Renovo Farms

04/25/2022

❓Did you know potatoes at the grocery store have been sprayed with an herbicide generically called "sprout nip" which prevents the tubers from growing? Preventing the natural cycle of plants in the name of making real food look artificially perfect.
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A couple weeks ago I took out our remaining potatoes from last year's harvest (they last all winter long, in case you were on the fence about growing some). And was washing them up for dinner when I thought "Eh, what if I set some aside to grow plants instead?" So I stuck them in a drawer and two weeks later, these buggers are ready for planting. #WhyIsThisSoEasy?
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While you can grow them from actual seed, potatoes are most commonly grown via "vegetative propagation" i.e. Every potato you've eaten has been grown from another potato which was grown from another potato and so on.
These are called seed potatoes, which grow stems from the little eyes we all used to pick off as a kid. The seed potato is packed with the nutrients the plant needs to get started. By the end of the season, the seed potato is all used up, disintegrating into dirt (photo #6) and 3-6 new potatoes are ready for harvest!
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#millenialfarmer #potatoplanting #farmlife #dreamjob #gardenlife #hobbyfarm #homesteading #diygarden #rurallife #onthefarm #RenovoFarms

07/19/2021

Welcome to the Jungle

Conventionally raised pigs *never* get to live like our pigs do. Instead, our bacon gets to roll in the mud, our hams get to root through the soil, & our chops get to mow down the pasture.
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***And great news!! We've completed a final inventory and released a limited quantity of previously SOLD OUT cuts. If you've been hankering to try this roll-in-the-mud meat, check out RenovoFarms.com/order-now, & we'll contact you about pick up! (Sunday 25 & Wednesday 28.)

06/01/2021

Guess who's baaaaaaack #FarmLife

03/17/2021

🐷 Bulk Pork Orders are NOW OPEN. This is our most important announcement as it's the figurative "bacon" of our operation. (Read: the cream of the crop.) Arguably the best way to experience true clean, pasture-raised pork. You in?
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🌭 Brats are here! We have 4 mouth-watering varieties of 100% pork brats (amongst other deliciousness) as retail. You better believe we've already cracked open that grill.
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🍔 Beeeef. The covid-caused beef drought has some reprieve. Retail cuts and ground beef packages are ready for you to stock up for burger season. 100% Grass-fed
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🙋‍♀️ Questions? Hit me up!
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(You know, I once felt bad about self-promotion of our meat. But then I ate some.)

07/28/2020

Babe(s) Go for a Walk P. 2 — Renovo Farms

For those of you who aren't on our email list. 🐷

And if you want to be part of this strange, yet (biasedly) enjoyable, intermittent, sort-of half newsletter written by yours truly, send me your email. 😊

https://www.renovofarms.com/resources/2020/7/28/babes-go-for-a-walk

Nothing like a horde of escapees.

09/23/2019

We now go to the feed mill TWICE a week to keep them hogs growing. Whereas convention feed has 3 ingredients: corn, soy, mineral mix. 🙄 Our custom feed contains barley, whole wheat, linseed, minerals, salt, molasses, and oats. No corn or soy in sight. The result? No GMOs, less greasy meat, more flavor, less saturated fats, healthier animals, and healthier humans.

08/03/2019

Our homegrown pastured bacon with our grass-fed New York Strip. Holy WOW. Not only have we eaten better than at restaurants, but the NUTRITION and FLAVOR are *leagues* beyond commercial processed meats (and none of it broke the bank). Meat grown the good old fashioned way. #raisedwithrespect

07/02/2019

Pig Sty

Throw a bucket of water on the ground, and in 5 seconds, it's a pig pile.

05/21/2019

They're back!!
Exhausting weekend picking these guys up and bringing them to their new home, where they're having a splendid time tearing up the ground. We significantly underestimated the destruction power of a baby pig snout. It's in a pig's nature to root, and they should never have to live their lives on concrete slabs. Mom, dad, and Kendra all held pigs for the first time - which is actually a really fun thing to do. Dad named his pink one Floyd (get it?...) and Mom named her's Boomer. Since it was chilly this weekend, we put together a straw-filled shelter, in which the pigs burrow down, often until only their ears show (see photo - there are actually three piggies in the bottom half of the photo). These pigs are respected for their purpose, and taken care of as they should be. Thanks to everyone who helped either with their labor and by loaning their supplies. Year THREE baby. Kathy Becker Stone Joshua Fryc Agnes Koehn Karen Stone

12/05/2018

Good ole fashioned Renovo Farms Christmas letter coming up in which we tell the story of our loading the stubborn-as-all-get-out pigs and highlights of our year. Want to be included? Send me your address! ☺️
(p.s. you don't have to be an existing customer to be included)

10/15/2018

‘Tis the (early) season, and we get to finally launch our Buy One Gift One! 🙌 For every meat cut you stock your kitchen with this week, you get to gift the same cuts to someone(s) you know who needs to start eating the real stuff and join the true meat tribe. #kickofftheseasonofgiving

We're keeping it simple: message me directly for fastest response.

You can 100% share this post. 😊

Available cuts:
Roasts - $5.99/lb
Chops - $7.49/lb
Smoked Hams - $6.49/lb
Ground Grass-Fed Beef - $6/lb
Slab Bull Jerky (Peppered or Original) $9.99
Traditional Bull Jerky (Peppered or Original) $7.99

10/08/2018

Myth vs. Fact // Is it cannibalism if a chicken eats an egg?

This is a post I’ve been STOKED to share because A) when I learned this stuff I was dumbfounded and B) It contains my all-time favorite chicken fact.

https://www.renovofarms.com/blog/2018/10/8/myth-vs-fact-is-it-cannibalism-if-a-chicken-eats-an-egg

Should chickens eat eggs? What part of an egg turns into a chicken?

09/24/2018

How Today’s Chickens Got Bigger And Less Nutritious Than Ever Before

Cheap meat costs more than the $ at the cash register.
"Chicken prices fell so low that it became the meat that Americans eat more than any other — and the meat most likely to transmit foodborne illness, and also antibiotic resistance, the greatest slow-brewing health crisis of our time."
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/10/17/declining-chicken-nutrition.aspx

CAFO-raised chickens, which make up the majority found in grocery stores, pale in comparison to pasture-raised chicken in terms of nutrition.

09/22/2018

Happy as a Pig in Mud

I now know the real meaning of happy as a pig in mud.
#eatclean #orinthiscasedirty
This is how all pigs should live. Last call for pastured bulk pork!

08/29/2018

Sometimes reality drives literally right in front of you. Look close. You might see your Thanksgiving turkey. This is why we work so hard to raise our animals the right way. #whywefarm #thanksgaging

08/18/2018

Big Bird here wants to tell you to check out the first Renovo newsletter! It's here we'll chat about nutrition, give you facts to talk about over dinner, showcase recipes, discuss scientific research, display glimpses into what modern farmers do each day, and provide the tools YOU need to be an educated and informed consumer.
Subscribers will also be the very first to know about new products and promotions (like an end-of-season sale coming soon!)

If you want to join this awesome community, A) head over to Renovofarms.com, and sign up at the bottom of the page! Or B) Message your email address to me.

Go ahead and spread the word!

P.S. You don't have to be in Minnesota to sign up.

08/15/2018

Floofs are back ❤️ being 24 hours old is tough work. Here we have a baby chick exhibiting the "my eyelids are literally so heavy' resting pose.

07/31/2018

Shop Jerky

Calling all grass-fed ground beef-ers and beef jerky-ers!
Ground beef is now available from a single-source 100% grass-fed black angus, as well as absolutely delicious all-natural jerky that I'm already eating wayyy too much of.

Message me or via the website and we'll get you hooked up with this real and unadulterated meat. #knowhatyoueat
Woodbury pickup this-coming week. Jerky can be picked up or shipped.

Ground Beef $6 / lb
Beef Jerky $7.99 / pack
Slab Beef Jerky $9.99 / pack
(Original and Black Pepper)

Jerky info RenovoFarms.com/shop

T-4 weeks for those plump chickens, T-10 weeks for turkeys and that pork that you all have been asking about :)

All jerky is 100% grass-fed.

07/21/2018

Farm Style

07/17/2018

Home

We’re here to stay as Renovo Farms with a website to prove it!

Most of you know how passionate Joshua and I are about the food system, clean eating, health, ethical production, and our community. Our goal is to not just to farm for fun; this is our business, our dream, and the embodiment of our mission to produce real food for those who know how important (and tasty!) real food is, and to teach those who don’t.

Find out what Renovo means, read the FAQ, check out the gallery, and see what we have for sale by checking out https://www.RenovoFarms.com

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Thank you Aunica Sherwood!

Revive, Renew, Restore, Repair, Repeat

06/26/2018

When their faces aren't stuck in the mud, or eating as much grass as they please, they're either chewing on our feet or chowing down on the fermented non-GMO feed. You should see those little tails wagging. :)
There's a reason we're practically sold out.

06/11/2018

These hefty porkers never fail to make us happy, and there's no doubt that living in the woods makes them gloriously happy as well.

05/22/2018

05/16/2018

Farm Style

05/16/2018

These ugly "ducklings" are going through their awkward stage, which also happens to coincide with their transitioning to the big boy outdoors. They now go bonkers chasing bugs, digging up dirt, and chowing down grass. Joshua built them a new home, and they're loving it.

04/24/2018

Breakfast with these bums. #GoodMorningAmerica

04/19/2018

Turkey Candling

It begins!

04/17/2018

T-1 week. Turkeys get a new house, baby chicks arrive by the handful, we see the results of the 40+ eggs in the incubator, and we're overhauling the pig palace for their arrival this weekend.

03/30/2018

Important note to all our 2018 customers -

If you or someone you know plans on getting pork or June chicken, please notify us by the close of business this coming Friday the 6th. Numbers will be finalized, and what we have is what we have!!

Enjoy a spring kitty while you're at it. :)

PC: Julia Stone

11/18/2017

Last call for pork!

This summer we returned from Asia, built an apartment, took a cross-country job, hand raised 100+ chickens, wrestled pigs, acquired a rafter of turkeys overnight, and were thrilled to send every bird to a hungry home. Thanks all for a wonderful summer. Pigs are headed to the processor this week, and the farm will close up shop for the winter.

This is the last call for bulk pork in either whole or halves (estimating 150 lbs to 200 lbs). $4.75/lb + processor’s fee ($0.40-$0.90)

Due to the high number of requests and the small size of freezers, we recently decided to save a couple pigs for retail cuts (though unless you get a honkerdoodle, a half hog split between 2 families should fit in a standard upright kitchen freezer no problem).

Cuts including bacon, sausage, hams, roasts, ribs, and chops can be purchased individually at retail prices, which will range from $5.49 to $8.99.

If you’ve been on the edge and would like to try farm-raised pork without the bulk purchase, this is a great way to sample or stock up.

All animals on this farm have been pasture raised with no antibiotics, non-GMO and in the great outdoors.

Because some cuts will go fast (and we all know which ones I’m talking about), please let me know how much you will generally want ASAP, and I will schedule a Woodbury delivery.

Our own pork will be sizzling in the crock pot every week this winter and my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

10/27/2017

Hello Lovelies

Hello Lovelies.

09/08/2017

As of last week, we are sold out of our chickens for the year! A happy thank you to those who’ve joined tribe. Big, juicy pork is already 50% spoken for, and the Thanksgiving turkeys are plumping beautifully.
The farm-wide harvest is on. Apples by the truckload, bags of herbs drying on racks, and canning on the weekly. Best time of the year, amirite?

08/30/2017

When they said, "Good for you, traveling the world before you have a family," I don't think they meant an overnight family of 30 adopted birds.
Meet our photobombing addition of rare, heritage Narragansett turkeys.