Providence Farm

Providence Farm 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.

I mean, Christmas is great and all, but when it comes to "the most wonderful time of the year," I think lambing season c...
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.

We still have two quarters of beef available. The actual yield was a little less than expected (it's been a bit since w...
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!

Last minute heads-up: we have beef available!We had high hopes for our Mabel, but alas, her reproductive capacity was no...
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.

Though we decided not to rejoin market this year, we are vending today at Farmers Market of the Ozarks from 8 to 1. We'...
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!

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

Breakfast this morning. The large glass of fresh, whole raw milk was a good idea. Frying up slices of home-raised, home...
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.

Does this count as playing with my food? Or--who's to say?--maybe I'm playing with your food.I'm finishing processing t...
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!

Leeeetle baby gooseberries. Hard to believe we'll start picking these things just 5 or 6 short weeks from now. Looks l...
04/09/2024

Leeeetle baby gooseberries. Hard to believe we'll start picking these things just 5 or 6 short weeks from now. Looks like it's going to be a bumper crop this year!

Addie and I spent the last day and a half attending a sheep shearing class offered by the Lincoln University Extension i...
03/08/2024

Addie and I spent the last day and a half attending a sheep shearing class offered by the Lincoln University Extension in Jefferson City. Though I didn't relish the drive (I'd just as soon never leave home), it was absolutely worth it. There were decades of experience between all the instructors, and Addie even had the great benefit of learning from a fellow lefty, since the entire process is reversed for those folks. (As an old baseball coach of mine would have said, she was facing the wrong direction when God was putting her arms on.)

We finally feel like we'll be able to efficiently shear our own flock, and within the next year or two we're even considering it as a bit of a side hustle.

Make 'em work for their keep.This was last year's kitchen garden, and will be this year's corn patch. Though planting t...
02/22/2024

Make 'em work for their keep.

This was last year's kitchen garden, and will be this year's corn patch. Though planting time is still a couple months away, we're doing much of the prep work now, with help from the cows, our lone resident mule, and of course the hens.

We're slowly cleaning out the winter's accumulation of bedding and manure from the barn and applying this beautiful fertilizer to the garden beds where we'll sow corn in early May. The corn, being a heavy feeder, will respond in kind, sending up tall stalks (often over 12 ft) and, if past performance is any indicator, large and heavy ears.

But after being compressed by the heavy cows and Molly the mule, this bedding and manure pack comes out mostly in large slabs, rendering it more of a hindrance than a help in the garden. And so it's the laying hens to the rescue. We sprinkle their feed over the top of these slabs and, as is their wont, the chickens scratch around and thus break them apart, not unlike a low-tech rototiller--only a rototiller that produces delicious eggs rather than noxious petroleum fumes.

Hey, that's our corn!We set aside a section of the garden for a small heirloom corn patch every year. This particular v...
02/16/2024

Hey, that's our corn!

We set aside a section of the garden for a small heirloom corn patch every year. This particular variety is beautiful, fun to grow, and especially importantly (for us) grows quickly and outcompetes the weeds. Growing and harvesting it is fairly easy; the real artistry comes in the kitchen, taking the whole kernels and turning them into something delicious.

Yesterday it was the first ducklings of the year, today it's the first lambs. (Yes, that's "lambs" plural: there's anot...
02/16/2024

Yesterday it was the first ducklings of the year, today it's the first lambs. (Yes, that's "lambs" plural: there's another one tucked in on the other side.) It's beginning to look a lot like spring around here--well, except for today's sleet and that biting wind, which is why these newborns and their mama are in the barn until the little ones have nursed and gained a bit of strength to handle this seesaw Ozarks weather.

Our first batch of ducklings for the year arrived today. They're all small and cute and fuzzy now, of course, but befor...
02/16/2024

Our first batch of ducklings for the year arrived today. They're all small and cute and fuzzy now, of course, but before too long these guys and gals will be gracing some of the finest menus in 417-land, and--who knows?--maybe your own table as well.

It is a special fondness of mine to take a wandering walk after (or in this case, still during) a fresh snow to see, by ...
02/12/2024

It is a special fondness of mine to take a wandering walk after (or in this case, still during) a fresh snow to see, by aid of undeniable evidence, what other critters have been stirring. This is a bit more difficult when accompanied by two energetic and even more wandering dogs, but it can be revealing nonetheless. And I am particularly fond of this sort of light, sticky snow, that stacks up as it falls on every little branch and twig, even on individual fence wires.

It's icy and nasty outside, so I'm sitting here doing some farm planning for the coming season, soaking up the heat from...
01/22/2024

It's icy and nasty outside, so I'm sitting here doing some farm planning for the coming season, soaking up the heat from the woodstove, and soaking up some heat from the littlest person in the house. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it.

This is Bell, our sheep guardian extraordinaire. With the Arctic weather upon us, I have, as usual, made her a cozy lit...
01/12/2024

This is Bell, our sheep guardian extraordinaire. With the Arctic weather upon us, I have, as usual, made her a cozy little abode (it may not look like much, but I climbed inside for a bit and it really is rather nice), and, as usual, she is shunning it in favor of the wide open. She is genetically built for such frigid weather, and indeed I think she just downright likes it.

In time, she will likely humor me by messing up her hay bed just a bit, as if to say "No, really, I think it's great..." But for now she'd apparently rather stick to her favorite spot, guarding her sheep and her growing treasure trove of animal parts, remnants of the past deer season and last month's annual pig slaughter.

Need a last-minute stocking stuffer? Stop by Farmers Market of the Ozarks today until 1 pm and pick up a two-pack of wo...
12/23/2023

Need a last-minute stocking stuffer? Stop by Farmers Market of the Ozarks today until 1 pm and pick up a two-pack of wool sponges for that loved one who loves washing dishes, or who might have room to love it a little more.

Maybe pick up a spare goose or two while you're at it.

It's the time of year for hearty, robust meals, and doubly so with festive feastings just around the corner. And, lucky...
12/11/2023

It's the time of year for hearty, robust meals, and doubly so with festive feastings just around the corner. And, lucky you, we've got a small handful of pastured geese still available for your holiday centerpieces.

These beautiful birds have been given free range of the farm, where they have grazed extensively since spring, and have been fed on locally sourced non-GMO grains. Plump, well-fatted, and downright delicious. Expected weight range is about 8-10 lbs, $12/lb. Do let us know if you're interested!

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5147 Pleasant Hill Rd
Seymour, MO
65746

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+14178405093

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