Here we are again for the next installment of the Home Butchering made simple series (brought to you by Backwoods Hipster & Mark the Butcher). This article will cover what I like to call the medium sized animals i.e. Deer, Sheep, and Goats. These three animals have the same breakdown process, while cows and pigs [...]

This manifesto first appeared in the latest edition of SLOW, the journal of the Slow Food movement. BH has many friends in the seed business, all of them small organic farmers doing very fine work in selecting high quality seed. This past year we lost a friend who had been growing seeds in the valley [...]

By Mark the Butcher This will be a two-part article, designed to take some of the mystery and fear out of processing your own animals. Part one will cover birds, while part two will address the larger animals like deer, cow, and pig. Butchering anything is dirty work, definitely not for those with a weak [...]

If you’re reading this because you’re a Bob Seger fan, get lost. No “tight pants points hardly reknown� here. We’re talking about the art of moving silently and cunningly through the night, undetected. The most important considerations in night movements are psychological in nature. During daylight, one can see something and make judgments on it [...]

By Mark the Butcher This will be a two-part article, designed to take some of the mystery and fear out of processing your own animals. Part one will cover birds, while part two will address the larger animals like deer, cow, and pig. Butchering anything is dirty work, definitely not for those with a weak [...]

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