The switch to eating only local food is daunting. It's easy to source vegetables from your local farmer's market in the summer time, but in the winter months the only…
The Weston A. Price foundation runs a site called RealMilk.com. It’s there raw milk consumers can find a blog post titled “Questions to Ask Your Raw Milk Farmer.” I thought…
Simple Recipes to Experiment with! Besides simply enjoying a glass of fresh, raw milk from Straight Up Outside LLC, perhaps you've been thinking about experimenting with raw milk recipes. Raw…
Our small herd of dairy cows are 100% grass-fed, have A2A2 genetics, and are hormone/antibiotic free! We use regenerative farming techniques to manage our pastures. Our goal is to get…
Minnesota state law requires raw milk customers to buy directly from a farm and to bring their own containers! When you come to our farm, the farm shop will be…
Get rid of these 4 things to simplify your cooking. I’ve been cooking predominantly with a cast iron pan for a few years now and I’ve found that the cooking…
You’ve heard it said that “With great power comes great responsibility.” But outside of my superhuman ability to eat a half-gallon of ice cream in one sitting, it’s hard to…
A beginner’s guide to a first float. When the summer solstice comes around, a day on the lake/river sounds like the perfect way to cool down! But for those of…
Being faithful to the present moment. In May of 2021, I’m finding myself in another transitional period. The weather is fickle, one day temps rise to the 80s and on…
Inspired by Dorothy Day. We have started to live by the mantra that Safety is a False Idol. Mike Rowe famously stated that safety should be third (vs. first). And…