Doublejay Farms

27/07/2024

Calves lounging in the shade. When they get over a month old, they start hanging out in packs!

13/06/2024

We are hosting a pasture walk this Saturday! Come see how we raise our 100% grass-fed cattle. BONUS: We have over a dozen recently-born calves running around! See link in bio to register!

13/06/2024

We are hosting a pasture walk this Saturday! Come see how we raise our 100% grass-fed cattle. BONUS: We have over a dozen recently born calves running around! Please visit our website from more details and to register: https://www.doublejayfarms.ca/store/product/pasture-walk

07/06/2024

We are happy to be working with Kingston Pathways to Education to get local food to local people!

Pathways to Education is proud to announce an amazing summer 2024 partnership with Fat Chance Farmstead, Doublejay Farms, and Grains and Goods Bakery! Together, we’re bringing healthy, fresh food to families who need it most. We’re dedicated to nourishing our community and making a positive impact. 🥦🍞🌾

Our boxes will get hand-delivered (or picked up) to a family for 18 weeks. Each box will include freshly baked bread, 1 pound of beef, and in-season vegetables. We’ll be sharing some more as we go along such as more about the farmers, pictures of the farm tours with students and hopefully some happy cooking faces!

We are really excited about this project and wish we could give more. If you’re interested we would love your help:

$50 - provides one WEEK of fruits, vegetables, bread and beef to one family
$200 - provides one MONTH of fruits, vegetables, bread and beef to one family
$500 - provides one WEEK of fruits, vegetables, bread and beef to TEN families
$1000 - sponsors one family for the whole 18 WEEK program

To donate see link below:

https://fat-chance-farmstead.square.site/community-food-fund

22/01/2024

Thanks, Loralyn! Get some for yourselves on our website! www.doublejayfarms.ca/store?q=ribs

16/06/2023

Do you want delicious, local ground beef delivered to your door this summer? Sign up for our ground beef program and get four or eight ~1lb packages a month! Registration closes June 20th. Please tag those who might be interested or share with your friends! See our website for more details and to sign up! www.doublejayfarms.ca/ground-beef

01/06/2023

Hot day today! 🥵

23/04/2023

Newest farm blog, tips on cooking grass-fed beef! Bonus: using these tips will help with most meat cuts!

In general, we want to be taking steps to maintain or increase the "juiciness" of the meat throughout the cooking process. There's lots of ways to do this!

11/04/2023

We are close to 90% of our goal of $9000 for our community food fund! Thank you so much for your generosity, giving what you can so others can get what they need. You can be the one to help us fully fund 18 weeks of local vegetables and beef for 10 families this summer by going to the link in our bio.
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This pilot project, inspired by an ongoing project formulated by Chris Newman at Sylvanaqua Farms, will allow us to provide Food Box memberships of weekly produce from and ground beef from Doublejay Farms to food insecure folks in our region. Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC) will help us to connect our Food Box with people in our community.

The funds would go directly towards the cost of producing the food and distributing it to families in the community.

11/04/2023

PLEASE SHARE! We are close to 90% of our goal of $9000 for our community food fund! Thank you so much for your generosity, giving what you can so others can get what they need. You can be the one to help us fully fund 18 weeks of local vegetables and beef for 10 families this summer by clicking the link.
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This pilot project, inspired by an ongoing project formulated by Chris Newman at Sylvanaqua Farms, will allow us to provide Food Box memberships of weekly produce from Fat Chance Farmstead and ground beef from Doublejay Farms to food insecure folks in our region. Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC) will help us to connect our Food Box with people in our community.

Our goal is to raise enough to offer 10 shares in 2023 with an amount of $9000. The funds would go directly towards the cost of producing the food and distributing it to families in the community.

Community food fund for food shares with Fat Chance Farmstead and Doublejay Farms Quality local food isn't accessible to everyone in our community and as local farmers we want to do more to change that. Fat Chance Farmstead and Doublejay Farms are partnering on a pilot project to raise funds to get...

14/03/2023

Doublejay Farms and I have been up to something that we're both very excited about!

This year, we are raising funds to share the food we produce with 10 households dealing with food insecurity. We are working with Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC) to help make connections with local food insecure folks. We have already raised about a third of our modest $9,000 goal! Participating households will come to the farm each week to pick up a Fat Chance Food Box with Doublejay Farms ground beef alongside every other Food Box member.

If this is a project you'd like to support, you can reach out to either of us or head over to my online store (link at the bottom) and purchase $25 "Community Food Fund" items in any quantity. We both recognize this is only a small drop in the bucket but have identified our mutual capacity to deliver this and have plenty of great ideas for improvements and expansions for the future!

LINK HAS BEEN UPDATED:

https://fat-chance-farmstead.square.site/

15/12/2022

Our cattle still grazing, mid-December. Couple more weeks to go if they get their snow shovels out 😂

19/10/2022

Registration is open for our ground beef subscription! 4 or 8 lbs a month delivered to your door in Kingston or Gananoque, or picked up on Howe Island! Head over to our website for details and to sign up! www.doublejayfarms.ca/ground-beef

30/06/2022

The cattle are changing the way they eat. I remember several years ago when we had a few sheep around, I was shocked by how they would completely raze burdock plants as soon as they were turned into a paddock. I had never seen this before in cows. This year, I’ve really started to notice that they are more and more taking an interest in plants you would not think of them eating. Plants like burdock (slide 1), nettle tops (slide 2) and wild parsnip. This not only helps control the populations of these plants, but also provides the cattle with a more diverse micronutrient profile. Research shows that you only need a few cattle to start eating a plant for the whole herd to notice. Hopefully they start eating the thistle soon too!

18/06/2022

This is Kala (mom) and Peep (calf). Peep is struggling to latch on Kala’s (extra) large teats, so we are giving her a bit of supplemental colostrum (newborn milk) until she masters her latch!

02/06/2022

Day 2, calf two! Being born is hard work, so this one is fast asleep 💤

01/06/2022

And here we go!

26/05/2022

Root Radical is hiring!

18/05/2022

We are hosting a pasture walk on May 28th on our farm on Howe Island! People of all ages can come meet the cows and ask any questions they may have. Newborn calves will be in attendance! Let us know if you would like to come by emailing us at [email protected]. Physical distancing is encouraged at this outdoor event.

16/05/2022

On this rainy day, check out the new recipe section on our website. It’s Dianne’s Savoury Pot Roast!

I have used various less tender roasts, stew, and pieces of round steak for this recipe. This recipe could be adapted for slow cooker, using the ingredients for the sauce, and following a slow cooker method. This is the recipe as it appears in All Time Favorite Beef Recipes, from Better Homes and Ga...

12/05/2022

Last night’s sun setting above the herd.

18/04/2022

Grass incoming ‼️

30/03/2022

Always nice to get friendly notes while on the delivery route!

18/02/2022

Root Radical CSA veggie shares are now available. Get one before they are gone!

We are now registering new members for the 2022 CSA!

Learn more and sign up here: https://rootradicalrows.com/join-the-csa/

You'll be entered in a draw for PRIZES if you sign up on before the end of CSA Week (Feb 26),

Prizes are 2 root veggie bundles containing a garlic braid, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and onions!

08/02/2022

Registration is now open for the Spring session of our Ground Beef program. First deliveries go out on February 15th! See our website for details: www.doublejayfarms.ca/ground-beef