Category: Berkshire Pigs

Lara Is Having Piglets

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Lara Soon To Be A Sow

It’s an exciting time at Briden Farm as our Gilt, female Pig, gets ready to Farrow (have babies) and become a Sow! One of the sure signs is when her body starts to show obvious signs of soon being able to feed her piglets…

Lara’s Body Preparing for Motherhood

Another she sign is when she builds her nest, which usually indicates the birthing will start within the next 12-24 hours. Just look at the beautiful nest she’s built…

Lara’s First Nest

I suspect by tomorrow morning we may have our first piglets and I also suspect this may be a sleepless night for Lara and I. I’ll do my best to keep You as up-to-date as things progress. 

Consumers Need To Organize and Prioritize

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Two Goats Milking At Briden Farm

We are often asked about selling milk, dairy, pork, eggs, and other farm products. 

Joel Salatin has a Book entitled “Everything I want to do is Illegal” 

Unfortunately that is true of about everyone brave, or crazy enough to run a homestead, or farm, or homesteading farm, these days! 

Many Homesteaders and Farmers do what they can. Some strictly trying to adhere to obscure, difficult to understand and interpret Government Regulations while others try to fly under the radar. Either way it is very counterproductive. 

Sadly, these would be Providers accomplish little when it comes to influencing Government and They find it difficult to meet consumer demands and sully those needs. So, it’s been on my mind for sometime that we may be putting the cart before the horse! 

What if, instead of a handful of small Homesteads operators and small scale Farmers seeking change, the Consumers acted instead. First of all, the Consumer base is 10 to 100, perhaps even 1000, times larger than the would be providers. So, that means that instead of a small handful of Homesteaders and Small Scale Farmers trying to influence Government, a larger more concerning number of Voters would be more noticeable! Political Power comes in numbers! 

Does this interest You? Brian at Briden Farm would be interested in hearing from You. Call Brian at 902-907-0770 

This Will Have You Licking Your Chops

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Pork Chops and Sautéed Veggies

To make these Chops, we started by adding some of our rendered pork lard, then starting by sautéing diced onions in a hot cast iron frying pan. Then put in our Woodland, pasture raised, Berkshire Pork. Brown on both sides. Then pour on a bit of Bread and Butter pickle juice. Our Bread & Butter Pickles come from Grandma’s Place, 1882 Clementsvale Rd, Bear River, NS B0S 1B0. Then add mushrooms and brown some in the frying pan with the Pork Chops and Onions. Also add some Sour Kraut to the pan and finishing browning the mixture. By the way, our Sour Kraut come from Lequille Country Store, and was locally made.

Now, pour the Frying Pan contents into another pan on a low side burner and cover to keep warm. Then, in the original frying pan, add a little more Lard.

Then we cut up the potatoes and added the slices to the lard and added the follow Watkins Products … Watkins Pepper, Sea Salt, and Rosemary Extract. Continue to fry the potatoes till golden brown and then add the pork chops, onions, mushrooms, and sour kraut on top of the potatoes. Continue to sauté for a few minutes to insure everything is warm before serving. This Will Have You Licking Your Chops! 

Come visit us at Briden Farm, where the Tea is always on, and the Coffee is not far behind! Book Your Farm Tour, call Brian at 902-907-0770