Blog - Polyface Farm

Saturated Fat: Nutrition for Starting a Family

Here's the fact: Saturated fat is a necessary nutrient for fertility and pregnancy. Without it, a successful pregnancy is not possible.

Rain Gauge

Water is life. What would you do if you turned on your water faucet and nothing came out? Do you think about water?

Holistic Shopping

Before holistic shopping, I used to read labels...I thought there had to be a more holistic approach to finding real food in its original, unprocessed state. Now I have a new strategy.

Freedom starts in the Heart

How can we pursue freedom in our everyday lives? How can we pursue life, liberty, and happiness in things as simple as the food we eat?

Observations on Animal Husbandry

Polyface is different than most farms across the US. This is just one practical example showing how.

Party at Polyface

If you read this blog, you are a Polyface patron saint, and if you’re a Polyface patron saint, we want you to come on August 17 for an appreciation fest we’re calling PARTY AT POLYFACE.

Have you been caught by surprise with the fruit of your choices? Are the actions you have taken finally bearing a harvest? How delightful it is when you see the good return of things you have sown and cultivated in the past.

Practice over Perfection

Perfection is defeating. Let's face it. But rather than practicing to make something perfect, why not practice for the sake of getting better?

Wildlife Asset

Look at resilient wildlife for instruction in domestic livestock production. Wildlife survives. Farm animals should too. Learn to say "I care about the fawn and the bumblebee."