Reforesting the Home Place For 5 generations we have farmed the Home Place for a living, and through that time it’s hard to argue that our practices did not have a mostly negative impact on...
I’ve mentioned my dad in many posts and interviews in small attempts to describe him and his influence on me and HPP. Here’s another attempt at the same and a quick note of gratitude for...
A year and six months after starting our laying hen operation, we have learned a few things. While we did "ok" with the girls our first year, we suffered from slow and persistent death loss...
For pricing, booking, and availability, please click here Our charming on-farm guest cottage, Cypress Place, is now available for booking! The Cottage features 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, a full kitchen, and a living room...
First and foremost, I am not opposed to antibiotic use in animal or human health. Quite the opposite, I believe these miracle drugs are critical tools for both health systems. However, there’s a lesser known...
A few decades ago, small meat processing plants were not hard to find. They provided a valuable service: harvesting and butchering livestock for local farmers and freezing/ storing the meat year round. Most people did...
Why Subscribe? Home Place Pastures is a mission driven, fifth generation family farm in Como, MS. We use regenerative practices to produce 100% grass fed and finished beef and pasture raised pork. Our farm is...
We won 1st place in shoulder at Memphis in May. That sentence still feels crazy to say. You can read the tale of our first, very unsuccessful attempt in 2018 in a wonderful 2021 blog post...
Folks, Quick reminder that the public comment deadline for the voluntary Country of Origin labeling policy for inspected meat and egg products is June 10th! Below we’ve summarized the proposed rule change and written a...
mRNA Vaccines We have been emailed and called several times by concerned customers over the past couple of weeks about the use of mRNA vaccines in our livestock. We wanted to make a quick statement...
I’m often asked, having an uncommon occupation, what my day to day is like. I usually answer with a quip about putting out fires, or I say, “they vary.” In describing a particularly memorable day...
In this post, we answer a couple of common questions, address a national and international meat policy and labeling issue, take a few jabs at the industry, and quote a mentor and a poet....