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4) Our Pigs are Out! Lessons in a Powerful Rea...
Originally published in November 2019: Watching behavioural changes in animals released from a CAFO.
4) Our Pigs are Out! Lessons in a Powerful Rea...
Originally published in November 2019: Watching behavioural changes in animals released from a CAFO.

3) Forage-Finishing: How and Why
So what exactly is “grass-fed”? And why should it cost more? Don't ALL COWS EAT GRASS? Yes! But there's more to it.
3) Forage-Finishing: How and Why
So what exactly is “grass-fed”? And why should it cost more? Don't ALL COWS EAT GRASS? Yes! But there's more to it.

6) Animal Welfare Considerations for Pasture-R...
A look at how animals live out their "best lives" at Lick Skillet Farm, emphasizing the main two life stages for each species.
6) Animal Welfare Considerations for Pasture-R...
A look at how animals live out their "best lives" at Lick Skillet Farm, emphasizing the main two life stages for each species.

10) What Our Pigs Eat and Why
[If this sounds familiar, parts of it were first published as a newsletter Alex wrote some time ago. Folks had asked about why we feed what we do; following is...
10) What Our Pigs Eat and Why
[If this sounds familiar, parts of it were first published as a newsletter Alex wrote some time ago. Folks had asked about why we feed what we do; following is...

2) Family Farms – Yesterday and Today
How things worked back in the day, and how very different it is today; why we're losing family farms, and how to bring them back again.
2) Family Farms – Yesterday and Today
How things worked back in the day, and how very different it is today; why we're losing family farms, and how to bring them back again.

11) Is Organic Certification All It's Cracked U...
Lick Skillet is NOT certified organic – we're better than that! Here's why . . . .
11) Is Organic Certification All It's Cracked U...
Lick Skillet is NOT certified organic – we're better than that! Here's why . . . .