There Were Happy Times and Sad times.... Mesta Meadows Summer Newsletter
I'm tempted to name this newsletter the "Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", but that seemed a little to 'heavy' so I went with there were...
Spring is in the air... or now wait is that Cicada's?
Usually I like to start off my blog posts with some cute little picture of a lamb, or goat or one of the farm animals. But, in honor of...
"Real" Ranchers
This is a post I meant to make almost two years ago in September of 2022. In the craziness of 2023, I had neglected to post it – so here...
Goodbye to Izzy
Once in a while, you have a dog come along that is special, not just because of their great work ethic, and not because they a beautiful...
A Quick Mesta Meadows Video
This is a video produced by one of my students, Aubrey Nguyen, which gives quick tour of our farm.
Unleashing the Health Benefits of Sheep's Milk from Mesta Meadows: A Nutritional Comparison with Goa
Explaining the benefits of sheep's milk oversus cow and goats milk.
Music Video on the Farm
This video was made last winter by one of my students at SEMO. It's taken me a while to put it up, but I just think it is really neat...
Lost Sheep and The Shepard
Today I had an experience that I just have to share. When I was moving one of our Livestock Guard Dogs (LGDs) this morning, I found a...
Where the Heck Does the Name Mesta Meadows Come From?
I get asked all the time, where does the name Mesta Meadows come from... well... here is the story.. In Spain, the original Merino sheep...
