Terrell Spencer

Terrell Spencer farms at Across the Creek Farm in West Fork, AR.

FF004: Living the Fairy Tale Farm Life

When people look into a farmer’s world, it often looks like a fairy tale life, and in many respects, that’s true. In this episode of The Fighting Farmer podcast, we cover some of the things that challenge the wonderful life. Topics in this show: Pushing the production season, and it’s getting cold in the holler. The…

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FF003: The Fighting Farmer on Christmas, chicken for cooking schools, alternative fish meal sources, and peat moss

Update from the farm: The Christmas ducks are out on pasture in the unseasonably warm fall weather and doing well. A buyer from a cooking school visits the farm. Across the Creek Farm supplies this school already, and the buyer said they needed to source conventional chicken so that the students would have a realistic experience…

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FF002: Cooking ducks, remembering friends and castrating pigs

On The Fighting Farmer, Spence goes into mouth watering detail about what makes pasture-raised duck different and provides some helpful tips on cooking it up. Sorghum glazed duck and duck fat roasted potatoes, anyone? The processing facility has been a hub of community, providing connections to growers, chefs, and neighbors. Just before the Thanksgiving holiday,…

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