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# Shady Grove Ranch

Grass-fed beef, pastured pork, pastured chicken, pastured eggs, pastured turkey.

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## Posts

- [Farm Blog](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-blog/)
- [An organization that trades secrets](https://shadygroveranch.net/an-organization-that-trades-secrets/) - Somewhere in the neighborhood of 11 years ago, we joined an organization called the American Pastured Poultry Producers Association in hopes of bettering our expertise at growing delicious poultry outdoors in a rotational model without a bunch of medications, contrary to standard procedure for 99.9% of the chicken consumed in the US at that time.
- [How to change the world...](https://shadygroveranch.net/how-to-change-the-world/) - As a homeschool mom, I often ponder what’s wrong in today’s systems, and how do I figure out what is most important in raising my own children and nurturing my family. When I was younger I used to post compelling little soundbites to social media about all sorts of things. Food, mostly. I guess it
- [What are your thoughts on Artificial Intelligence in Farm Marketing? A brief survey...](https://shadygroveranch.net/what-are-your-thoughts-on-artificial-intelligence-in-farm-marketing-a-brief-survey/) - Our family was privileged to attend this year’s American Pastured Poultry Producer’s Association Conference in Dallas. It was three days of wonderful networking and sharpening of farming minds. If you’re a farmer type, we highly recommend attending. If you’re a beginner, it’s an ocean of information to drink in as fast as you can. If
- [An "Eggsplanation" of Laying Flock Management](https://shadygroveranch.net/an-eggsplanation-of-laying-flock-management/) - Farm life is lots of things. Most folks know and reaffirm to us, “Farm life is so busy!” Yep! 100%! It’s also very cyclical. Certain things happen alongside the seasons, and it really is so interesting to witness the ebb and flow from year to year. Sometimes we change things to better mesh with seasonal
- [A very repairful year so far](https://shadygroveranch.net/a-very-repairful-year-so-far/) - It seems the 13-year mark of small business is when all your equipment decides to break down, especially if most of it was already almost a decade old when you started (but of course we didn’t own much “new” stuff. We like our equipment already “broken in,” ha!). We’ve had to do a boat-load of
- [Long John Gets a Job](https://shadygroveranch.net/long-john-gets-a-job/) - Sometimes our life here at the farm feels like an experiment of epic proportions. I think it’s partly that because we are a family-run farm, things change every day because WE change every day. The kids are growing to be more and more a part of farm happenings. They seem to love every minute of
- [The Things We Say During Cattle Work](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-things-we-say-during-cattle-work/) - Farming provides an almost endless supply of hilarious inside jokes and quotable little sayings. It seems we live very much “on the edge” and “by the seat of our pants,” never knowing what challenges the day will bring. One of my favorites you can find on various t-shirts and mugs, and it reads something like
- [Who is Top Cow at Shady Grove Ranch? Part 3 - Tiny](https://shadygroveranch.net/who-is-top-cow-at-shady-grove-ranch-part-3-tiny/) - Welcome to part III of our “Who is top cow at Shady Grove Ranch?” series. First we introduced you to Gordita. Next we introduced you to Tilly. Now it is time to let you meet the first cow ever born at Shady Grove Ranch. Who is Top Cow at Shady Grove Ranch? Part 3 -
- [Define Your Terms](https://shadygroveranch.net/define-your-terms/) - You may know by now that we are one of those geeky homeschool families, where every discussion with the kids is a “learning opportunity.” It doesn’t help that Matt and I were shamefully nerdy before we had kids. Our poor children can’t get a straight answer out of us when it comes to their questions
- [Basket full of pills?](https://shadygroveranch.net/basket-full-of-pills/) - We often have people ask for guidance on how Matt made his recovery from ulcerative colitis. And I would say that, fairly often, they have received blood testing results that reveal various deficiencies that are likely contributing to their health issues. And so it makes sense that they seek out the supplement forms of whatever nutrients
- [Chinese Pork Is Better Than Ours](https://shadygroveranch.net/chinese-pork) - Me again... I like an interesting headline, don’t you? But what I really dislike is headlines that deliberately deceive you. Thankfully for this writer-wannabe, English is ambiguous enough that reading today's headline really doesn’t tell you exactly what I mean. So you clicked, right? I would totally click. We all know China’s scary food safety
- [Chinese Chicken?](https://shadygroveranch.net/chinese-chicken/) - As the farm-communications-personnel-person, I get LOTS of emails. One of those I received recently was introducing a business that offers the service of processing raw chicken into value-added, fully-cooked, ready-for-use products. Things like shredded or diced chicken; fried chicken legs or wings; filleted chicken breast; popcorn chicken and chicken nuggets. OK, so what’s wrong with
- [2019 Custom Grass-fed Beef Processing](https://shadygroveranch.net/2019-custom-grass-fed-beef-processing/) - Custom Grass-fed Beef Sale We have a very limited number of spots on a batch of grass-fed beef going in for processing around July 3. Read on for details on how to fill your freezer with fresh beef cut just for you! Our beef is 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, and is fat, marbled, and excellent
- [A NEW Saturday drop in Longview starting March 9!](https://shadygroveranch.net/new-saturday-drop-longview-starting-march-9/) - Have you ever been stuck in a rut and just couldn't find a way out of it? Matt and I were laughing about how self-evident some solutions are... and yet, until someone thinks of a solution for the first time, it simply didn't exist before! Like the wheel. What a simple and yet oh-so-revolutionary machine!
- [What's the Difference Between Lard and Tallow?](https://shadygroveranch.net/whats-difference-lard-tallow/) - What’s the Difference Between Lard and Tallow? A very common question I get about our products is, What is the difference between lard and tallow? They are both types of rendered fat, and both have been around for a VERY long time. I’ve observed that very old words often have multiple meanings, or maybe the
- [We'll beat the socks off Butcher ___.](https://shadygroveranch.net/well-beat-socks-off-butcher-___/) - Jerica here, with some geek confessions for you. I love math. Did you know I almost went for a degree in mathematics? I wanted to be a code buster or something, I guess. Now I spend my days trying to crack the code on taking care of a whole farm, a very ambitious hubby, and
- [Not the only Engineers](https://shadygroveranch.net/not-the-only-engineers/) - Matt and Jerica are not the only engineers at Shady Grove Ranch.(We feel more like Master Jugglers than Engineers these days, but anyway… that’s where we started!)But no… there were engineers at Shady Grove Ranch long before it was even called Shady Grove Ranch.Beavers. Nature’s engineers.Some consider them pests, and perhaps we might have, too,
- [How to Keep from Going Gray](https://shadygroveranch.net/keep-going-gray/) - Not gray hair, mind you. I'm not sure there's a cure for that, especially when you run a crazy ranch like we do! ;-) I'm talking about something else... As I cooked breakfast a couple of days ago, I noticed on the mostly-empty package of pork breakfast sausage I had thawed a few days prior,
- [When Natural Becomes Unnatural](https://shadygroveranch.net/natural-becomes-unnatural/) - Our journey started 14 years ago, and in that short time, pasture-raised foods went from unheard of to wildly popular to what I might describe as “enhanced.” What I mean is that it wasn’t enough to just have a return to bacon or milk or bone broth. Now things like turkey bacon or ultra-filtered milk
- [Kite Day at the Farm](https://shadygroveranch.net/kite-day-farm/) - I thought I’d take this opportunity to share about a fun new strategy we are trying this year. I need help, and lots of it. Housekeeping tends to fall by the wayside during our busy season, but I desire to include hospitality as one of our many activities, and worrying over dirty bathrooms and laundry
- [The coyotes had pork for breakfast this week](https://shadygroveranch.net/coyotes-pork-breakfast-week/) - The coyotes had pork for breakfast this week—and a feast it was, too! Before your heart starts a-racing in fear for your bacon supply… I’m glad to tell you that the coyotes don’t amount to much of a threat on that front. Actually, it’s PIGS that are our pigs’ greatest threat! Pirate pigs! Wild, barbarian
- [Fall 2018 - Farm Tour!](https://shadygroveranch.net/fall-2018-farm-tour/) - You asked for it... so here it is: One last farm tour for 2018! We'd love to have you join us for an adventure in learning about where your food could come from: HOW we do this crazy fringe thing of actually raising animals OUTDOORS on green, living grass; and WHY we've chosen to go
- [2018 Turkey Season](https://shadygroveranch.net/2018-turkey-season/) - Turkey Season Begins in 2018 It’s that time again—farmers have to talk turkey really early in the game because there are so many steps to raising a delicious Really-Pasture-Raised bird, and we raise a limited number each year and want to make sure you get the bird you want for your special holiday occasion. We
- [Beef Drought Sale - September 2018](https://shadygroveranch.net/beef-drought-sale-september-2018/) - Custom Beef Drought Sale We’re offering a one-time special prior to September 10 on custom-processed bulk beef to lighten the burden on our pastures during this increasing drought situation in East Texas. Our beef is 100% grass-fed and grass-finished, and is fat, marbled, and excellent quality. No tubs, no cubes, no grains, no licks--just rotational
- [The Forgotten Flap](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-forgotten-flap/) - We changed butchers a while back, and just like moving to a new town, the habits and names for things vary from meat packer to meat packer. So from this new butcher, we got this new cut back from our grass-fed cows called Flap Steak. Before we started farming, I was like any grocery-store shopper,
- [Becoming an Eggspert Isn't Easy](https://shadygroveranch.net/becoming-eggspert-isnt-easy/) - This Egg-ing Thing is Tough! We’ve been raising laying chickens for going on 9 years now, and we find that the more we learn, the more there is to learn! Early Lessons in Raising Eggs on Pasture For example, one of the early lessons we learned is if you suddenly switch feeds on your hens,
- [The Right Knife](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-right-knife/) - The Right Knife There’s nothing more challenging than cooking in someone else’s kitchen! You don’t know where anything is, and you often lack specialized cooking equipment that you’ve come to love and depend on. But the worst, once you’ve experienced cooking with good knives, is cooking with bad knives! Do you have bad knives? I
- [A Farm Adventure for Everyone](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-adventure-everyone/) - There's a really neat opportunity coming up next weekend here at the ranch. We're hosting another one of our fun farm tours... but there's more! Last month, we had around 30 guests come visit with us to hear about our journey back to health from autoimmune disease using food as medicine. Every tour is different, and
- [Meet Baby Daniel Luther!](https://shadygroveranch.net/meet-baby-daniel-luther/) - Meet the Newest Farmer-baby! The day finally arrived when we got to meet our newest farmer baby! Late, as usual (all 4 of our other babies were way overdue when they were born!), so when baby #5’s due date came along and there was still no sign of baby… we decided to have a little
- [It might be a little tacky, but it’s just so fun!](https://shadygroveranch.net/might-little-tacky-just-fun/) - One of the most special things about living this particular type of farm life is being able to be connected with our customers on a personal level. You share in a lot of the fun, the heartache, the struggles, and the joys of what we do in order to raise good, clean food for folks
- [Egg Processing with the Whole Family](https://shadygroveranch.net/egg-processing-whole-family/) - I'm not sure what people envision exactly, when they think about the modern farm family's daily farming tasks. It varies widely from farm to farm, of course, but for us, one task that we do very frequently together is collect and process eggs from our mobile-pastured hens. It's a little more complicated than just scooping
- [Winter Babies & Farm Fun](https://shadygroveranch.net/winter-babies-farm-fun/) - Late Winter Update It seems like it gets busier at the farm every year! I suppose I should consider the fact that we’re growing, both in our farming ventures and in our family size, so of course it follows that we ought to be busier! In fact, we’re counting down the days until Cad-baby #5
- [3 Simple Ways to Eat Healthier in the New Year](https://shadygroveranch.net/3-simple-ways-eat-healthier-new-year/) - Three Simple Ways to Eat Healthier in the New Year Now's the time, right? You're sick of sweets and ready and motivated to eat better. Don't get overwhelmed by the elaborate meal plans and complicated recipes one sees "out there" these days. Don't go crazy trashing everything in your pantry and fridge and leaving the
- [The Perfect Breakfast Food](https://shadygroveranch.net/perfect-breakfast-food/) - The Perfect Breakfast Food What’s the perfect breakfast food, according to your farmers? Is it a smoothie full of hidden organ meats, freeze-dried berries from Mt. Everest, and a dozen types of organic greens? (My crunchy self is giggling over this one!) Is it a powdered mix that serves itself up all hot and caffeinated
- [Turkey Tips - How To Cook a Pasture-Raised Turkey](https://shadygroveranch.net/turkey-tips-cook-pasture-raised-turkey/) - For all our wonderful turkey customers this year that had the ability and motivation to invest in sustainable, humane, and chemical-free food this Thanksgiving, here is a little sheet of tips for cooking and enjoying your turkey. We thank you and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! We really couldn't do this without you! 2017 Turkey
- [What REALLY happened to the turkeys that got eaten...](https://shadygroveranch.net/really-happened-turkeys-got-eaten/) - Before I tell you what really happened to the turkeys that fell victim to a predator attack a few weeks ago, I wanted to share a bit of farm turkey history for your entertainment and education. Our very first batch of turkeys was actually a bit accidental. Sure, we planned to get into turkeys eventually, but
- [Should eggs be stored on the countertop?](https://shadygroveranch.net/how-should-eggs-be-stored) - Should you store farm eggs on the countertop? You probably read the little article that circulated social media about how Europeans never store their eggs in the fridge. How convenient, right? More space for leftovers, potential for edible kitchen decor, and all those recipes that call for a room-temperature egg, you are now totally ready
- [Organic Egg Deception](https://shadygroveranch.net/organic-egg-deception/) - An interesting little story came out last week about the day-to-day practices of a major brand of organic eggs. The article subtly criticized the confined quarters that offered no apparent access to outdoors, and gave readers some insight into how the actually-quite-deplorable practices still meet organic standards. There will always be your occasional outbreaks of over-and-above
- [Why does fat go SPLAT?](https://shadygroveranch.net/fat-go-splat/) - I was just chatting with someone about whether or not one could “harvest” the fat that floats to the top of broth while it’s cooking, and use it just like lard. I told her you could, but that it’s not as straightforward to use as regular old rendered lard, that it might tend to explode
- [Just for fun - Springtime Farm Babies](https://shadygroveranch.net/just-fun-springtime-farm-babies/) - Just for fun, I thought I’d post some cute springtime farm pictures of babies from the farm. Because seeing baby anything makes people happy. 🙂 Everyone needs some pictures of a kitten some time or other. Meet “Scratch” the farm kitten. This is a shot of a super-neat storm front that moved through a few
- [Are you falling asleep at the kitchen stove?](https://shadygroveranch.net/falling-asleep-kitchen-stove/) - There is an interesting thing happening in our culture. Advertising. Advertising wins. If you can come up with the prettiest ad, the cleverest motto, the most touching video clip, you can sell anything. But what if you can’t… Farmers aren’t usually very tech-savvy, at least not compared to the big-wig corporations out there nowadays. And
- [Time-Saving Kitchen Tips You Can Do Today](https://shadygroveranch.net/time-saving-kitchen-tips-can-today/) - If you’re into real ingredients, you probably spend a lot of time cooking and have accumulated your own set of kitchen tips. When we started working through the healing process for Matt’s autoimmune disease (ulcerative colitis), we had to make everything from scratch to avoid the ickies like preservatives, GMOs, vegetable oils, trans fats, artificial
- [Sometimes Momma Has to Run](https://shadygroveranch.net/sometimes-momma-run/) - Most of our cows don’t have real names anymore--truly, there are over 100 cows out there in the pasture, and most of them have a new baby every year, so it would be pretty tough to keep track of every single one! Matt knows a lot of them by number and will report in sometimes,
- [Where's Waldo?](https://shadygroveranch.net/wheres-waldo/) - I have noticed this really interesting phenomenon that happens when people come out to the farm to pick up orders. They get out of their cars, stretch their legs (since most of them having driven a little distance to get here), take a deep breath as they take in the quiet, fresh scenery, and ask,
- [Someone is trying to trick you.](https://shadygroveranch.net/someone-trying-trick/) - Someone is trying to trick you. They have started using this marketing word, and it’s working. What’s the word? Local. “Local” is the new “healthy.” But my, oh, my, how the falsehoods abound. (Quick disclaimer: I don’t think “local” is the only criteria for good food. I think rearing practices trump nearness of raising critters
- [Running a farm is like flying a spaceship.](https://shadygroveranch.net/running-farm-like-flying-spaceship/) - Yesterday afternoon, I got a call from one of our institutional vendors, verifying our practice standards so they can make sure they're marketing their product correctly. As I was chatting with him, I realized something. You see, a lot of farmers get defensive when people start poking around, asking about their practices. As the gentleman
- [A brief update as we head into March...](https://shadygroveranch.net/brief-update-head-march/) - We lost all the small birds! You're going to laugh. We ran out of little chickens! Other than a couple remaining 3-pounder birds, all we have is our December stock of whole birds, ranging from Really Big (4.5 lb) to Huge (5+ lb)--at least that's what I've been able to find in the boxes so
- [Don't be confused about LYE soap!](https://shadygroveranch.net/dont-confused-lye-soap/) - Soap: What's with the lye? I cannot tell a lye… (I know, very punny, right? I couldn’t resist!) I want to talk to you about lye soap. A lot of people hear farmers like me talking about our good old-fashioned lye soap, and their minds instantly picture a harsh, abrasive, chemical concoction used for tanning
- [Hey Texarkana, we're going to visit you next week!](https://shadygroveranch.net/hey-texarkana-going-visit-next-week/) - I have some exciting news for those of you straight north--we're going to try out a Texarkana delivery service again! We're going make the Texarkana round every third Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. The meeting point will be at a customer's curb at 15 Irongate Drive, in the Copper Ridge development. What: Texarkana
- [Cook-at-Home Challenge: Count the Cost](https://shadygroveranch.net/cook-home-challenge-count-cost/) - Does food matter? Matt and I had a health crisis circa 2005-2006 that forced us to analyze everything we were doing so we could find answers to why his intestines were trying to kill him. And they were. Standing 6-foot-5-inches tall, and weighing less than 120 pounds, doctors said there was nothing left to do but
- [Why is meal-planning so hard?](https://shadygroveranch.net/3272-2/) - Why is meal-planning so hard? Meal planning… The bane of many a mother’s existence. We ask ourselves, “Do they really need to eat AGAIN today?” Let me just start by saying that I do not have this all figured out. I mentioned early on in this email series that Matt chuckles when I tell him
- [Cook-at-Home Challenge: What's for dinner?](https://shadygroveranch.net/cook-home-challenge-whats-dinner/) - I will meal-plan for you this month! Hopefully you got to read a bit about our upcoming Cook-at-Home Challenge introduced in our last newsletter. I know there are so many of our readers that have said, "I want to eat more healthily, I just don't feel that I have the time to devote to cooking,
- [Will this get you back into the kitchen?](https://shadygroveranch.net/will-get-back-kitchen/) - We want to help you get back into the kitchen! It's been a CRAZY month so far! Matt took a brief trip to the American Pastured Poultry Producers Association meeting for larger scale producers (apparently we qualify! ;-) ). It was a great time of gaining insight on our production practices and thinking about our
- [Why Pasture-Raised Meats? They fatten on the right stuff!](https://shadygroveranch.net/pasture-raised-meats-fatten-right-stuff/) - Here's the third installment--if you're here, you're a trooper! I appreciate you taking the time to educate yourself on these very important issues. Why Pasture-Raised Meats... What have we learned so far? My first article was some discussion of why we're even bothering to make the case for meat. If there are all these problems
- [Why Pasture-Raised Meats? No Arsenic](https://shadygroveranch.net/pasture-raised-meats-no-arsenic/) - Why Pasture-Raised Meats? No Arsenic... Last time, we talked about why we (Matt and Jerica) chose to pursue eating and producing animal products (meats, bones, fats, eggs, etc) because they are more nutrient-dense and digestible than vegetables. For a sick body, every bite counts, and for impaired digestion, those bites have to be highly digestible.
- [Why Meats?](https://shadygroveranch.net/why-meats/) - I have some food for thought for you to ponder as we begin to answer some of the Big Questions that surround what we, the Cadmans, do and why we do it here at Shady Grove Ranch. I’m going to do a series of brief articles that will hopefully build your foundation of understanding your
- [New Lower Pork Prices](https://shadygroveranch.net/new-lower-pork-prices/) - New Pork Pricing We started this ranch from nothing a short 6 years ago. It’s been an intense, never-die experience that is harder than we ever imagined. It may not seem like it, but we are still tiny in terms of farm sizes, producing only a few tens-of-thousands of pounds of meat per year compared
- [Hog Killin' Time](https://shadygroveranch.net/hog-killin-time/) - It’s almost hog-killin’ time. It is likely that most of our ancestors just a generation or two back participated in a yearly community effort to put up pork for the winter. Here in Jefferson, it’s mid-October, and we’re still seeing 80+ degree temperatures, but soon enough it’ll be cool even during the day, which is
- [Farm Store Kickstarter Project](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-store-kickstarter-project/) - Farm Store Kickstarter The cat’s out of the bag--we’re finally building a farm store! Our store will provide a pleasant and convenient place to shop here at the farm. It will include a commercial kitchen, which will allow us to expand our product selection to additional goods like bone broth, breads, prepared meals, fermented foods,
- [2016 Turkey Time](https://shadygroveranch.net/2016-turkey-time/) - I find it to be a great comfort that we get to start thinking about the winter holidays in the dog days of hot East Texas summer. July means turkeys are already on pasture, foraging away to build up the centerpiece of the Thankgiving feast. If you're new to our operations, here's a little bit
- [Meet James and Anna!](https://shadygroveranch.net/meet-james-anna/) - Here is a fun article for you. Our apprentices, James and Anna, arrived to the ranch way back in March of this year from South Korea (after a week of visiting James' family). We had planned to let them transition to farm life gradually, considering that they had just moved all the way from Korea and
- [3 Things You Didn't Know About Grass-fed Beef](https://shadygroveranch.net/3-things-didnt-know-grass-fed-beef/) - 1. The term “grass-fed” beef is no longer regulated as of January 2016. This is a pretty complicated issue, but honestly, we don't feel it's entirely a bad thing. Why? Well, we were never terribly into government regulation of private industries. But when the standard was defined, there were still many loopholes and undefined parameters
- [Is Organic Food Making Us Unhealthier?](https://shadygroveranch.net/organic-food-making-us-unhealthier/) - Have you heard the term “Greenwashing?” Even if you haven’t, perhaps you’ve noticed the vast increase in availability of things at the supermarket that have pretty, healthy-looking little green labels. It’s so nice to have so many healthful options… or is it? Not all that long ago in the East Texas/Shreveport area, real health foods
- [Help a Farmer Out](https://shadygroveranch.net/help-a-farmer-out/) - Oh, the world of advertising. It seems like a mysterious chasm that only lots of money will get you across as a business owner. We know there are people out there looking for us. So how do we talk to them without spending every last dime we have worked so hard to earn? We use
- [We found a hidden treasure...](https://shadygroveranch.net/found-hidden-treasure/) - This month marks our 6-year anniversary of arrival at Shady Grove Ranch. Six years, in the context of farming, is hardly any time at all, and yet we've come a long way and done a lot of cool stuff and been through a lot of intense experiences! But boy, has it gone by fast. It's especially
- [When Optimism Meets 9,000 Pounds of Hungry](https://shadygroveranch.net/when-optimism-meets-9000-pounds-of-hungry/) - Perhaps many of our readers know us just enough to know that we produce yummy meats and eggs, but not much more than that. Well, let me introduce you to a bit of our kookiness by sharing this fun story. Most of the year, our 185-acre ranch is run by Matt alone, with seasonal help
- [Eggs from the Cookie Cutter](https://shadygroveranch.net/cookie-cutter-eggs/) - We're members of the American Pastured Poultry Producer's Association, and part of the membership is being able to participate in an online discussion forum. A few days ago the question arose, "Where could a person find eggs that had been candled to ensure no blood spots, for a customer who was a strict vegetarian and
- [The Day The Chicken Paddock Became A Mudslide](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-day-the-chicken-paddock-became-a-mudslide/) - Farming often feels like feast or famine. We believe we have exited a 3-year-long drought that started … oh, our FIRST summer of production. We made it. By the Lord’s grace we made it. But the pendulum seems to have swung the opposite direction, and rain has absolutely been dumping on us this spring! It
- [Winter Photos and More](https://shadygroveranch.net/winter-photos-and-more/) - Just for fun, I thought I'd post some photos from our snowy adventures and beyond. Here's what we've been up to at the ranch for the past couple of weeks.
- [How A Kitchen Scale Revolutionized My Baking Life](https://shadygroveranch.net/kitchen-scale-revolutionized-baking-life/) - We talk about meats and eggs a lot, since that’s our business, of course. But I wanted to share a little tidbit that I learned along my cooking journey, and that is to use a kitchen scale for baking measurements. First some background: One of the things I especially avoid at stores is bread. Store-bought
- [Three Things I Never Throw Away](https://shadygroveranch.net/three-things-never-throw-away/) - I was of a frugal nature before we started farming, and have become all the more so now that we are full-fledged self-employed workers of the land. We count ourselves as highly blessed, despite a tight budget most of the time. We have plenty to eat, sturdy clothes to wear, and a lovely farm to
- [Pastured Meats and Your Health](https://shadygroveranch.net/pastured-meats-health/) - Report on Pastured Meats and Your Health We recently put together an event at one of our Longview retail locations: Jack’s Natural Foods. We did a presentation on Pastured Meats and Your Health, and took the time to share Matt’s health story and some of the things we learned about food during his battle with
- [How long do eggs keep?](https://shadygroveranch.net/long-eggs-keep/) - We get the question all the time, "How long do your eggs keep?" They have an expiration date on them, which we haven't always done, and actually aren't required to do, but it does help us to know how old eggs are so we can make sure we're selling fresh eggs and rotating stock appropriately.
- [The small ones cost more than the big ones?](https://shadygroveranch.net/small-ones-cost-big-ones/) - I have decided to do more blogging since Facebook is killing off business pages by trying to force us to monetize our ads, else we get seen by less than 1% of our fans. We don’t have a big marketing budget, but we do want to share farm knowledge and stories with our customers. So
- [A Day In The Life of A Farmer (A View From The Office)](https://shadygroveranch.net/day-life-farmer-view-office/) - A Day In The Life of A Farmer (A View From The Office) By Jerica Cadman A lot of folks think of farming as hard labor out in the dirt, under the hot sun with a rake in hand. And sometimes it is that—that or stacking hay, installing fences, digging holes, cutting down trees, moving cows,
- [2014 Beef Cattle Herd Photos](https://shadygroveranch.net/2014-beef-cattle-herd-photos/) - We often get the question, “What breed of cows do you raise?” We never quite know how to answer because we have such a hodge-podge of breeds. Why is that? It is mostly because we have purchased breeding cows when we've had opportunities to obtain cows that display the physical characteristics coupled with a history
- [June 21, 2014 - Provenance Farmers Market](https://shadygroveranch.net/june-21-2014-provenance-farmers-market/) - Announcement! This Saturday, the regular Shreveport Farmers Market will be closed on Saturday, June 21, to make way for an event in Festival Plaza. Instead, we will be attending a special pop-up market located at Provenance Development in south Shreveport along with 40+ other vendors from the Shreveport Farmers Market. We hope you will join
- [Volunteers help complete walk-in freezer](https://shadygroveranch.net/volunteers-help-complete-walk-freezer/) - We are grateful to the energetic and hardworking youth of Faith Baptist Church in Longview that gave up one of their last summer Fridays off from school to come help us finish our summer project--a new walk-in freezer! The job was to use a bucket brigade to carry concrete into the double-insulated shell of a
- [What happened to my dark-yolked eggs?](https://shadygroveranch.net/what-happened-to-my-dark-yolked-eggs/) - What happened to my dark-yolked eggs? I have seen lots of conversation online about consumers’ local, pasture-based egg source selling them pale eggs in the summertime—even paler than what is found at the supermarket! Naturally the reaction is, “Why am I paying more and going to greater lengths to get what appears to be
- [High Density Pasture Management](https://shadygroveranch.net/high-density-pasture-management/) - Matt has been researching and experimenting with a new cattle management technique called High Density Pasture Management. The strategy changes throughout the year depending upon seasons and the types of cows being grazed (momma cows nursing calves versus finishing steers versus pregnant dry cows), and is quite complex in strategy, so we won't attempt to
- [Cluck-N-Oink Crew on Pasture](https://shadygroveranch.net/chickens-pigs-pasture) - Pasture Management: The Cluck-N-Oink Crew Matt has been experimenting with rotational methods that enhance the health of our pastures but that reduce our labor load in moving the critters regularly. We move our chickens and pigs very frequently and decided to try a shared fence set-up during the cool months when wallowing isn't necessary for
- [Farming and Engineering Collide](https://shadygroveranch.net/engineer) - A little fact you may not have known: Before Matt and Jerica became farmers, we were engineers. It's a good thing, because sometimes there are problems here on the farm where classes like Statics and Physics really come in handy. For example, we recently bought a larger cattle trailer that was “homemade,” not uncommon in
- [Winter Clear-Out-Freezer Sale!](https://shadygroveranch.net/winter-clear-freezer-sale/) - Clear-Out-The-Freezer-To-Make-Room-For-Chicken-Season Sale Sale Prices good 1/13/14 through 1/25/14 Whole Turkeys $4/lb (sizes 20-24 lb) We have a handful of turkeys left from the holiday season, large sizes only. We received great feedback on turkeys this year—tender, flavorful, and moist. Purchase one now to put up for Easter, or just have off-season turkey! Ugly Turkeys $2.50/lb
- [New Egg-Mobile: The Egg Ark](https://shadygroveranch.net/new-egg-mobile-the-egg-ark/) - Check out our latest project, constructing a new nest box facility for our youngest batch of layer chickens. It will provide shade, night protection from predators, mobile feed, nesting space, roosting space, and of course will be totally mobile so it can be moved across pasture easily. Regular movement of chickens across pasture encourages healthy
- [Early Bird Special for Turkey!](https://shadygroveranch.net/early-bird-special-for-turkey/) - Early Bird Special! The turkeys are finally ready! They are really nice this year—plump, beautiful, and having been raised in large mobile paddocks on pasture for their entire lives. We are proud to offer these special birds for your Thanksgiving (and other holidays!) meal. But they’re taking up lots of freezer space, which we need
- [Chicken Backs for Soup](https://shadygroveranch.net/chicken-backs-for-soup/) - Question: What are chicken backs? Answer: “Chicken backs” are the core of the chicken that is left after the breast, wings, and legs have been cut away for parts. Our chicken backs are fairly meaty and are typically used to make broth and to harvest the remaining meat. 2013 is the first year we have
- [Irrigation Project – Photo Update](https://shadygroveranch.net/irrigation-project-photo-update/) - We always seem to be juggling several projects at once. Right now it’s planning to build a new barn and storefront and implementing a very extensive plumbing system on our ranch. Why? To provide what we refer to as irrigation in all the pastures on our ranch. One of the most important parts of rotational
- [Vitamins Plus Longview now carrying all our pasture-raised meats!](https://shadygroveranch.net/vitamins-plus-longview-now-carrying-all-our-pasture-raised-meats/) - We are proud to announce that Vitamins Plus in Longview has started carrying our soy-free pasture-raised chicken, making them the FIRST store in Texas to carry all three of our meat varieties! They now carry whole chickens, boneless skinless breast, thighs, brisket, boneless ribeye, t-bone, sirloin, beef round roast, chuck roast, stew meat, ground beef,
- [How Do We Make It To Market?](https://shadygroveranch.net/how-do-we-make-it-to-market/) - How Do We Make It To Market? If you’ve ever shopped at a farmers market, or perhaps been lucky enough to visit several different ones, you’ll realize that it is usually a totally unique experience—for better or worse, it is nothing like shopping at a supermarket or a mall. In some cases, there are similarities
- [Farmers' Hands - Day-to-day tasks of two sustainable farmers](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-farmers-hands/) - By Jerica CadmanFarming can be described with a vast variety of words, and Matt and I often reflect on how different farming is from “real life,” because not too long ago, we exited the corporate/university world to enter into a life of working with the land for a living. It is a life of uncertainty,
- [Bull fight at Shady Grove Ranch!](https://shadygroveranch.net/bull-fight-at-shady-grove-ranch/) - Bull fight at Shady Grove Ranch! Meet Pedro, the young Jersey bull owned by TrueFields LLC. Pedro, who is a dairy bull (as opposed to a beef bull), is a bit more high-strung than our beef bull, Big John. That’s not surprising, as we’ve heard stories from old-timer dairy farmers about dairy bulls suddenly turning dangerous, warning
- [Garden Tour - March 2013](https://shadygroveranch.net/garden-tour-march-2013/) - Well, I know I love looking at pictures of gardens, so I thought I'd share ours. It is coming along well, but we haven't eaten anything (except the herbs) yet. Hopefully this year marks the start of a regular harvest from a spring and fall garden in East Texas. We also hope to keep expanding
- [Fun Facts about Farm Words - Installment 1: Cows on Vacation](https://shadygroveranch.net/fun-facts-about-farm-words-installment-1-cows-on-vacation/) - Fun Facts about Farm Words Installment One: Cows on Vacation By PapPap Cadman Do you know the difference between a cow and a steer? Or a heifer and a stirk? Sometimes understanding all the various words used in raising cattle, as well as other farm animals, can be daunting. When I arrived at Shady Grove
- [Who is Top Cow at Shady Grove Ranch? Part 2](https://shadygroveranch.net/who-is-top-cow-at-shady-grove-ranch-part-2/) - Welcome to part II of our “Who is top cow at Shady Grove Ranch?” series. First we introduced you to Gordita. Now we will introduce you to another cow that we bought alongside Gordita, one of the first group of cattle at Shady Grove Ranch. We call her Tilly. She is solid black--a compact, well-built
- [Guest post: Nick Puffer's 60 lbs in 16 weeks](https://shadygroveranch.net/guest-post-nick-puffers-60-lbs-in-16-weeks/) - Hi, I'm Nick Puffer. I'm a full time Web Marketing / SEO Specialist for Downtown Motor Company in Gulfport, MS and also work part time for Starbucks as a Barista. In between jobs, I run a blog about diet and exercise with a focus on becoming more organic. Over the past 3 years I have
- [Who is Top Cow at Shady Grove Ranch? Part 1 ](https://shadygroveranch.net/who-is-top-cow-at-shady-grove-ranch-part-1/) - Who is top cow at Shady Grove Ranch? This is the first of a series of articles on our favorite breeding cows at Shady Grove Ranch. We have invested a lot of time and energy into our grass-fed beef herd and would love to share with you about some of our favorite personalities in the
- [Chick Training](https://shadygroveranch.net/chick-training/) - Laying Chick Training Check out our photo essay of transitioning our baby laying chicks to pasture from the brooder house. These chicks are about 6 weeks old and love their new home. Here is a photo essay about how we train baby layers to thrive on pasture. These babies are about 6 weeks old and are
- [What Grade of Grocery Shopper Are You?](https://shadygroveranch.net/what-grade-of-grocery-shopper-are-you-2/) - Check out our short article to decide if you are flunking out at food or excelling at eating when you shop for groceries. Will you try to improve your grade this year? What Grocery Shopping Level Are You?
- [2012 October Farm Day](https://shadygroveranch.net/2012-october-farm-day-2/) - Farm Day was a hit at Shady Grove Ranch! We had a small group, which was lovely for taking our time and having plenty of interesting conversations about sustainable agriculture. Once everyone had arrived, we loaded up onto the hayride to collect eggs. Matt hooked us up to the tractor, and away we went! We
- [Is Spinach Really A Superfood?](https://shadygroveranch.net/is-spinach-really-a-superfood/) - I was recently reminded that the world at large perceives that vegetables are healthier than meats, though no one really seems to know why. You often hear the word “superfood” associated with health-food-store favorites like kale, spinach, blueberries, and walnuts. You never think about foods like salami and cheddar cheese, mostly because they are salty,
- [ETBU Students Visit Shady Grove Ranch](https://shadygroveranch.net/etbu-students-visit-shady-grove-ranch/) - Last week we were able to welcome some students from East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) who are interested in learning about sustainable food production. Earlier this summer, Dr. Cassie Falke contacted me about bringing some of her students to the ranch to learn a little bit more about the connection between people and food. We
- [Bird’s Eye View of The Life of a Chicken](https://shadygroveranch.net/birds-eye-view-of-the-life-of-a-chicken/) - Bird’s Eye View of The Life of a Chicken Among the misunderstandings that abound concerning industrialized products, probably food production has some of the most. Marketing committees have developed clever ways of giving facts and presenting half-truths so that the pleasant pastoral images evoked when a shopper sees “Farmer Joe’s Free-Range Eggs” on a label
- [Shreveport Off-Season Delivery](https://shadygroveranch.net/shreveport-off-season-delivery/) - Farmers Market is coming up soon, but there is still another month to go before the Fall Shreveport Farmers Market kicks off on October 27 at 8am. Until then, Shady Grove Ranch provides a periodic drop-off service to the Shreveport area. Our next scheduled drop-off (subject to weather) is: Saturday, October 6, 11am-noon 5060 Dixie
- [Potential Thanksgiving Cooking Class](https://shadygroveranch.net/potential-thanksgiving-cooking-class/) - Learn how to reduce your intake of additives, preservatives, and unnecessary sugar by attending a class on how to cook four Thanksgiving meal classic items from scratch! 1. Bread Stuffing 2. Brown Gravy 3. Traditional Cranberry Sauce and Fermented Cranberry Chutney 4. Sweet Potato Pie with Crust and Whipped Cream It’s amazing how simple, delicious,
- [The Price of An Egg](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-price-of-an-egg/) - Lots of folks ask us about why our egg prices are so high. We get lots of different responses when we tell them. Sometimes they are offended. Sometimes they lament over how they cannot afford them. Sometimes they are utterly grateful that someone somewhere close by is raising hens truly on pasture, without using soy
- [What do Farmers do on a Friday night?](https://shadygroveranch.net/what-do-farmers-do-on-a-friday-night/) - A typical Friday night here at Shady Grove Ranch is usually set apart by some special food or drink and the general merriment that comes with the end of a week filled with hard work, long days, and more than could be accomplished by our small team of four people plus two (little) kids. But
- [The Feed & Breed Experiment](https://shadygroveranch.net/the-feed-breed-experiment/) - A major component of successful sustainable farming is figuring out what strategy works best in your climate for which animals. Pastured poultry is one of the most difficult and unpredictable aspects of our operation here at Shady Grove Ranch. Everything loves to eat chicken: people, owls, skunks, dogs, coyotes, snakes, foxes… Only the first on
- [How we do Soy-Free Pasture-Raised Eggs ](https://shadygroveranch.net/how-we-do-soy-free-pasture-raised-eggs/) - At long last, we finally have a chance to tell you about our new EggMobile, built during the visit of some of our relatives that visit each spring to help us with ongoing work projects. Laying chickens have very specific and unique needs that must be fulfilled in order for them to live long, productive
- [How do we sell our pasture-raised meats and eggs?](https://shadygroveranch.net/how-do-we-sell-our-pasture-raised-meats-and-eggs/)
- [Bulk Beef scheduled for 7/26](https://shadygroveranch.net/bulk-beef-scheduled-for-726/) - We have a few slots left for our next custom grass-fed beef processing. Jump over to our Bulk Grass-Fed Beef page to learn about how to buy a quarter or half cow. Then give us a call this week to order your share of a cow to stock up your freezer! Bulk Grass-fed Beef order
- [Reserve your Pasture-Raised Turkey this week!](https://shadygroveranch.net/reserve-your-pasture-raised-turkey-this-week/) - Order your Thanksgiving Turkey this week! They are going fast! About Shady Grove Ranch Pasture-Raised Turkeys
- [It's Turkey Time!](https://shadygroveranch.net/its-turkey-time/) - July seems like an odd time to start talking about Thanksgiving, but it's the time when we order the baby turkeys (called "poults") to start growing them in time for the November harvest! We'll grow you a turkey, too, if you would like. They are raised like our chickens: totally on pasture without medications or
- [Crazy Beef Roast Sale!](https://shadygroveranch.net/crazy-beef-roast-sale/) - It's time to restock our hamburger supply and process some bulk beef, so we've decided to put Beef Chuck Roast and Beef Arm Roast on sale until June 30th! Check out these great prices, and stock up on our classics! On-Farm Sale Price: $5/lb Farmers Market Sale Price: $5.50/lb
- [A Whole Lotta Bull and Pastured Chicken Virtual Tour](https://shadygroveranch.net/a-whole-lotta-bull-and-pastured-chicken-virtual-tour/) - A Whole Lotta Bull Being a rancher means so much more than simply making sure the animals have food and water. A good husband (to animals, as in “husbandry”) learns what to look for in the offspring produced by his herd in order to make plans for the future. Read more... Egg Layer Virtual Tour
- [Important upcoming dates](https://shadygroveranch.net/important-upcoming-dates/) - Upcoming Shreveport Delivery: Saturday, May 5 from 9-10 am Longview Delivery: Wednesday, April 25 from 10am-12pm April Shady Deal: $1.50/lb off Beef Loin Roast Extended Bulk Pork and Beef Deadline: May 4
- [Shady Grove Ranch April News!](https://shadygroveranch.net/shady-grove-ranch-april-news/) - Shreveport Delivery: Saturday, April 14 from 9-10 am Longview Delivery: Wednesday, April 25 from 10am-12pm April Shady Deal: $1.50/lb off Beef Loin Roast April Featured Product: Bone-in Beef Rib Roast $25.50/lb (farm) or $27.50/lb (delivery) Bulk Pork Deadline: April 6
- [March 2012 News](https://shadygroveranch.net/march-2012-news/) - This month's Shady Deal: Buy 3 packs of Grass-fed Beef Ribs this month and get them for $4/lb (over a dollar off per pound!). For off-farm purchase, delivery fee applies (add 10%). Pastured Meats 101 Matt will be presenting some information on the meanings of various meat labels and their long-term effects on human and
- [Introducing the "Shady Deal" - Pasture-Raised Chicken and Pork Shoulder Roast](https://shadygroveranch.net/introducing-the-shady-deal-pasture-raised-chicken-and-pork-shoulder-roast/) - We thought it would be fun to start doing a monthly special. What more appropriate name than a "Shady Deal" offered by Shady Grove Ranch? This month (February), the Shady Deal is 5% off the purchase of a soy-free pasture-raised chicken and a soy-free pasture-raised pork shoulder roast. Both of these cuts can be prepared
- [Axl Graff finally arrives!](https://shadygroveranch.net/axl-graff-finally-arrives/) - Many of you have been asking if we've had that baby yet, and we can finally say yes! Axl Graff Cadman arrived on 1/25 (17 days late!), happy, healthy, and weighing 7 lbs 9 oz. He and Momma are doing great, and his big brother, Shevi, is adapting to having a fellow ranch hand around.
- [Some new stuff to check out...](https://shadygroveranch.net/some-new-stuff-to-check-out/) - We made it back safely from our mini-vacation, and things ran fairly smoothly on the farm. Now it's back to work as the hot weather winds down (we hope!) and we prepare for the winter season. Check out our new sampler, the Ritzy Roaster, and the long-awaited downloadable price list! We also updated our online price listings so they're a little easier to use. You can
- [Our latest adventure...](https://shadygroveranch.net/our-latest-adventure/) - We're in the middle of an exciting construction project... building a walk-in freezer! This will allow us to store our pasture-raised products in a central location (by the way, phase two is a little on-farm store!), and will enable Matt to stand upright inside while he's moving things around! Most freezers are only 6 feet tall inside, so our 6-foot-five farm brainiac has to stoop down while he's organizing. This
- [Happy new year!](https://shadygroveranch.net/happy-new-year/) - Here at Shady Grove Ranch, we are excited to welcome a new year! We have big plans for 2012 and hope that you will be a part of all the farm fun and good food! We've got lots of exciting new ways to buy, namely 5 new samplers, and 2 new options for purchasing beef and
- [Give a gift of Great Food...](https://shadygroveranch.net/give-a-gift-of-great-food/) - We’d like to do something special for this year’s Christmas holiday. Shady Grove Ranch wishes to partner with you in giving to someone in need by offering a limited number of samplers below cost. The samplers will include things like roasts, ground meat, and/or chicken. There are two options: $30 for 8 pounds of meat $50 for 14 pounds of meat Available through December 23, 2011.
- [Beef and pork restocked!](https://shadygroveranch.net/beef-and-pork-restocked/) - We've officially restocked beef and pork for the winter, so now's your chance to stuff that freezer full with your favorite cuts. We have pretty much everything, so give us a call or send an email to place you order. Also, next month we are hoping to roll out a very special surprise, so be sure you (and your friends!) are on our email newsletter list. You can sign
- [Last beef processing of 2011!](https://shadygroveranch.net/last-beef-processing-of-2011/) - Calling all bulk beef orders! We are bringing our last batch of cows for the year in on October 24th. Please place orders by Oct. 23rd to stock up on bulk beef. For those of you with limited freezer space or budget, we will be offering beef, pork, and chicken throughout the winter season for as long as they last. Just call or email to place an
- [Shreveport Delivery Arrangements](https://shadygroveranch.net/shreveport-delivery-arrangements/) - We are working to provide a solution for Shreveport-area customers receiving off-season orders while the Shreveport Farmers Market is closed. Our first delivery is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 29th from 3-5 pm. Location TBA. Please sign up for our newsletter to be informed of exact details by clicking the "Newsletter" tab above. Orders will be due Wednesday, September 28th by 12pm. We will be bringing pre-orders only
- [Wildfire update](https://shadygroveranch.net/wildfire-update/) - Many of you tried to contact us during the wildfires in east Texas last week (and this week...). Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers and offers for help. We have returned to the farm and are in the process of resuming normal life, including providing you with an update. The cows are currently being transported back to Shady Grove Ranch from a colleague's farm in Longview, and
- [Welcome to Shady Grove Ranch in Jefferson, Texas!](https://shadygroveranch.net/hello-from-truefields-llc-located-at-shady-grove-ranch-in-jefferson-texas/) - We're good to our land and our animals so that we can harvest the best tasting, most nutritious, and most sustainable foods that east Texas has to offer.

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- [Home](https://shadygroveranch.net/) - Pasture-Raised Grass-fed Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey, and Eggs for East Texas and Shreveport If you are local to the Ark-La-Tex area and you have been searching for a trustworthy source of cleanly-raised meats and eggs, we are so glad you found us! We are the Cadman family, and we own and operate Shady Grove Ranch where
- [Shady Grove Ranch Products in Shreveport Bossier, Louisiana](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/shady-grove-ranch-products-in-shreveport-bossier-louisiana/) - Shady Grove Ranch Products in Shreveport Bossier, Louisiana Looking for grass-fed beef and soy-free pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs near Shreveport, Bossier City, Haughton, Minden, Ruston, and Vivian? You've come to the right place! Read on for information on how to get our products in northwest Louisiana. Biweekly Shreveport Delivery Roughly every two weeks, we offer
- [Contact](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/) - Looking for pasture-raised beef, pork, chicken, eggs, and turkey in East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Texarkana, Marshall) and Shreveport-Bossier areas? You’ve found us! Contact us by phone, email, or by using the form below:903-665-7076Store Hours:Thursday: 2pm – 5pmFriday: 10am – 3pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmClosed on major holidays. Check Google or call to confirm hours before your
- [Hours](https://shadygroveranch.net/hours) - Store Hours: Thursday: 2pm - 5pm Friday: 10am - 3pm Saturday: 10am - 1pm Closed on major holidays. Check Google or call to confirm hours before your visit. Find directions to our farm store here. Retail Stores: Texas Granary Street in Longview, Texas, Lindale, Texas, and Tyler, TX: Soy-free pasture-raised Chicken, Grass-fed Beef, and
- [Proposed Salmonella Rule Action](https://shadygroveranch.net/proposed-salmonella-rule-action/) - Thank you for taking the time to stay informed about important proposed legislation that will affect all small farms and consumers interested in having access to local foods. Here's what's happening... The longer explanation… The FSIS (Food Safety Inspection Service) is one of the federal governing agencies for meat processing in the United States, and
- [Farm Tours](https://shadygroveranch.net/tours) - So You Want To Visit A Sustainable Farm You are one in a million, a person wanting so much to understand food production that you’re willing to take time out to visit a local farm. That is exciting, and we are honored to be able to show you our side of the story… the story
- [Directions & Hours](https://shadygroveranch.net/directions) - Directions to the Ranch We welcome on-farm purchases during regular store hours, but please don't plug our address into your GPS, as it does not reliably work for our address. Please use our Google Map Pin to find us. Farm Store Hours Winter hours in effect from Nov. 3 to March 14: Thursday - 2
- [Raising Pastured Poultry in Texas](https://shadygroveranch.net/poultry101) - Matt co-presented during a webinar hosted by Prairie View of A&M University entitled Pasture Poultry Production and Predator Control. Download a free PDF copy of the outline and notes here: 2023 Texas Pastured Poultry Production PVU
- [Newsletter](https://shadygroveranch.net/newsletter) - Want to stay informed about what's happening at Shady Grove Ranch in Jefferson, Texas? Sign up for our free newsletter. Shady Grove Ranch Newsletter Every word of our email newsletter is home-grown for your enjoyment and education. Oh, and we'll let you know about specials and events, too! Thanks for keeping up with our shenanigans
- [Pastured Eggs](https://shadygroveranch.net/Eggs) - Soy-Free Pasture-Raised Eggs Our pastured eggs are soy-free, naturally raised, and available to those in the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Eggs are one of the most complete and nutritious foods available, especially when they come from chickens raised exclusively on pasture and supplemented with a GMO-free and
- [Shady Grove Ranch Products in Jefferson, Texas](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/shady-grove-ranch-products-in-jefferson-texas/) - Shady Grove Ranch Products in Jefferson, Texas Are you looking for grass-fed beef and soy-free pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs near Avinger, Jefferson, Linden, Marshall, or Texarkana? What could be better than buying directly from the ranch? You cannot match our quality and flavor for pork, beef, chicken, turkey, and eggs. We raise our animals
- [Shady Grove Ranch Products in Longview, Texas](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/shady-grove-ranch-products-in-longview-texas/) - Shady Grove Ranch Products in Longview, Texas Looking for grass-fed beef and soy-free pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs near Longview, Kilgore, Gilmer, Marshall, or Tyler? We are now in 3 stores in Longview, plus we offer a regular delivery option for direct purchasing. We strive to make getting nutrient-dense, delicious meats and eggs easy for fellow
- [Shady Grove Ranch Products in Tyler, Texas](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/shady-grove-ranch-products-in-tyler-texas/) - Looking for grass-fed beef and soy-free pasture-raised chicken, pork, and eggs near Tyler, Kilgore, Chandler, Flint, Lindale, Bullard, Troup, Whitehouse, Overton, Henderson, Mineola, or Ben Wheeler? We have started offering a monthly delivery option in Tyler. Please sign up for our newsletter and select the Tyler region of interest to get notice of when/where these deliveries will be.
- [Farm Fan Club Critter of the Month Story Page](https://shadygroveranch.net/sticker-story) - Welcome to the Farm Fan Club "Critter of the Month" Story Page! Here you'll find the story behind the sticker. Written for children, but informative enough for grown-ups, too! October 2020 - Red Laying Hen Eggs are a food that most people hardly think twice about. But everyone expects to see chickens when they visit
- [March 2020 - "Keeping Warm"](https://shadygroveranch.net/march-2020-keeping-warm/) - When you think of a farm, you think of animals like cows, chickens, roosters, pigs, and maybe horses. But you don’t always think of dogs and cats, even though every farm that I know of has them. Dogs and cats are really useful animals at the farm. Cats are great at hunting mice and gophers,
- [February 2020 - Common Snail](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-fan-club-critter-month-story-page/february-2020-common-snail/) - You might be thinking, what the in world is a livestock farm doing sending out pictures of snails? Shouldn't we be seeing some cows or chickens? I admit… I don’t even know that much about snails myself, in spite of being a farmer! The extent of my knowledge is that snails eat garden vegetables, and
- [January 2020 – Great Pyrenees Dog, “Zeke”](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-fan-club-critter-month-story-page/january-2020-great-pyrenees-dog-zeke/) - Let me introduce you to a truly gentle giant at the farm: The Great Pyrenees dog. Pyrenees, as we call them for short, are known for their gentle personalities (at least when it comes to non-predators!) and their enormously fluffy white coats. Our very first Pyrenees we named Zeke (short for Ezekiel—the watchman of the
- [December 2019 - Americauna Chicken](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-fan-club-critter-month-story-page/december-2019-americauna-chicken/) - Did you know that some chickens have beards? But I’ll let you in on a funny secret—this bearded chicken is a GIRL! She is a special kind of chicken called an Americauna. You might never guess what her super power is. But I secretly wonder if she is where Dr. Seuss got his idea for
- [November 2019 - Turkey Tom](https://shadygroveranch.net/november-2019-turkey-tom/) - By Jerica Cadman Photo credit: Bekah Fisher Turkeys are really interesting little creatures. We’ve been raising them for about 8 or 9 years now, and we learn something new about them every year. So I thought I’d share this fun habit of theirs with you. When turkeys reach about 12 weeks of age, they begin
- [Archived Sticker Story: September 2019 - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher](https://shadygroveranch.net/archived-sticker-story-september-2019-scissor-tailed-flycatcher/) - By Jerica Cadman If you happen to live in a city, you may never have seen this kind of bird before. They are rather remarkable and very unmistakable. Meet the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. His tail is almost twice the length of his body, and when he flies, his tail can open up, just like a pair
- [Archived Sticker Story: August 2019 - Turkey Poult](https://shadygroveranch.net/archived-sticker-story-august-2019-turkey-poult/) - By Jerica Cadman Poult. What in the world is a poult?! Most people think a baby bird of any kind is called a chick. I suppose that is correct in some respect, but many types of birds have special names for their babies. Or should I say… humans have special names for certain types of
- [Archived Sticker Story: July 2019 - Berkshire Pig](https://shadygroveranch.net/archived-sticker-story-july-2019-berkshire-pig/) - July 2019 - Berkshire Pig Once upon a time, there was a farmer and his wife. They were new to farming and very excited to learn all there was to know about taking care of farm animals. One of the first kinds of animals they brought home to their farm was pigs. One thing everyone
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- [Archived Sticker Story: June 2019 - "Scratch" the Farm Cat](https://shadygroveranch.net/farm-fan-club-critter-month-story-page/archived-sticker-story-june-2019-scratch-farm-cat/) - June 2019 - "Scratch" the Cat "Scratch" may be the only animal on the farm whose name I have to put into quotations marks, lest it sound like a command to harm him! My oldest son, Shevi, named him when he was just a newborn kitten. In fact, Shevi got to watch Scratch be born
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- [Bulk Grass-fed Beef - Summer 2019](https://shadygroveranch.net/bulk-grass-fed-beef-summer-2019/) - Thanks for your interest in this summer's Bulk Grass-fed Beef purchase opportunity! We'll be evaluating cows to see who's in top condition for processing and will be in touch with you via email about all the details, including pricing, freezer space requirements, processing date and pickup options, etc. If you need some good grass-fed beef
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- [Bulk Grass-fed Beef - Spring 2019](https://shadygroveranch.net/bulk-grass-fed-beef-spring-2019/) - Thanks for your interest in this spring's Bulk Grass-fed Beef purchase opportunity! We'll be evaluating cows to see who's in top condition for processing and will be in touch with you via email about all the details, including pricing, freezer space requirements, processing date and pickup options, etc. If you need some good grass-fed beef
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- [Recipes](https://shadygroveranch.net/recipes/) - Welcome to our recipes page! Here you will find simple, from-scratch, all natural tips and ideas for cooking with pasture-raised meats. So long as the grass-fed beef, pork, chicken, turkey, and eggs are well-raised and properly processed, cooking and consuming them should be a delight!
- [Grass-fed Beef](https://shadygroveranch.net/grass-fed-beef) - Grass-fed Beef in East Texas and Shreveport We sell really grass-fed beef by the cut in individual packages, or cut and wrapped in bulk at a discount. Our beef is 100% grass-fed and grass-finished and available throughout the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Visit our new online store to
- [About](https://shadygroveranch.net/about) - We are a real family-run farm dedicated to producing truly natural and healthy meats using rotational grazing practices, while avoiding the use of genetically-engineered feeds, subtherapeutic drugs, and icky additives to feed, the processing line, and the final packaged product. What does all that mean?? It seems that if there was something that could be done to
- [Bulk Processing FAQ](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/what-do-i-do/bulk-processing-faq/) - We get lots of questions regarding bulk meat purchases because most people have never purchased a half pig or a quarter cow before. Here are some of the questions we commonly get. Keep in mind that each farm is different, so the answers below are true at Shady Grove Ranch, but might not be true
- [Bulk Meat Purchasing](https://shadygroveranch.net/products/bulk-meat/) - Buying grass-fed beef or soy-free pasture-raised pork in bulk is a great way to stock your freezer and save money on the best quality meat available. Plus you get to experience the whole animal, raised naturally here in East Texas. More importantly, you can save as much as 21% compared when you purchase bulk meat
- [Pastured Turkey](https://shadygroveranch.net/Pastured-Turkey) - Soy-free Pasture-Raised Turkey Our pastured turkeys are soy-free, naturally raised, and available to those in the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Available in-season only, these are the tastiest turkeys you'll ever meet. After their 2-3 week stay in our open-air brooder house while they are growing their big-bird
- [Pastured Chicken](https://shadygroveranch.net/pastured-chicken) - Soy-Free Pastured Chicken Our pastured chickens are soy-free, naturally raised, and available to folks in the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Visit our new online store to check out what's in stock and to place your order! How Our Chicken Is Raised The first phase of our chickens' lives starts in the
- [Pastured Pork](https://shadygroveranch.net/pork) - Our pastured pork is raised naturally on a soy-free feed and is available to those in the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. We sell in small or bulk quantities from the farm in Jefferson. Visit our new online store to check out what's in stock and to place your order! Our
- [Broth Bread](https://shadygroveranch.net/broth-bread) - Finally! Here is my go-to bread recipe. It is VERY versatile, but always creates a moist, fluffy, and relatively robust (for sandwiches) bread. I use it for dinner rolls, regular loaves, and cinnamon bread. So delicious! What's with the broth? Well, I prefer making bread with broth instead of water or milk. It adds nutrients,
- [Easy BBQ Spare Ribs](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/easy-bbq-spare-ribs/) - This recipe for pork spare ribs is crazy easy. Spend about 5 minutes of prep time to enjoy a deliciously clean meal a few hours later!
- [Grass-fed Beef Recipes](https://shadygroveranch.net/grass-fed-beef-recipes) - Once you have tasted real grass-fed-and-finished beef, you will never be able to go back. Some people say grass-fed beef is tough, and that may be true of some operations, but here at Shady Grove Ranch, we have never met a cut of grass-fed beef we didn't like. Our cows get exercise and are not
- [Beef Tips with Rice](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/beef-tips-rice/) - It's January, and sometimes you just want a hot, rich meal full of beef and gravy to make the winter go by faster. Here's my easy recipe for beef tips with rice. Use cubed sirloin steak or beef stew meat to set up an easy and delicious from-scratch meal. Beef Tips with Rice and Gravy
- [Buying Clubs](https://shadygroveranch.net/contact/buying-clubs/) - Are you outside of our current delivery areas but still want to purchase Shady Grove Ranch products? Talk to us about starting a buying club in your city! We are open to starting new deliveries within driving distance of the ranch, or you can be the driver and save even more! Call our office to
- [Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe (Fast & Easy)](https://shadygroveranch.net/homemade-ranch-dressing-recipe) - I gave up Ranch salad dressing a long time ago because first I gave up chemical ingredients and vegetable oil, and then somewhere along the way, I read some recipe that said I had to roast & puree all these veggies to make homemade ranch dressing. It sounded delicious laborious and time-consuming. Not very high
- [Steam-Boiled Eggs](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/egg-recipes/steam-boiled-eggs/) - How to Steam-Boil Eggs If ever you have struggled with peeling fresh boiled eggs, this recipe is for you! Steamed eggs peel much more easily than boiled eggs. Try it!
- [Chicken and Dumplings Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/chicken-and-dumplings/) - This chicken and dumplings recipe is really just chicken soup, amplified by dumplings, but it is good enough to warrant its own place on our website. I searched and searched for a dumpling recipe that was almost like a noodle--not too fluffy, but not too firm. This is the final version that I came up
- [Fermented Food Basics](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/fermented-food-basics/) - Getting Started with Fermented Veggies I get the question a lot, "How do I get my kids to like fermented foods?" And "How do you do your ferments?" I have learned a lot of what not to do over the years, so I thought it was time to share some tips from my own experience.
- [Shoulder, Sauerkraut, and Spaetzle](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/shoulder-sauerkraut-and-spaetzle/) - Shoulder, Sauerkraut, and Spaetzle This meal is among our favorites here at the Cadman household. Spaetzle are little flour dumplings cooked in liquid. This meal is easy and filling and simple to make extras to eat on through the week. Plus it's one of those special dishes that are even better as leftovers! By
- [Sausage Gravy Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/sausage-gravy-recipe/) - Would you believe that once upon a time I was totally intimidated by gravy, and could not make it to save my life? Yep. Total gravy failure. But now I have figured out a few simple tricks that make it fail-proof. Here's a simple sausage gravy recipe for you to try. And you can jump
- [Basic Bone Broth or Stock Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/basic-bone-broth-or-stock-recipe/) - Basic Bone Broth or Stock Recipe Fill a stock pot (anything from 6 quarts to 5 gallons—whatever you have that fits on your stove!) with soup bones, chicken carcasses, fat trimmings, and vegetable scraps (peelings, carrot tops, etc). I also suggest adding a pound or so of washed chicken feet for every 2 gallons of
- [Rendering Lard](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/rendering-lard/) - All about Rendering Lard Lard is a bit of a mystery to most people, but don't let it intimidate you. If you have ever cooked bacon, you can render your own lard! We offer pre-ground pork fat, which makes it even easier than ever to render lard at home. It's seriously as easy as melting
- [Hash Browns Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/hash-browns-recipe/) - I am a firm believer that most of my once-favorite commercial foods can be prepared at home and taste just as good or better than the fake-food alternative. Except cheetos. I'm pretty sure that neon-orange cheese is not really cheese. OK, so not everything can have a healthy at-home analog. But most things can. Things
- [Pastured Pork Recipes](https://shadygroveranch.net/pork-recipes) - Pastured pork is a very versatile meat and can be sweet, savory, or spicy. Here are a few of favorite pastured pork recipes. Be forewarned--we love cooking from scratch, and you may never be able to eat conventional pork again after tasting real pasture-raised piggies! All about Pastured Pork Cuts General Pastured Pork Cooking Tips Bacon -
- [The Junior Cadmans](https://shadygroveranch.net/junior-cadmans) - Matt and Jerica Cadman are "the young'ns" at Shady Grove Ranch, and it was their dream that the whole Cadman family decided to pursue. Married 8 years as of 2014, Matt and Jerica have two sons and a daughter. The oldest is Shevi Charles, who is named after his Pap-Pap. Shevi is pronounced the way it is
- [Chicken, Rice, and Bacon Delight](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/chicken-rice-bacon-delight/) - A friend told me about this easy recipe and I had to try it. After all, how can you go wrong with pasture-raised chicken, real pastured pork bacon, rice, and homemade chicken broth? It was so easy to make dinner for a crowd. I like to make filling meals with good ingredients that can easily
- [How to Grill Our Grass-fed Steaks](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/grill-grass-fed-steaks/) - If you have the opportunity to purchase steak from multiple grass-fed sources, you may immediately notice that grass-fed steak varies tremendously in fat content and tenderness. One of the reasons is due to the seasonality of beef production, but perhaps a bigger reason for variation in "grillable-ness" is that every grass-fed beef producer is different
- [Deli-Style Chicken Breast Lunchmeat](https://shadygroveranch.net/deli-style-chicken-breast-lunchmeat/) - If you're like us and on a real food diet, there are some things that you just miss. Like lunchmeat. Slightly sweet, salty, cold meat is quite satisfying on a hot day or when you're out running errands. Sure, there are "natural" commercial brands available, but they still have a long list of ingredients and
- [Chocolate Pudding Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chocolate-pudding-recipe/) - I know it may seem a little out of place to have a chocolate pudding recipe on a natural meats website... but real food is real food, and I am sometimes just as shocked by the amount of sugar in homemade recipes as I am by the widespread use of unnecessary additives in commercially prepared
- [Homemade Yogurt Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/homemade-yogurt-recipe/) - Homemade Yogurt Recipe I am often asked to share my yogurt recipe, so it’s high time that it end up on the website! Making yogurt at home is far more economical, and I am convinced more beneficial health-wise, than buying it by the quart. For example, a decent brand of natural (not necessarily organic) yogurt
- [Shady Grove Ranch Barnyard Sampler Extraordinaire](https://shadygroveranch.net/products/shady-grove-ranch-barnyard-sampler-extraordinaire/) - We are very excited to introduce this sampler for the first time ever. It features all the best cuts we produce here at Shady Grove Ranch: grass-fed beef, soy-free pastured pork, and soy-free pasture-raised chicken. If you've been thinking about stocking up and can't decide between bulk beef, pork or chicken, this sampler is for
- [Real Flour Tortilla Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/real-flour-tortilla-recipe/) - You haven't lived until you have had real homemade tortillas made with real lard. These tortillas are made from real pasture-raised, not hydrogenated vegetable oil or hydrogenated lard. This versatile tortilla recipe makes delicious tortillas that have amazing texture and are nothing like store-bought. They are worth the work! Here's my method and some pictures
- [Boeuf Biere - "Manly Beef Bourguignon"](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/boeuf-biere-manly-beef-bourguignon/) - We have a guest food artist for this recipe! Dawn, one of our long-time customers, shared with us this deliciously rich recipe for her version of Boeuf Bourguignon. She calls it Boeuf Biere. Tell us what you think!
- [Grass-fed Hamburgers](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/grass-fed-hamburgers/) - Hamburgers I’ve noticed a trend with our meats, and it is that you really don’t have to do much to make them taste wonderful. Perhaps it is because our grass-fed beef is so vastly different than commercial meats because our cows get exercise and have a beautifully clean diet which includes only grass and forage,
- [Basic Roast Chicken Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/basic-roast-chicken-recipe/) - Roast Chicken is my go-to method for cooking chicken. It is easy, very low hands-on time, and always comes out delicious with crisp, flavorful skin all around and nice, moist breast meat. Plus I end up with excellently flavored chicken backs and drippings to add to my next batch of chicken broth. Here's what you
- [Sliced Jowl - "Po' Man's Bacon"](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/sliced-jowl-po-mans-bacon/) - Po’ Man’s Bacon (Sliced Jowl) Our “bacon” is a bit unusual—it’s not technically even bacon because it hasn’t been seasoned or smoked at all. It is technically called “Sliced Pork Belly,” as you’ll notice on the label, and the only difference in preparation is that you have to salt it yourself. But folks have caught
- [Chicken Pot Pie Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/chicken-pot-pie-recipe/) - Chicken Pot Pie Recipe I grew up on chicken pot pies from the freezer section at the supermarket. They were comforting, filling, and most of all—easy to prepare. So when Matt and I went to a real food diet, I always longed for that creamy filling with sweet peas, savory carrots, and potatoes that still
- [Jer's Perfected Biscuits Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/jers-perfected-biscuits-recipe/) - Jer’s Perfected Biscuits Recipe This biscuit recipe is the result of many attempts at seeking a crusty, moist, tender, rich biscuit that mimics store-bought texture and flavor using real ingredients and no trans fats. It is quite adaptable to ingredients, so have fun using it! Preheat oven to 450F. Double Batch Biscuits Recipe 3.5 cups
- [Basic Slow-cooker Beef Roast Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/basic-slow-cooker-beef-roast-recipe/) - Here is a quick run-down of the types of slow-cooker roasts we offer, followed by a simple recipe that never fails to produce a moist, fork-tender roast in your crock pot. Arm Roast – Cut from the lower shoulder, this roast has a small round marrow bone in the middle and lots of fine meat
- [Pork Spare Ribs Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/pork-spare-ribs-recipe/) - There are lots of ways to prepare ribs, and I am no expert. You can smoke them, grill them, or bake them. I have only ever baked them, and I find that baking pork ribs is REALLY easy, and relatively fast! Here is a nice ribs recipe for you to try: 1 lb pork spare
- [Testimonials](https://shadygroveranch.net/testimonials/) - One of our favorite things about raising healthy meat on pasture is the comments we get from our customers! Here are a few of the comments we have received: Blair says: Everyone I have shared your eggs with has talked about how outstanding they are. My niece says her baked goods are tastier and
- [Beef Shank Roast Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/beef-shank-roast-recipe/) - Beef Shank comes from the lower portion of the leg and offers great marbling, tender little morsels of meat, and lots of rich marrow bone that adds amazing flavor and nutrients to the final dish. Each slice has about equal proportions of meat and bone. I like to save the bones to make soup afterward.
- [Bacon - "Sliced Pork Belly"](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/bacon-sliced-pork-belly/) - Bacon - Sliced Pork Belly We sell uncured, unseasoned, totally un-tampered-with “bacon” (technically it’s called sliced pork belly, whereas “bacon” is pork belly that is first cured with sugar and salt and usually smoked, then sliced). Most folks are used to taking the sliced meat out of the package, throwing them on a hot skillet,
- [Pork Shoulder Roast Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/pork-shoulder-roast-recipe/) - We love our soy-free pork. I don't think I've ever cooked a conventional pork shoulder roast, so I have nothing to compare it to, but I do know that a pasture-raised pork shoulder is ridiculously easy to prepare, and positively mouth-watering. In this recipe I'll introduce the idea of using a premixed rub in place
- [Pork Loin Roast Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/pork-loin-roast-recipe/) - At the Cadman house, one of our overall favorite cuts is the boneless pork loin roast. It can be cooked quickly (always a plus) and doesn’t need much preparation to make it taste delicious. Boneless pork loin roast is not the same thing as pork tenderloin. There are two muscles in a pig (and in
- [Weston A. Price Foundation](https://shadygroveranch.net/wapf) - Jerica is the Ark-La-Tex area chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation. WAPF is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching the principles of healthy traditional diets researched by Dr. Weston A. Price. Price traveled the globe and was able to relate the diets of many different indigenous people groups to their overall dental and
- [Super-Moist and Amazing Meatloaf Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/super-moist-and-amazing-meatloaf-recipe/) - Super-Moist and Amazing Meatloaf Recipe If you think your family doesn't like meatloaf, you've got to try our meatloaf recipe. It takes about 10 minutes to throw together, but is deliciously moist and makes its own gravy. The ground pork adds a lighter texture and more moisture to a standard meatloaf. Makes 4 mini-loaves, about
- [Homemade Soup 101](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/homemade-soup-101/) - Homemade Soup 101 Soups may seem complicated or time-consuming, but if you develop a simple system, you can make homemade soup faster than any store-bought freezer meal, and it won’t have any commercial yuckies, such as MSG, GMO corn products, or artificial ingredients. The first step is to have broth or “stock” on hand (I
- [Self-Basting Roast Chicken Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/self-basting-roast-chicken-recipe/) - I love roast chicken, but I don't always have time to do it right, so I find myself searching for a low-maintenance, easy roast chicken recipe. Basting is key to getting a crisp, delicious outer skin (which, in the Cadman household, is the most important part of the chicken!), but that means you have to
- [Soft-Boiled Egg Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/egg-recipes/soft-boiled-egg-recipe/) - If you've never tried a soft-boiled egg, you are in for a treat! This cooking method lends itself to the eater being able to enjoy the richness of a pasture-raised egg yolk alongside a fully-cooked proteinaceous white. Set eggs out to warm to room temperature for about 30 minutes before you start. (Starting with eggs
- [Egg Recipes](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/egg-recipes/) - Looking for ideas on how to eat your pasture-raised eggs? Eggs are so versatile and useful in cooking. Even if a recipe calls only for a yolk, the whites can be saved to make things like macaroons and meringue. Keep checking back to see what recipes we have added here!
- [Quick Ground Beef Casserole](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/quick-ground-beef-casserole/) - Looking for a fast meal idea? I (Jerica) always am! But I'm not at all into what I refer to as "assembly cooking," AKA getting the food out of a box and reheating it. I don't even use cream-of-chemical soups! So it can be challenging to come up with a relatively fast (less than 1
- [Nutrition](https://shadygroveranch.net/products-we-like/nutrition/) - We're pretty picky about the kinds of things we eat and the supplements we use. Here are a few regulars at the Cadmans' house that we use to aid our nutrition.
- [Classic Fried Chicken](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/classic-fried-chicken/) - These days, it seems almost an oxymoron to fry a meat that has been considered one of the leaner sources of protein over the last few decades. However, we at Shady Grove Ranch don't necessarily aim for a super-lean animal. We aim for healthy, and the way we do that is that we raise our
- [Liver and Onions Recipe](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/liver-and-onions-recipe/) - You may think you don’t like liver and onions, but we would encourage you to try it once with our grass-fed beef liver following this easy recipe. Not only is liver a powerhouse of nutrients (even compared with “superfoods” such as kale and blueberries!), but it is inexpensive, filling, and contains several nutrients that are
- [Mission](https://shadygroveranch.net/mission) - The mission of Shady Grove Ranch is to produce excellent quality meat and egg products for local families. It will raise its animals naturally, humanely, sustainably, and using practices appropriate to each animal’s species. Shady Grove Ranch will be transparent in its management practices so that consumers can be well-informed in their food choices. Shady
- [Principles](https://shadygroveranch.net/principles) - Our principles govern the decisions we make about how to manage our animals and our land here at Shady Grove Ranch. We believe that God created animals and humans to eat natural diets appropriate to their species. This means, for example, that cows should eat grass, chickens should eat bugs, and pigs should be free
- [The Senior Cadmans](https://shadygroveranch.net/senior-cadmans) - Bailey and Bobbi moved to Texas (again!) in the summer of 2010.
- [2012 Michalka Work Week](https://shadygroveranch.net/photos/2012-michalka-work-week/) - For two years in a row now (indeed, since we moved to Shady Grove Ranch in 2010), we have hosted the Michalka family (Bobbi's relatives) for a work week here on the ranch. Last year we tore down the old mobile home that was on the property when we purchased it. This year, we did
- [Newsletter Archive](https://shadygroveranch.net/newsletter-archive) - Check out past newsletters here. If you'd like to sign up, click on the tab above called "Newsletter."
- [Bovine Buffet](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/bovine-buffet/) - Did you know that you can eat what you crave? Well, if you’re one of our cows you can… Cows instinctually eat things that they need. They will select weeds and grasses according to taste, just as they will lick at a salt block, because their bodies are telling them that they need whatever is
- [A Whole Lotta Bull](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/a-whole-lotta-bull/) - True Husbandry Being a rancher means so much more than simply making sure the animals have food and water. A good husband (to animals, as in “husbandry”) learns what to look for in the offspring produced by his herd in order to make plans for the future. A rancher must decide whom to keep and
- [2012 Large Black Piglets](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/2012-large-black-piglets/) - We are happy to welcome two new batches of Large Black piglets, born Easter weekend of 2012. Here is a peaceful video of momma and babies during feeding time. A lovely beginning to spring! Piglets Nursing_0001 Putting on the rouge... Pig race!
- [All about farming!](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/) - New to our kind of farming? Call it bio-dynamic, non-certified organic, natural, traditional, sustainable. It doesn't really have a particular name, but we try to do what makes sense for our climate, our animals, and ourselves. Here you'll find articles on our management methods. If there's one thing we've learned as farmers, there is no
- [How to Eat Well and Save Money](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/nutrition/how-to-eat-well-and-save-money/) - How to Eat Well and Save Money We know it costs a lot to buy naturally raised meats, and let’s be real. Most folks would agree that the benefits are great, but sometimes the cash just isn’t there. The truth is that it costs WAY more to farm the Shady Grove Ranch way than to
- [Is Eating Pork Unclean?](https://shadygroveranch.net/is-pork-unclean) - By Bailey Cadman Occasionally sincere Bible-believers will ask us whether the Bible does not say that pork is unclean, and therefore question whether Christians ought to eat it. “Now that’s a good question,” as my brother-minister R.C. Sproul says. So let’s go to the Bible and ask, “is eating pork unclean?” One of the early
- [Chicken Recipes](https://shadygroveranch.net/cooking-chicken) - Pasture-raised chicken will have a firmer texture than store-bought, especially if the chicken is older (like a retired hen). But the flavor is phenomenal compared with conventional. They say everything tastes like chicken only because commercial chicken tastes like what you put on it--it doesn't have its own flavor. Real Chicken doesn't need fancy sauces
- [Cooking Natural Meat](https://shadygroveranch.net/cooking) - Naturally pasture-raised meats are expectedly different than factory-farmed products in taste, texture, appearance, and preparation.We believe that you should NEVER have to compromise flavor and texture just to eat healthily. Cooking natural meats is very easy. However, do take care not to overcook your pasture-raised meat. There is a phenomenon that Jerica refers to as
- [What do I do?](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/what-do-i-do/) - Every farm is different, so we have provided some resources on topics that we get lots of questions about. Please browse our articles. Grass-fed Meat Buyers Guide Bulk Processing FAQ
- [Education](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/) - Education Shady Grove Ranch raises grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs--real food--for the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. But we started out as eaters, searching for local sources of real food. Our main interest was to restore our own health by changing our diets,
- [Pastured Chicken](https://shadygroveranch.net/Pastured-Chicken) - Our pastured chickens are soy-free, naturally raised, and available to those in the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Current Pricing Here Video: Chicken Dinnertime! Flyer: What's so different about our chicken? Our pastured chickens are really raised on pasture, with full-time access to grass, bugs, and sunshine. Check out
- [About Pastured Pork Cuts](https://shadygroveranch.net/about-pork-cuts) - Our pasture-raised pork is truly naturally raised without soy for the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. Our pastured pork is clean and wholesome, and is delicious grilled and served with just salt and pepper, or cooked in more complex dishes. You will enjoy cooking pastured pork! Pork can
- [Bulk Pasture-Raised Pork](https://shadygroveranch.net/products/bulk-meat/#bulk_beef)
- [Grass-fed Beef Ribs: A Triple-Purpose Cut](https://shadygroveranch.net/products/grass-fed-beef/about-beef-cuts/grass-fed-beef-ribs-a-triple-purpose-cut/) - What do you do with ribs? That’s what I (Jerica) was asking myself when we brought home 9 cows before winter set in—we wanted to make sure we had plenty of grass-fed beef to last us (and our customers) through the off-season. And boy, did we have plenty of ribs! The only way I’d ever
- [About Grass-fed Beef Cuts](https://shadygroveranch.net/About-Beef-Cuts) - About our grass-fed beef cuts Check out our tips for cooking and choosing cuts of grass-fed beef. Shady Grove Ranch raises grass-fed beef for the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. We strive to raise grass-fed beef that is not too lean, but rather has good marbling and is
- [Products](https://shadygroveranch.net/products/) - Pastured Meats Shady Grove Ranch raises pastured meats, including grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs for the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. We currently offer on-farm pickup, pickup at the processor, or delivery to certain Farmer's Markets and Co-op groups. We have by-the-cut sales,
- [Osso Buco - Grass-fed Beef Shank Italian Stew](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/osso-buco-grass-fed-beef-shank-italian-stew/) - Osso Buco is an Italian braised beef stew which traditionally calls for veal shank. The dish name means "Bone with a hole," referring to the large proportion of bone to meat in a shank that gives the dish its characteristic flavor. We don't raise veal, (our calves are energetic and don't get fill out until
- [Nutrition](https://shadygroveranch.net/nutrition) - Nutrition Shady Grove Ranch raises grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and pastured chicken, turkey, and eggs--real food--for the East Texas (Longview, Tyler, Marshall, Jefferson) and North Louisiana (Shreveport, Bossier) areas. We started farming to solve the problem in our lives at the time of where to find good, naturally raised, pasture-raised meats and eggs. Hopefully you
- [Easy Cowboy Beef Stew](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/easy-cowboy-beef-stew/) - Easy Cowboy Beef Stew This recipe is an easy, comforting meal that illustrates a very important cooking principle: meat browning. Jerica has learned this technique and uses it to bring out the delicious, meaty flavor of grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and pastured chicken. My version utilizes grass-fed stew beef, but you can chop up any
- [Home-Cured Bacon](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/home-cured-bacon/) - Home-Cured Bacon The title of this recipe is a slight misnomer. Our process described below does not actually cure the bacon. Cured bacon is marinated or seasoned and left to ... cure ... before being smoked, sliced, packaged, and sold. It has a fairly long shelf life because of the chemicals added during processing (such
- [A Rooster Who Is a Real Man](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/a-rooster-who-is-a-real-man/) - By Bailey Cadman One of the on-going challenges of keeping farm animals is protecting them from various predators. Around Shady Grove Ranch the main ones we have to watch out for are coyotes, hawks and skunks, especially since the fires have compromised some of the electric perimeter fencing. Our three dogs, especially our two Great
- [What is Grass-fed Beef?](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/grass-fed-beef) - What is Grass-fed Beef? If you ask anyone on the street what a cow eats, they probably would answer, "Grass!" But is that really the case? Maybe they were meant to eat grass... Maybe people envision cows standing out in a lush green field munching on all that nice green stuff, but is that really
- [Real Food, Real Life Podcast](https://shadygroveranch.net/podcast) - Check out our new podcast, created by our own local Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Jerica, and her friend, a real-food-loving registered dietitian, Christina Peteet! Together the ladies tackle issues such as homemade baby food, eating great on a budget, raw milk, and more.
- [Baked Pork and Beans](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/baked-pork-and-beans/) - We love baked beans with smoked pork here at Shady Grove Ranch! This recipe is thick, sweet, and has a tiny little kick that gives you just what you're looking for in a baked beans recipe. Serve it alongside our 100% grass-fed beef hamburgers, or use it as a main course! Though it takes 2
- [French-Canadian Tourtiere (Pork Pie)](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/pork-recipes/french-canadian-tourtiere-pork-pie) - French-Canadian Tourtiere This recipe for a pork pie was one of our featured dishes at the cooking class in July 2011 and was really a hit! Especially since the crust was made from our very own home-rendered lard. We'll get around to posting a recipe for that eventually, too! Adapted from Taste of Home Magazine,
- [Beef & Veggie Soup](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/beef-recipes/beef-veggie-soup/) - Original recipe by Jerica Cadman (Picture would have gone here, but we ate it all before we took one...) 2 lbs beef stew meat, thawed, rinsed, patted dry, and sprinkled with sea salt and pepper Approximately 4 lbs total of combination of seasonal veggies. We like this combo: 1-2 tomatoes, diced 1 zucchini squash 1
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- [What Real Farming Costs](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/all-about-farming/what-real-farming-costs/) - Why does your stuff cost so much more? We know that is a question that comes up a lot. We do not want to sound like we are making excuses for ourselves, but we want to be real with you, our customers. Most folks do not have the luxury of paying “whatever it costs” to
- [Chicken Soup](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/chicken-soup) - Everyone loves chicken soup, but if you've never tried making it with a pasture-raised chicken, you are really in for a treat! This recipe is very flexible, so feel free to add or subtract ingredients according to your culinary creativity. 1 large or 2 small pasture-raised whole chickens, thawed and rinsed 4-6 chicken feet, rinsed
- [Chicken Tamale Casserole](https://shadygroveranch.net/education/cooking/chicken-recipes/chicken-tamale-casserole/) - This chicken casserole sounds a little unusual, but it is very filling and has a pleasing combination of flavors. It also freezes quite well. Adapted from Joy of Cooking. Serves 8. Boil a whole chicken with carrots, celery, onion, and salt until tender (at least 1 hour). Remove chicken from liquid and let cool to
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