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Heritage Breeds – a Last Stand for Real Food
The term “heritage breed” refers to the more traditional breeds of cattle, hogs, chickens, and turkeys that were raised by our forefathers. This is the food that our great-grandparents ate – free from the questionable, industrialized mass-production practices so common in today’s marketplace. These animals were selected and bred to develop traits that helped them thrive in the local environments of the time. What we call, “antibiotic-free, steroid-free, hormone-free, non-GMO, soy-free, natural poultry,” our ancestors just called “chicken.”
The truth ...
Gary Brode from ABC-7 reported from the farm
Gary Brode ABC-7 doing a serious story about antibiotics in livestock feed, got to have a few laughs on our antibiotic-free farm with our Miniature Jersey cows, Beau & Brie.
Farm to Plate: Behind the scenes of Hundred Acre Lunch
The Hundred Acre lunches at Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm have been featured by the News Press.
Here’s what they had to say (or read the article on the News Press):
By Anne Reed
When visiting Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm, the farm to table proof is in the fields around the barn.
(Photo: Andrew West/The News-Press)
Story Highlights
Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm hosts guests each Wednesday for the Hundred Acre Lunch.
The menu for the farm to table lunch highlights beef, chicken, eggs and pork raised in pastures surrounding the barn.
Produce is ...
May 22nd Jazz Brunch
Kicking off our brunch series on April 10th of this year, our first-ever Hundred Acre Jazz Brunch was a blast! Our farm members and guests enjoyed an artisan-prepared brunch, the live music of Father Al & the Jazz Congregation, and the spectacular Floridian landscapes of our 100-acre heritage farm. This event sold out fast, and with that in mind - we're letting you get a jump on reserving your spot for our next Brunch happening on Sunday, May 22nd featuring the music of the Able Baker Latin/Jazz Quartet.
The Hundred Acre Jazz Brunch features all that’s best of ...
3 Reasons You Should Be Eating Lard
Despite what misguided opinion and conglomerate “food” manufacturers have tried to drill into our heads over the last 80 years or so, lard is actually far more healthy than any of the test-tube alternatives on grocery store shelves. In fact, our ancestors have been eating it for hundreds and hundreds of years.
This beautiful fat was yet another casualty of the early 20th-century shift from locally-grown, organic food to industrialized food production. In the early 1900s, the Proctor & Gamble company figured out they could extract oil from cottonseed. Though it ...
The Myth of Grass Fed Beef
Have you recently purchased an item just because it had "grass fed" printed on the label? Because of the advent of slick advertising and the abundance of food-related buzzwords, it can be difficult to navigate all the food options available to us and to make the best choices.
So-called "grass-fed beef" is one such example of clever marketing surpassing food quality. Though the USDA recently (in January 2016) dropped the grass-fed label standard, its use even until that point was hit-or-miss, at best. A label that reads "grass-fed" doesn't necessarily tell the whole ...
The Pastured Difference
Despite their occasionally humble station in the culinary world, chickens are really extraordinary. From their adaptation to thriving in virtually every climate, to the fact that they only need a small footprint to provide us with meat and eggs, chickens have been a food staple in cultures all around the world for centuries.
One of the most remarkable things about our favorite fowl is that every single one of the more than 12 billion chickens populating the planet are each descended from a single species - the Red Junglefowl of southern Asia. From that humble beginning, ...
Rosy Tomorrows on Wink News!
John Trierweiler was back at Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm to learn more about our new Provision Days and to taste our apple galette (or apple pizza!).
Read all about it and watch the video here.
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fall is in the air and many farmers markets and signs of the season are returning to Southwest Florida.
One of them is a Southwest Florida favorite, Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm which is no stranger to fresh produce and locally raised livestock. From longhorn cattle, to pigs and chickens that roam the farm, Rosy Tomorrows believes in taking pride ...
Hot Dish: Sign Us Up for Rosy Saturdays on the Farm
Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm has been featured on Gulfshore Life.
Here's what they had to say (or read the article on Gulfshore Life):
By Dorothea Hunter Sönne
With the pause in Florida harvesting from July to September, it’s as if Mother Nature begs farmers to plan for the season ahead. Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm in North Fort Myers took big strides for 2015-2016—and we’re not talking about the cows, pigs and chickens roaming its fields.
A local leader in organic agriculture, the farm has adopted a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model, meaning ...
Rosy Tomorrows featured on Visit Florida
In their recent article, from Farm to Table in Southwest Florida by Chelle Koster Walton, Visit Florida has this to say about Rosy Tomorrow Heritage Farm:
Get Down on the Farms
Farms small and large have been surfacing in Southwest Florida to supply a growing number of farmers markets and restaurants devoted to farm to table.
Rosy Tomorrows Heritage Farm, North Fort Myers
Rose O’Dell King, founder of Slow Food Southwest Florida, grows organic produce and humanely raises heirloom breeds of chicken, pigs, and cattle. She supplies select local restaurants, but ...
