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Help Us Protect the Healthiest, Most Ethical, and Tastiest Meat Available!
  • Jan 1, 2018
Help Us Protect the Healthiest, Most Ethical, and Tastiest Meat Available!

With success comes challenges: Right now there is a movement in the commercial food industry to change the definition of the word “heritage,” and attempt to lay claim to the very thing that has defined us and sustained our farmers since we began selling heritage breeds in 2001.

Leftovers!
  • Dec 27, 2017
Leftovers!

One of the best things about making big dinners is having leftovers for lunch the next day. Usually, if we have some steak or lamb left over, it is going into a sandwich. But have you thought about making hash? Lamb hash is a very special treat indeed — just like beef hash all you […] The post Leftovers! appeared first on HERITAGE FOODS USA.

2015 Heritage Turkey Flock
  • Jul 27, 2015
2015 Heritage Turkey Flock

Every morning it’s the same routine for poultry farmer Frank Reese. Frank walks several thousand turkeys from their barn out to pasture, where they spend the day foraging in the rolling Kansas plains. In the evening he opens the large barn doors, cuing the flock to head indoors where they can roost safely for the night.

Slow Meat Symposium 2015
  • Jun 23, 2015
Slow Meat Symposium 2015

A vegan, a butcher and a cow walk into a room… And started talking. From Thursday, June 4th through Saturday, June 6th over 200 delegates from 40 states and 12 nations gathered in Denver for roundtable discussions aimed at progressively revitalizing a meat system that is currently wasteful, inhumane, and… well, not as delicious as it could be.

Behind the Scenes | Asgaard Farm
  • Oct 29, 2014
Behind the Scenes | Asgaard Farm

If you have ever met a goat, you might have noticed their lively and boisterous personalities. The herd of goats at Asgaard Farm exemplify the rowdy persona we love about the goat.

Goatober is Here!
  • Oct 7, 2014
Goatober is Here!

Americans LOVE cheese. Cheese consumption in the US has TRIPLED since 1970. This trend has been equally true for goat cheese. We’ve also begun to make more artisan cheeses at home here in the States, which is a point of pride for American cheese makers– but there’s still one thing we don’t do a lot of. Eat goat meat.

Rare Breed Heritage Chicken Tour
  • Jan 23, 2014
Rare Breed Heritage Chicken Tour

Last summer we launched our Rare Breed Heritage Chicken Tour – an effort to revive 24 rare, heritage chicken lines and create an alternative market for non-industrially bred chicken.  We partnered with Frank Reese, the country’s preeminent poultry farmer, to show our customers what real chicken tastes like.

Summer Grilled Heritage Chicken
  • Jun 12, 2013
Summer Grilled Heritage Chicken

  By Dick Bessey 1 Columbian Wyandotte Chicken 2 tsp salt Olive oil for coating grill Cut chicken into pieces and sprinkle with salt. Heat grill to low to medium heat. Coat grill with some olive oil to prevent sticking. Lay chicken skin side down on grill and cook for about 15 minutes until the […] The post Summer Grilled Heritage Chicken appeared first on HERITAGE FOODS USA.