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An Ode to The Rooster

The piece below was written last year for my paid subscribers. An example of the extras you will enjoy on special Saturday posts. Cabin Confidential writing, my personal stories about building an off-grid life with my dear Ordell, has been on hiatus during our busy summer season but will be making a splashy comeback soon.

In the meantime, enjoy An Ode to the Rooster.

I was out of the house and on the road this morning before first light to go pick up a new rooster.

Did you know that close to 100% of male baby chickens are killed on their first day of life?

It’s shocking how little most of us know about how food gets to our shopping carts. Even the higher-class shopping carts of Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods. We may feel like we understand what the terms free range and organic mean, but the reality is, big food is a giant machine complex that operates behind a curtain. Even the people who really care about the animals they eat become overwhelmed at the sheer bigness of its problems.