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...]
A Better Way To Go › Edible New Jersey (July 2015)
"In March 2015, after a five year process, the farm became the first in New Jersey, and just the second in the United States, to open a USDA-certified, on-farm slaughterhouse that can handle all livestock..." Click here for entire story. [PDF opens in a new window] Story by Diana CerconePhotography by Karin … [Read more...]
Escaping The Cube: A Fresh Start On The Farm › CNBC Television Segment [VIDEO]
"When Jon and Robin McConaughy resolved to start eating better food, they took it to the extreme... and became farmers." Double Brook Farm was featured on CNBC's television segment 'Escaping The Cube'. It originally aired June 19, 2015. … [Read more...]
Double Brook Farm Takes An All-Encompassing Approach To Farming › 150ish The Local Dish (July 2013)
Back in 2002 Robin McConaughy was reading “Power Steer,” Michael Pollan’s landmark cover story about the beef industry for the New York Times Magazine. A lot of people read that piece and became vegetarians, but for Robin and her husband Jon, it planted the seed for what would become Double Brook Farm. Click here to … [Read more...]
It Starts With The Soil › Princeton Magazine (Summer 2013)
"Spring has been an especially hectic time in the already busy lives of Jon and Robin McConaughy. In addition to preparing for the birthing of lambs, pigs and calves, they opened the doors to Brick Farm Market. And while the gestation period for a cow is nine months, and a pig roughly half that, it took a full two … [Read more...]
Fresh New Farmers In New Jersey Feed The Demand For Crops That Are Produced Locally › For The Times, NJ.com (June 2, 2013)
"Jon McConaughy was an unlikely pick for a farmer. Formerly a trader at Credit Suisse on Wall Street, he gave it all up several years ago to raise animals and crops and run a market in Hopewell. As the recession unfolded, and he and his wife were getting their new business going, his investor’s mind understood that … [Read more...]
Family to Farm to Table: Double Brook Farm › Relish (July 25, 2012)
"Robin and Jon McConaughy are on a mission: to get the best food they can grow straight to those who want it. Along the way, they want to teach their sons, ages 9 and 12, where their food comes from. When they started Double Brook Farm in Hopewell, N.J., in 2004, Robin says, 'We knew right away it all had to be very … [Read more...]
Successful Double Brook Farm in Hopewell Will Also Open Farm Market and Restaurant › TownTopics.com (December 14, 2011)
In 1910, 40 percent of the United States’s population grew the food that fed the rest of the population. Today the percentage of the population that feeds the rest of the country has been reduced to two. It’s true that American farms have been disappearing as quickly as developers can snatch up… Click here to … [Read more...]