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What to Cook this Holiday Season

What to Cook this Holiday Season

Still trying to plan your holiday menu? Here are some of our favorite ideas right now, whether you’re looking for the star of a special meal or for a quick...

What to Cook this Holiday Season

Still trying to plan your holiday menu? Here are some of our favorite ideas right now, whether you’re looking for the star of a special meal or for a quick...

Tips for Cooking Your Holiday Ham

Tips for Cooking Your Holiday Ham

Originally published November 14, 2022. If you’re making a cured ham this holiday season, read on for some easy tips for preparing it as well as our favorite recipe for...

Tips for Cooking Your Holiday Ham

Originally published November 14, 2022. If you’re making a cured ham this holiday season, read on for some easy tips for preparing it as well as our favorite recipe for...

How to Use a Whole Chicken

How to Use a Whole Chicken

Originally published July 1, 2020. Updated February 18, 2023.  Thank you again to everyone who came to the farm last weekend to pick up whole chickens! We wanted to share...

How to Use a Whole Chicken

Originally published July 1, 2020. Updated February 18, 2023.  Thank you again to everyone who came to the farm last weekend to pick up whole chickens! We wanted to share...

A Mother's Day Interview with Nancy Wilson on the Topic of Delicious Pork

A Mother's Day Interview with Nancy Wilson on t...

Originally published May 9, 2020 As I approach my first Mother’s Day as a mom, I’ve been thinking about my own mom with renewed admiration. She did this five times!...

A Mother's Day Interview with Nancy Wilson on t...

Originally published May 9, 2020 As I approach my first Mother’s Day as a mom, I’ve been thinking about my own mom with renewed admiration. She did this five times!...

Introducing West Fork Farmstead

Introducing West Fork Farmstead

Originally published March 27, 2020 Greetings from West Chester, Iowa! I’m Natasha Wilson, the daughter in the mother/father/daughter team that makes up West Fork Farmstead. We are family farmers raising...

Introducing West Fork Farmstead

Originally published March 27, 2020 Greetings from West Chester, Iowa! I’m Natasha Wilson, the daughter in the mother/father/daughter team that makes up West Fork Farmstead. We are family farmers raising...

Is a 1/2 or whole hog right for you?

Is a 1/2 or whole hog right for you?

Is a 1/2 or whole hog right for you? This post explains what you get, how it works, how much freezer space you need, how much it costs, and more.

Is a 1/2 or whole hog right for you?

Is a 1/2 or whole hog right for you? This post explains what you get, how it works, how much freezer space you need, how much it costs, and more.