Processing
The NY Times has an article on the lack of processing facilities that is impacting small farms. We’re lucky here to have a few options for mobile (“Custom”) harvest facilities, but we still fret about...
View ArticleSold out for this year!
Thanks to all the customers who placed orders this year! Our Premium summer beef is sold and tucked away in freezers around the Portland area. And we have maxed out on orders for Neighborly Autumn...
View ArticleLimited quarter shares available soon!!
Well, we were sold out, but our neighbor informed us earlier this week that he has one additional heifer available! We have 1 or 2 quarter shares left at $3.25/lb plus butcher charges (around $100 per...
View ArticleSpring Newsletter
I had hoped to get this out a month ago, but life and other stuff got in the way. So here it is: our Winter/Spring Newsletter. It includes info about ordering for this year (we’re sold out for Summer,...
View ArticleWhat Makes Mossback Farm Beef Special?
or, Why Our Beef Rocks (Part One) ________________________________________ A customer recently asked us a very good question. She pointed out that she had found information about a farm selling...
View ArticleWhat Makes Mossback Farm Beef Special? Part 2
We wanted to expound a bit about how our beef and our farm practices differ from some of the other farms out there. In this 2nd installment, we’ll talk about the benefits of grass/hay-only beef, and...
View ArticleWhat Makes Mossback Farm Beef Special, Part 3
Continuing our discussion about how our beef and our farm practices differ from some of the other farms out there. In this 3rd and final installment, we’ll talk about the seasonal nature of our beef...
View ArticleTaking reservations for Premium Summer beef shares
Alright, orders have been rolling in, and it turns out that we have just a few quarter shares still available. The price is $3.75/lb (hanging weight), plus butcher charges (which will probably come out...
View Article“Neighborly” beef shares available October-November!
“Neighborly” shares are from heifers raised on grass and hay by our next door neighbors, and available in fall. We have quarter (or half) shares available October – November. $3.25/lb (hanging weights...
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2013 Newsletter, and Summer beef
Hello! We’re proud to say that we got our 2013 Farm Newsletter out much faster than last year (as in, at all ). Click on the link to see what we’re up to on the farm. Orders for our Premium Summer beef...
View ArticleBeef shares – availability update
We are currently sold out for our Premium Summer beef shares. We actually sold out in record time this year… which was great for us, but not as great for customers who missed the ordering window. The...
View ArticleHanging weight and final weight… some information
A customer recently emailed me after picking up her order… she was curious as to why the “take-home” weight was different from the “hanging” weight. When it comes to beef weights, there are 3 different...
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Farm updates – Music, New shop, Lupine, Drones, and oh yeah, Cattle
Well, we certainly don’t seem to be updating the blog very often. Not to say we haven’t been busy, just a lot of it doesn’t make it here. I’m thinking it’s time to start posting more often…so...
View ArticleWebsite update – in progress!
At long last, we’re updating our website. It’s a work in progress, and we’re hoping to have most of the edits done this week, so check back in a few days! In the meantime, we should say that we do...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye…
Mossback Farm News January 2018 It’s with a heavy heart that we are sharing our news with you, our customers, friends, and family who have supported our farm since 1999. We have come to the decision to...
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If you lived here, you’d be home now!
So we did it. We put the farm up for sale. We are sad about leaving this beautiful place, but we’ve mostly made peace with the idea, and we are looking forward what the future holds. We’d love to sell...
View Articlesaying farewell…
Well, we’re doing it… selling the farm. We have about a week left here, and we’re busy packing up our belongings. This is the longest Rich and I have lived somewhere. In the past, as college students...
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