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We are a small, diversified family farm nestled in the hills of the Missouri Ozarks.

We produce pasture-raised poultry (ducks, guinea fowl, heritage chickens, and geese), grass-fed lamb, rose veal, gourmet garlic, and small quantities of garden produce.

08/16/2025

The things you find when you pay attention...

We bring the cows to the barn twice a day, in the evening to separate the calves for the night, and in the morning to milk. Right now they're in what we call "the back pasture," which means twice a day walking past this patch of teasel along the fence line. Last night, glancing over, I noticed a bump on one of the dried teasel heads, went to investigate, and realized that the bump was a perfectly camouflaged spider, right down to a double row of spikes along its back. I don't know how he expects to make a living on a dried up teasel head, but I reckon he does.

As an aside, teasel is an invasive, but in some ways so am I so I have a hard time holding that against it. This patch has been here for years, and if it's growing it's doing so at a glacial pace, so I'm happy to let it be for now. Invasive or not, it's truly a beautiful plant.

06/14/2025

"Leg of Lamb and What it Ate, Redux."

We dropped off our lambs at the butcher on Thursday, and we have two still unspoken for. One was 70 lbs, the other 73 lbs. Again, the price is $4.50/lb live weight ($315 and $328, respectively), which will work out to about $11/lb for all the packaged yield, cut to your specifications. The lambs will age in the cooler for another few days, but please let us know as soon as possible if you're interested. We'd love to see one of these guys go into your freezer, and from thence onto your table, but really we won't be too disappointed if we end up with more of this delicious lamb in our own diet.

06/01/2025

I shall call it "Leg of Lamb and What it Ate."

We have three yearling ram lambs going to the butcher on June 12. Entirely grass-fed on diverse pastures, these guys promise to be delicious. (The leg pictured is from the lamb we excerpted for our own use.)

Price is $4.50/lb live weight, which includes all processing fees and delivery to the Springfield area. I expect these lambs to weigh around 90-100 lbs each. Based on past figures, depending on how exactly you choose to have your lamb cut up (we can help guide you if needed), you can expect about 30-35 lbs of various cuts of meat, 3-4 lbs of stock bones, and 2ish lbs of offal (heart, liver). That averages out to roughly $11/lb for everything, cut and vacuum packed and delivered to you.

Please message us or give us a call if you're interested.

05/31/2025

Would this be considered a bumble pea?

04/26/2025

The silence of the barn at evening,
when the shepherd draws shut the door
and starts home for the night, is heavenly,
for it says almost aloud that every lamb
is found, every ewe has found her lamb
and is feeding, and is content.

There is another of the barn's silences
that is heavenly also, for it says
that the ewes and their young ones now
are gone from it to new pasture,
the now-green, the first-grown grass
of the spring, and they are delighted,
the shepherd delighted with their delight.

-Wendell Berry, Sabbaths 2014, V.

04/01/2025

I mean, Christmas is great and all, but when it comes to "the most wonderful time of the year," I think lambing season could give it a run for its money.

08/12/2024

We still have two quarters of beef available. The actual yield was a little less than expected (it's been a bit since we last took a beef to the butcher), and we have adjusted the pricing accordingly.

Each quarter consists of a little over 61 lbs of packaged meat, broken down roughly as follows:
17 lbs ground beef
20 lbs steaks (T-bone, bone-in ribeye, sirloin, sirloin tip, and round steak)
14 lbs roasts (chuck, arm, rump, and brisket)
10 lbs braising cuts (short ribs, cross-cut shank, and stew meat)

$545 per quarter, which works out to $8.80/lb for everything. 100% grass-fed and grass-finished. As before, this includes free delivery to the Springfield area. Let us know if you'd like to nab one!

08/05/2024

Last minute heads-up: we have beef available!

We had high hopes for our Mabel, but alas, her reproductive capacity was non-existent, so there has been a change of plans. We're offering beef in bulk, by the quarter, at $5.25/lb. on the hanging weight. To be precise, that amounts to $616 per quarter, which should yield about 70 lbs. of packaged meat, for an average of around $8.80/lb. for a variety of steaks, roasts, ground beef, and stock bones. (We aim to get as many high-value cuts as possible, minimizing the amount of lower-value [but still delicious] ground beef.)

Mabel was born and raised by her mama on farm, and was 100% grass-fed. At 3 years old and failing to conceive, she put all her food into growth, so she was a nice, plump (though not fat) heifer, and personally we're looking forward to tucking into our own quarter of beef, rare table fare in our household. (The photo below is from a year ago, before she had really begun to "bloom.")

Three quarters available, which will be ready this coming weekend. We will deliver to Springfield and the immediately surrounding area at no charge. Please message us, or call 417-943-0266 if interested.

05/18/2024

Though we decided not to rejoin market this year, we are vending today at Farmers Market of the Ozarks from 8 to 1. We've got the season's first gooseberries (strawberries are nice and all, but this is when pie season truly begins), fresh green garlic, a few dozen eggs from our free-ranging hens, and a few plump and delicious ducks. Stop by and get some!

04/16/2024

I'm pretty sure God created morels as a reward for those who walk slowly through the woods in April.

Then He created ticks to discourage us from lingering unnecessarily.

04/15/2024

Breakfast this morning. The large glass of fresh, whole raw milk was a good idea. Frying up slices of home-raised, home-slaughtered, and home-cured pork loin was a good idea. The goose egg fried over easy was...optimistic.

04/10/2024

Does this count as playing with my food? Or--who's to say?--maybe I'm playing with your food.

I'm finishing processing this year's first batch of ducks. This year will mark the first time since 2013 that we are not selling at Farmers Market of the Ozarks, though we will still have some birds available for direct sales. (Send us a message, or do the old-fashioned thing and give us a call, if you're interested.)

In the meantime, we've got these beautiful, plump, pasture-raised ducks going to Swallowtail Farm to Table (Lake of the Ozarks), The Order (Springfield), and Harvest (Rogersville). So be sure to get out there and support those lovely local restaurants that support their (and your) local farmers!

Address

5147 Pleasant Hill Rd
Seymour, MO
65746

Telephone

+14178405093

Website

http://ProvidenceFarmMO.wordpress.com/

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