Can you just take any dairy cow, put her on pasture, and expect her to thrive without grain? I've spent more than 20 years breeding cows that can stay healthy, raise calves, and produce good milk on the forage we grow. Here's what I've learned about what makes a good grass-fed dairy cow.

Tell someone you're a dentist and they’ll have a good idea of what you do all day. Tell them you're a farmer and the questions start. So how much does that one word really tell you about what happens on a farm?

We had the perfect conditions for planting sweet corn. Unfortunately, the rabbits, squirrels, earworms, deer, and raccoons were just as excited about the crop as we were. And getting it to harvest was only half the work.

We didn’t set out to start a farm — I just wanted a single grass-fed dairy cow to feed my family. Somehow, one cow became eight of them, and the dairy they produced started Moxie Farms.