Bones, Broths, Stews, and Roasts

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October 18, 2024

As we finally shift to Autumn after this long dry Summer, we want to bring your attention to our slow-cooked hearty meat dishes.

Stock up on our Soup Bones, Marrow Bones, Osso Bucco Bones, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Turkey Broth, Beef Cubes (aka Stew Beef), and Roasts for warm, rich soups and stews.

Try out our products if you haven’t had them before and taste the difference in our Burke’s Garden 100% Grass Fed Beef.

1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 Beef Orders Available In December

We are now taking pre-orders for 1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 and Whole Beefs.

See the cut lists on our website.

Pay 50% down now and your meat will be ready to pick up in December.

Southern Appalachia – Long Road to Recovery

Helene was estimated to be 900 miles wide with up to 150 mph winds. She stalled out over the entire Blue Ridge Mountain Range with the epicenter in Burnsville, NC reaching South to Greenville, SC, West to Gatlinburg,, TN, East to Statesville, NC and North to Burke’s Garden, VA. The area had 12 inches of rain before and then another 20 inches during the storm along with multiple tornadoes.

The area has never experienced this level of destruction. EVER. Entire towns have been demolished. Many of your favorite vacation spots and businesses that have been some the best outdoor viewing and local arts and businesses are destroyed. Some will rebuild. Many will walk away and never return. The restoration will take years.

Hundreds of people have died and many bodies still missing, likely never to be found. The interstates in and out of the area being repaired and it will be a long time before you can enter the area from the East. Power is beginning to come back on and water and sewer is a big problem likely not to be restored for several months.

Some schools are resorting to drilling new wells to get water back and resume classes. To get a glimmer, watch these videos.

Lake Lure – Helene Aftermath

Helene’s Aftermath - Asheville

Please continue to send you prayers and if you would like to Donate Simply Grassfed food, please click here.

Miller's Organic Farm Update

Amos Miller attended court last week in response to the PDA’s appeal to sustain the injunction for Amos to not be able to sell his foods until he gets a permit and follows the criteria set by the PDA.

The current ruling allows him to sell outside of the state of PA only. The hearing happened and the judge panel estimated a ruling to occur in a couple weeks.

Send Prayers to Miller’s Family and Farms.

Cheese Creamery Operations Position Available

Alpine Heritage Cheese Creamery in Lancaster, PA is looking for a new operations manager. Will train. Responsible, organized, efficient, self-starting individual who is passionate about healthy foods. Serious inquires only contact us.

The Greenwashing of Our Foods – Part 2

Last year, I wrote an article titled The Greenwashing of the Organic Food Movement.Click here if you missed it, wish to read it again, or to listen to my podcast with Holistic Hilda. I share many valuable resources that you may want to access.For many years, humans and animals have lived quite robustly without disease, strong and happy on unadulterated animal products and plants in their most natural state. A hundred years ago, there was no such thing as organic because most farms and food were organic.Nowadays, finding food or growing food without chemicals is nearly impossible. We are at war with governments, corporations, media propaganda, and peer pressure. Cancer, auto-immune disease, weak bones, mental disorder, autism, dental cavities, SIDS, Downs-Syndrome, eczema, allergies, depression, diabetes, heart disease, ADHD are epidemic. Every year the AMA announces some new, unnamed unique disease. We have a hard time walking a block, yet alone reproducing.The health of our society and most importantly our children is failing. Disease is epidemic and humans and animals have become dependent on artificial life support from drugs, surgeries, and machines.Click here to listen to my latest podcast with the Appropriate Omnivore. Listen to the Podcast Here I spotlight the allowable exemptions in the USDA organic standards that include chemicals, de-beaking, and irradiation as well as standard practices in the organic produce, grain, meat processing, fishing, and honey bee industry.Did you know that if your organic grains and potatoes won’t sprout, they were likely irradiated?Towards the end, I discuss the current USDA mandated vaccination policy of our American wildlife, the laws in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho that require the vaccination of ALL cattle heifers, and the current air-drop vaccination programs across the U.S. How are shellfish treated? Click Here to watch how our shellfish are “Depurated” ie. sterilized both chemically and with radiation to protect us from harmful microbes. They are bathed in chlorinated, anti-microbial water for 2-3 days and irradiated to kill the bacteria before they ship to your grocery store to ensure we get sanitary, bacteria-free food. What they don’t disclose is that the microbes are there to decompose the toxic chemicals from industry in our waterways. And, their depuration process does NOT remove any heavy metals, petroleum, or chemicals from the shellfish. Thus, it is more likely that if someone was to get sick from seafood, it is from eating the chemical pollutants, not from the fish or the microbes. Scallops without any additives are called "dry-packed", while scallops that are treated with sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) are called "wet-packed". STPP causes the scallops to absorb moisture prior to the freezing process, thereby increasing their weight. So, buy shellfish directly from the fisher or dry- packed, and don't eat from the Gulf of Mexico, near big cities, or toxic waste dumps like the James River in VA or New Jersey or Boston. Best to procure from PEI, Maine, NC, and a few select places in the Pacific Northwest.Currently, oysters are NOT depurated. So, go with oysters over clams, scallops, or mollusks.Clean food and healthy children or going extinct, however, I’m an “apocaloptimist”. It doesn’t look good, but in the long run, good will prevail.It takes vision, perseverance, courage, and hard work to find and grow food that is actually food.Are you down for the challenge? A healthy future for our children, aligned with the wisdom of nature, depends on us. If you want clean food, Burke’s Garden Farm and Alpine Heritage Creamery are both “Beyond Organic”. All our animals are outdoors getting fresh grass, haylage, grubs, sunshine, fresh air, and fresh water from the creeks and springs in a high-elevation circular valley surrounded by mountains, protected from city or industrial pollution. Simply Grassfed animals DO NOT eat GMO feeds or receive Growth Hormones. All our dairy cows are tested A2/A2 Beta-CaseinAll our cheeses are made with NON-GMO-Pfizer rennets. Click Here to read moreAll our cheeses are raw, never exceeding 102 degrees.Our butcher cleans our meat with either apple cider vinegar or water.We ship our products in biodegradable or recyclable cardboard insulated boxes in the Winter and ship with dry-ice when we can to minimize the plastic gel packs filling up the landfill. Click Here for an updated Healthy Products Resource List. In Optimal Health,Phoenix

Bulk Up on 100% Grass Fed Beef

This Spring has been bountiful with rain and our pastures are lush! This means our animals are also flourishing on green orchard grass, red clover, white clover, fescue, blue grass, dandelion, nettle, violets, burdock, thistle and more!!! Our meat will be as nutrient-dense as ever this year. And, we predict a good hay season to stock up for the Winter.

Our Babes are Back on Grass

Thanks to a warm and wet Spring, our animals are back to rotational grazing on our delicious dark green pastures of orchard grass, clover, dandelion, blue grass, thistle, and other nutritious grasses, legumes, and herbs.