5 Seasonal Vegetables To Look For at Your Farmer’s Market
The weather is finally starting to warm up here in Iowa, and we’re in the mood for spring produce.
White Striping Affects 96 Percent of Factory Farmed Chicken
White striping is making the rounds in the news these days, and for good reason. However, the problem itself has been growing for a long time. For those who haven’t heard, a muscular disease is impacting factory farmed chickens, and experts suspect it’s the chickens’ alarming growth rates that are causing the disorder.
The Health Benefits of Lamb and Goat Meat
The Health Benefits of Lamb and Goat Meat Here in the US, chicken, pork and beef reign supreme when it comes to consumers’ favorite meat choices. However, this isn’t the case in other parts of the world. Lamb and goat are particularly popular in many European, Asian...
Eating Local Meat is Actually More Sustainable than Veganism
Caring about the environment is absolutely a noble cause, and one that we at Heartland Family Farms take seriously. However, if you follow environmental news at all, you’ll probably have heard that going vegetarian is one of the best ways to save the planet — and that’s a notion we want to help lay to rest.
Does the Quality of Your Meat Affect Your Health?
You already know that the image of a fresh family farm is infinitely more pleasant than that of a factory farm. Obviously, wide-open spaces, a loving family of caretakers, happy animals and fresher produce looks a lot better than cramped spaces, pesticide-sprayed plants, and animals living in poor conditions. But does the way your meat is raised actually affect your health in any way?