Production History
Here, you can explore Farm and Red Moon‘s production history. Click on a blog entry to read more.
Work in Progress Screening
On Tuesday, April 3rd, in the Brant Gallery of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, we had our first public work-in-progress screening of Abattoir Rising: The Missing Link Between...
On Eric Shelley’s Farm
On Saturday, October 22nd, we visited Eric Shelley's farm in Cobleskill, New York. Eric is the director of the Meat Processing Program at SUNY Cobleskill, and invited us to tour his 138-acre farm,...
Oake Knoll Ayrshires
Terri Lawton and I look closely at Rainy, the granddaughter of Jackal whom I met in 2009. Terri told us that Ayrshires are a rarer breed of milk cow from the Scottish Highlands that are great for...
Visit to Miles Smith Farm
We went to Miles Smith Farm in Loudon, New Hampshire, to film for our fundraising campaign. Ed Slattery did a wonderful job with the filming, and Susan Kaup, our Marketing Manager, took on the role...
Our visit to Washington, DC
There were several key people that we needed to interview because of their knowledge of humane slaughter and their involvement in changing policy. We first spoke with Lisa Shames, Director of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lamb Processing at SUNY Cobleskill
SUNY Cobleskill harvests cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep through their United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved meat processing facility. The program attracts interested students from...
JBS Five Rivers Kuner Feedlot in Kersey, Colorado
What impressed me the most about visiting this feedlot was the health and contentedness of the cattle. There was hardly any mooing, and they seemed comfortable just walking around and hanging...
JBS Swift Beef Plant in Greeley, Colorado
We were honored to be able to visit the JBS Swift Beef Plant in Greeley, Colorado, today. JBS is the one largest beef producers in the world. They typically process 400 head of cattle an hour. While...
Temple Grandin Teaching
It is obvious in visiting the Animal Sciences Building at Colorado State University that we are much indebted to Dr. Grandin's lifetime work for the humane treatment of farm animals at the time of...
Colorado State University Cow-Calf Herd
Today we got to meet with Dr. Jason Ahola, Associate Professor of Beef Production Systems in the Department of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. He also conducts applied...
Artificial Insemination of Cattle at Colorado State University
Today we filmed the artificial insemination of cattle at the Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. The cattle...
Adams Farm Retail and Wholesale Meats
Ed Maltby, the General Manger of Adams Farm Retail and Wholesale Meats in Athol, Massachusetts, gave us a wonderful tour today of the slaughterhouse. Adams Farm is one of the only two...
Arena & Sons Slaughterhouse
Today we visited Arena & Sons Slaughterhouse in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and were graciously hosted by Joanne Arena, her nephew, Frank Arena, and her sister Marie Arena. Frank showed us...
Crescent Moon Farm Lambs to Slaughterhouse
Today we visited Crescent Moon Farm in Amherst, Massachusetts. Khalid Elkalai was preparing the lambs for transport to Adams Farm in Athol, Massachusetts, to be slaughtered. It was a frigid early...
Green Meadows Farm
Our visit today to Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts, was a wonderful opportunity to see how pigs, sheep and chickens can thrive in a pastured environment. Andrew Rodgers and his wife,...
Miles Smith Farm
We spent the day at Miles Smith Farm and saw some of the most meticulously cared-for cattle in the world! H usband and wife Bruce Dawson and Carole Soule raise these Scottish Highlander Cattle in...
Crescent Moon Farm
Khalid Elkalai raises 100% grass fed lambs on this pasture in Belchertown, Massachusetts. The lambs are never fed grain, animal byproducts, or artificial growth hormones. We had such a wonderful day...
Jen & Pete’s Backyard Birds
We spent time with Jen Hashley & Pete Lowy observing their mobile chicken processing project. With the help of local volunteers, they humanely slaughtered and packaged about 400 chickens. Jen...