Heather Ridge Farm

Heather Ridge Farm

We spent a couple days at Heather Ridge Farm in Preston Hollow, New York (right in the beautiful Catskill Mountains). We Interviewed Carol Clement and John Harrison, and they talked with us about their animals and methods of production. They are excited to have us...
Lunch Menu Today: Heart and Tail Stew

Lunch Menu Today: Heart and Tail Stew

Elliott Orwick, a student in the SUNY Cobleskill Meat Processing Program, cooked Beef Heart & Tail Stew in the parking lot outside the Meat Lab. The heart and tail meat was from the cattle that were slaughtered the week before. On this very beautiful day,...
Pig Processing at SUNY Cobleskill

Pig Processing at SUNY Cobleskill

Pigs were the last animals on the slaughter list for students at the Meat Lab. We’re usually accustomed to thinking of pigs as pink, so it was quite interesting to get to know these black, hairy pigs before they were slaughtered.  They were quite curious...
Cattle Processing at SUNY Cobleskill

Cattle Processing at SUNY Cobleskill

Although it was difficult to watch, we filmed the slaughter of cattle today. We got quite an education listening to Eric Shelley explain each step of the process. Such care was taken to assure the humane treatment of the cattle and the safety of the students. The...
Cattle Arrive at SUNY Cobleskill

Cattle Arrive at SUNY Cobleskill

We observed cattle being unloaded the day before they were to be harvested. These healthy cattle from local farms in the Hudson Valley were raised on pasture by very mindful and conscientious farmers. It was bittersweet to get to know them a bit before they would be...