Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
Farmer Chrissie's 16 Best Tips for Great Homemade Stock
By popular demand here it is again: everything I know about making great homemade stock. How to make beef stock. How to make chicken...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Jan 29
- 6 min
Why food shortages and empty shelves when there's plenty of food at farms?
Watching the news over the past week, I feel like we’re all caught in some kind of “Groundhog Day”-like repeat loop. The news programs...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Jan 29
- 3 min
All About a Half Beef from Kookoolan Farms
Our price for a half cow is $5.80/lb hanging weight. (Hanging weight is when the "side of beef" (AKA half cow) is hanging on a hook in...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Oct 25, 2021
- 6 min
Beef Breakdown - Half Beef, Here's the Whole Story
A half beef consists of a front quarter plus a hind quarter - a total of seven "primal chunks" and this post goes through what the cuts...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Sep 1, 2021
- 6 min
Customer asks, "How can you raise an animal - and then kill it?"
Recently I received this question in an email. I’ve had variations on this line of questioning over the years, and our answer is...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
Perennial Pastures Reverse Climate Change
It's all about perennial pastures. Multi-species, perennial pastures, carefully managed for good grazing, are continually pulling CO2 out...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
Beef Price Increase September 1, 2021
In the US economy, some level of inflation is forced into the system, and farming and meat production is no exception. Since long-term...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- May 4, 2021
- 4 min
Viticulture Handshake Leads to Friendship and Summer Wine
A pinot noir vineyard planted on the Kookoolan Farms property in 2013 … a long-time expat´s return home to the U.S. ... Farmer Chrissie’s...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- May 3, 2021
- 7 min
Love Hazelnuts
Our neighbors Sue Chen and Paul Ridgway with their Fall 2020 crop of organically-grown, home-processed hazelnuts We love stories with...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Apr 25, 2021
- 8 min
Choosing the Best Freezer for You and Your Family
Make This the Year You Buy a Freezer! If you understand all the advantages of purchasing grass-fed and pasture-raised meats in the form...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Apr 15, 2021
- 4 min
Real Wasabi is an Oregon Farm Product
Modern use of wasabi as a condiment for sushi began in the early 1800s before the age of refrigeration.
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Apr 15, 2021
- 5 min
Wasabi at Kookoolan Farms
Real Wasabi in Oregon As a Kookoolan Farms Blog reader, you get a first notification about special offers that the rest of our customers...
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Apr 8, 2021
- 8 min
Beef Breakdown — Hind Quarters; What Are They?
The hindquarter consists of three major "primal chunks": the loin, flank, and round. No doubt about it, the hindquarter is the premium beef.
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Chrissie Manion Zaerpoor
- Jan 29, 2021
- 11 min
Beef Breakdown — Front Quarters; What are they?
There are four main "primal sections" in the front quarter of a cow: the rib primal, the plate primal, the brisket, and the chuck.
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