately, I had an extra 10 pounds. 
  • Jeff, while picking up ground beef, told me that Green Pastures has again offered the Ghee/Coconut blend.  Let me know if there is interest and we will place an order.  It is $47 per gallon plus your part of the shipping.
  • I will be taking three "dirt" hogs to the processor tomorrow.  Those getting the pork will get an email tomorrow.  I have another list started, but am not sure when the next ones will be ready.
  • I gave out Joel Salatin's latest book to several people.  I failed to enter the names and addresses of customers who received the book initially(several weeks ago).  If you would please check your copy and see if your name is entered on the inside of the hard cover at the top.  If not, please do the following: next to # 1. write your last name and your town and state.  This will key the next person to enter their name and town as #2.  Send me an email so I can update my list.  It is going to be interesting , a year from now, to see the journeys these books will experience.

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Breezy Hill Update 1112
Posted 1/1/2012 8:05pm by Art Ozias.
  • My friend that raises the "dirt" hogs called and has three that will be ready this next week.  Let me know if you want a half or a whole.  I have one and a half already spoken for.
  • The ground beef is finally ready.  I should have enough for everyone that is still on my list.  I don't know how much there will be until Thursday.  As soon as I know, I will send an email to everyone on the list.  Pick up will be noon on Saturday, Jan 7 at the farm.  WATCH FOR AN EMAIL ON THURSDAY, if you don't get one that means I didn't get enough yield from this beef and you will go onto the next list. 
  • Sorry, we missed last Sunday, but we have had more challenges this past two weeks than I can describe.  Briefly, my sister passed unexpectedly, then Debra's father passed followed by her mother.  Last week we were in IL for her parents' funeral.  We have had several trips to Arkansas (where her parents lived for the past 12 years) and multiple phone calls dealing with a myriad of things.
  • Have started to feed some hay.  This would have been the perfect Winter, so far, had we not had the drought in the Fall.  The drought kept me from stockpiling enough grass for the cows.  But with the warm weather the cows don't need much and feeding hay in 40-50 degree weather is "a piece of cake".  I'm sure I'll get to feed some later with temps near zero and a north wind.  Since my tractor does not have a cab, I just put on several layers and use a hood my neighbor made using the pelt of a coyote.
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    Isn't It Time to Bring Back This Wholesome Tradition of the 1940s and 1950s?

     

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/09/the-return-of-fresh-milk-from-the-king-dairy.aspx

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    Introducing Dr Hyman.  I learned about him after reading Dr Liponis’ book, Ultra Prevention, I think you will appreciate his holistic approach to health.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/diabesity_b_1088983.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=111511&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief



    that's it from the hill.  Art and Debra
Breezy Hill Update 121811
Posted 12/18/2011 8:56pm by Art Ozias.
  • I had hoped for the milk supply to last through December.  Rosebud is going dry, so I am down to just one cow.  That plus the lack of grass and the cold weather has just about ended the milk supply for this year.  We should be going again in the Spring.  Therefore, for now email me to see if we have any extra.   Especially, for those that have a long distance to drive. 
  • I will be delivering beef tomorrow.  Everyone has been notified.  The next round of ground beef will be soon.  I should know tomorrow when I can take the next one to be processed.  I will notify those that are getting ground beef just as soon as I find out how many pounds I have.  It will probably be in about two weeks, so watch our updates for the notice and then watch for your email.

  • Here is more information on this wonder substance.  We have reported on this numerous times.   “Astaxanthin is a derivative of the microalgae Haematoccous pluvialis  (it's the part that give salmon and flamingos that eat the algae their orange or pink coloring).

    It is produced when the algae's water supply dries up, forcing it to protect itself from ultraviolet radiation. It's the algae's survival mechanism—Astaxanthin serves as a "force field" to protect the algae from lack of nutrition and/or intense sunlight.

    As an analogy, the way the algae produces astaxanthin is similar to the way your skin cells produce melanin in response to sun exposure.”

    http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/10/29/bob-capelli-on-astaxanthin.aspx?e_cid=20111029_DNL_art_1

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    Amazing isn’t it that this controversy seems to have another chapter.  When will the truth be told???  http://www.naturalnews.com/034038_vaccines_autism.html

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    Here is a good article by  Dr Mark Hyman.  It’s worth reading.  It has some recommendations to fix the problem.  http://drhyman.com/the-toxic-triad-how-big-food-big-farming-and-big-pharma-spread-obesity-diabetes-and-chronic-disease-across-the-globe-2527/?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=drhyman%20newsletter%20issue%20#41&utm_content=Read+more


    that's it from the hill.   Art and Debra