Author Archives: Kim Slezak

About Kim Slezak

Fourth generation farmer and his 'new-to-the-farm' forester/photographer bride have 'home-grown' beef for your discerning palate. Many of the cows have names (by him, not her) and are lovingly cared for as they roam the pastures and fields. Those that encourage walk-abouts are generally first to visit a locker or sale barn.

New calf

Calf and cow care in the cold Continue reading

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Our new processor

Bulk or pieces, Slezak Natural Beef from happy wandering cows is available. Continue reading

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Cows help with windbreak

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Next Beef

We have 3 QTRS of the November beef still available and one ready to process at approximately 1100# live weight. Lean tasty natural beef with no hormones or antibiotics. The herd has been out on corn and milo stalks, and … Continue reading

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Recycled stage, pt 2

The process of re-purposing the stage floor starts with ripping up the boards. They had 3-4 nails at each end and at each joist. Often the board would come up and the galvanized nails stayed in the joists. Gerald had … Continue reading

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Good Chili con carne starts with lean beef

Winter is sorta here. Cold temps and overcast misty days brings chili to my mind. Or more appropriately chili con carne as I learned after rooming with a Hatch chili aficionado in college and then spending 15 years in New … Continue reading

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Available Beef

Lining up time at the processor can be a chore in itself. And good processors you have to book far in the future. And then it sneaks up on you and you haven’t marketed and publicized available bulk natural lean … Continue reading

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Next Beef

A nice looking steer is ready to become meat in your freezer. This will be an all local beef. Anyone looking for lean natural beef, give us a shout. One-quarter spoken for…. (Stage floor picnic table followup posted soon, need … Continue reading

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