My Days at the Butcher

Why We Don't "Market" ZOE Farms

The modern farm-to-fork marketing model looks good on the surface, but when you really examine it, it starts to resemble a pyramid scheme. Most food businesses today spend heavily on customer acquisition through sponsored listings, paid ads, influencers, discount codes, and referral incentives. All of that money has to come...

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Can you really taste nutrient density?

People ask me why our food tastes different. Why the chicken skin tastes richer. Why the beef has a deeper flavor. Why the eggs taste like the ones they remember from childhood. I always come back to a simple idea: flavor is the biological signature of nutrient density.

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Grass-fed Beef in Ohio Winter?

As winter approaches, we are often asked how we manage “grass-fed” cattle during the winter months. It’s a fair question. After all, grass doesn’t grow in Ohio from November through March. We solve this problem by feeding....

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