NJ Monthly featured our farm in their September issue. The emphasis was on the slaughter facility and we are grateful that Pat Tanner and the staff at NJ Monthly took such an interest in telling our story, and a balanced look at what we do. In other news, our hazelnut grove is the second largest in the state of NJ. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
A Kinder Kill › New Jersey Monthly (September 2015)
At Double Brook Farm, animals are treated with compassion, even as they head to slaughter. “We wanted to know where the meat we were eating was coming from…” There are only four slaughterhouses in the area, and they’re all about a two-hour drive away. Transportation in tight quarters on a moving truck is stressful to … [Read more...]
Piglets in the Vegetable Fields
Phil Haynes of Ralston Farm, the farming operation on our vegetable fields, had a surprise waiting for his crew this morning when they came on check on the pigs… PIGLETS! Ralston’s two Gloucestershire Old Spots gilts were cohabitating with our Ossabaw boar for about 2 months on the Double Brook property off Carter … [Read more...]
Beating the Dry, Hot and Humid Days
As parents, we can’t complain: it’s been a summer’s worth of beautiful cloudless days and endless activities for the kids outside. But as farmers, it’s time for a little, or perhaps a LOT, of rain. Maybe just a day of flooding, soaking, relentless, Armageddon-style rain. I mean, all these sunny days can be … [Read more...]