High Steaks Farming

In part 1 of our series on hunting, we talked about foxes and we argued that the death of the fur trade has had a negative effect on the welfare the fox. In part 2, inspired by Adam Hills’ recent hunting adventure, we want to talk about another animal considered a feral pest in . . . → Read More: Ethics of Hunting, Part 2

All our beef and lamb packs contain sausages. In wake of some recent confusion, we thought we’d explain the situation regarding the sausages.

When cutting up a carcase, there is always some fatty trim left over. The usual way to make use of this is to make it into sausages. As well as this . . . → Read More: Sausages

We often talk about the ethical stance we take in farm and land management. Most of the time, the issues are pretty straightforward but there are some that are bit prickly and we thought it would be good to discuss them here, so we’re writing a series of posts on hunting.

As a first . . . → Read More: Ethics of Hunting, Part 1

Our farm is home to far more than just sheep and cattle. As well as the myriad of native animals (kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, birds, etc) we have a large number of non-native, “feral” animals. The most abundant are pigs, foxes and goats, and there are also deer and rabbits and probably more who are . . . → Read More: Feral Animals

Recently, PETA produced video footage of horrendous acts of cruelty in woolsheds around Australia. We thought we should respond to this with some of our own experiences of spending quite a bit of time in various sheds over the years.

Firstly, we’ve never seen anything like the cruelty in the video. Shearers who hurt . . . → Read More: Cruelty in Shearing Sheds

It has been brought to our attention that there has been several cases of so called free range meat producers buying livestock out of the saleyards and sending it straight to the abattoir, then selling it as their own, home grown product. In one case we heard of , the offender was simply buying . . . → Read More: Demonstrating Provenance

No, it’s not an angry habitat.

There are very few environments on this planet that have not been touched by human beings. But is that a bad thing?

We often see ourselves as being outside the system but like all living things we take our sustenance and shelter from the environment in which we . . . → Read More: The Agroecosystem

Last month when we were about to leave for the markets we had a small mishap. The ute was packed, the dog was tied on. We unplugged the cool room from the shed and went to start the generator. The starter cord came off in Anthony’s hand as he pulled it. Ok, . . . → Read More: Living in Our Neck of the Woods