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Farmer John takes you into the silvopasture to see what plants appeal to the cows, and which ones will get bush hogged to add organic matter to the soil! If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

Farmer John demonstrates how the woody, lignin-filled material the cows leave behind gets trampled down into the soil, where it will add organic content for next year's grass. If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

Farmer John shows off some red clover in our pastures, entirely from the seed bank, and the cows show off how excited they are to snack on it! If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

Most of us probably want our lawns to have only grass. But the cows prefer the pasture to be more like a "salad bar" where they have lots of different plants to snack on. Farmer John takes a break from chicken chores to show you how rotational grazing gave this field time to develop some forage quality that the cows and calves are really going to enjoy this week! If you like what we do, and you...

Cuteness Overload! The first new calf and day old chicks made their appearances at SCF on April 24th! Register for the farm tour at stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/product/farm-tour If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

A month in the life of a pasture! Farmer John takes us through a month of winter feeding in one pasture so you can see how things change, and why we feed the cows in our pastures during the winter. If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

We were not dreaming of a wet Christmas, but that's what we got this year! For anyone who enjoyed our last video about runoff, here's an update for you. Farmer John shows you how regenerative grazing practices helped our farm weather the storm, and this year's tile projects that will help bring fresh clean water for our animals to different parts of the farm. Preventing runoff and water erosion...

Take a look at our cows enjoying their "first bite" in a fresh paddock of grass-harvesting the sun's energy!!! Listen close and you can hear them munching away! If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

Farmer John gets the last laugh when he looks beyond the pasture daisy to the clover and other plants that the cows love! All without seeding or tilling. If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

The grazing season has just begun! Farmer John talks about cattle moves, and what the pastures look like before and after the cows graze them. If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

John gives an update on the field we call "IT" and how regenerative practices have turned it from unused and full of ragweed to productive pasture. You can see the video he mentions from last year here: czcams.com/video/-j2uDyGc_Zo/video.html If you like what we do, and you're in the upstate New York area, check out our store with pastured meat products! stcroixfarm.eatfromfarms.com/shop.php

John shot some video of a field that he has transformed from weeds to grazing without chemicals or seeding, and explains how we can repurpose previously unuproductive fields as pasture.

John compares runoff in two different sections of the Powamppokonk Creek and explains how grazing helps reduce water erosion on St. Croix Farm.

John Moore explains how we raise our roaster chickens on grass every year. Audio is from our 2017 CSA Tour.