COVID-19 and the Food Industry
Experts are projecting meat shortages in grocery stores within the next two weeks because many of the largest meat processing plants are being shut down due to coronavirus, with workers in crowded work stations in damp cool conditions. This will impact the 'food chain.' Farmers' broilers are ready now for harvest and there's no place to take them. Their solution becomes 'foaming'--i.e, suffocating 15,000 chickens in a factory house. In our economy of efficiency, food is gi
Flavorful Poultry Meat from a Farm
2020 POULTRY MEAT Schedule Twin Brook Camillus Farm, LLC Broilers bought in summer will be $3.75/pound (with a ‘better bargain’ for orders over 10). Large birds run 5#-6#-7#, and Smaller birds at 4#-5#, maybe even a 3.5# Connect with us twinbrook1902@gmail.com about ordering large quantity over 10. Our Farm will store 50 or so chickens in our freezer for winter purchases, at $4.00/pound. TURKEYS (Broad-Breasted) (November only-fresh) will be $5/# —————————————————————————————
Be Ready for Surprises
We have a beef at the butcher and we thought we had four customers for the quarters. Surprise! One is still considering. The next day, a long-time customer said she wants a quarter. Problem solved! Both of these were surprises to us, changes in life. We have a son and family who evacuated from one country to another. In their attempt to get to Country #2, that country closed its doors to foreigners. Surprise! After canceling a flight and their AirB&B, they headed to C
COVIN-19 Boom or Bust
In these Coronavirus days and the resulting economy, here's what I would do. I would cash in a stock, buy a big freezer and fill it with local healthy meat products from local farmers. Then, I'd buy seed, vegetable seeds, and plant a garden. Somewhere. Anywhere. In pots. In plots. Around the house. Wherever. Be prepared for the next emergency. My mother went through the Great Depression in a large family. What saved them was having their own food source. I grew up on a far