Aaron Loux

Lambs and daffodils, two of the best signs of spring in one picture.

I’ve been trying to make peace with this for years. I love animals. I always have. I pull over to look at cows in a field. I care deeply about the lives of the animals around me. And still, I cook them. That contradiction has never been easy for me. The older I get, the more I feel that if we’re going to eat animals, we shouldn’t look away from what that means. We shouldn’t sanitize it. We shouldn’t pretend meat just appears in neat little packages without weight, responsibility, or death behind it. That’s part of why I wanted to do this lamb dinner. Not just to serve a meal, but to create space for a real conversation with the people doing the work most others would rather not think about. I’ve worked with Busy Corner Farm for over a decade. Aaron and his brother raise and show these lambs, care for them closely, and handle every part of the process with seriousness and respect. When we receive the animal, it tells the story immediately. The quality is different. The care is different. You can feel it. This dinner is my small way of honoring that work. Honoring the animal. Honoring the farmer. And being honest about what it takes to eat. If that kind of conversation matters to you, join us on Saturday, April 18 for what will be our last dinner at the shop this season. #HeirloomFire #BusyCornerFarm #LambDinner #HudsonValleyFood #BerkshireDining

Lots of white (Dorset) & red (Tunis) lambs running around, just waiting on the black (Gotland) lambs

Little lamb Jakob at the Big E

Jakob explaining that his lamb, Maple, wanted to wear his hat.

Happy piglets in their bedding of freshly shorn wool

Our group of Gotland and Gotland cross yearling ewes.

A beautiful day for our annual spa day for the flock. Hooves trimmed and wool shorn thanks to @aaronshearing ! This year we will not turn it into yarn and are offering the raw wool to anyone! It can be used for the garden as compost and other projects. 🧶 If anyone would like bags of wool, dm us or email Kim at [email protected]

Whether Border Collies or Livestock Guardian Dogs, dogs are usually the most joyful employees on a sheep farm

"Daddy I LOVE the little black lambs!" -Jakob

Grateful to all the sheep shearers! Thank you @aaronshearing for your skills and for shearing the Icelandic sheep at @mokoshukrainian . Tomorrow, Aaron will be one of the shearers at @catskillmerino , the flock Clara Parkes’ wrote about in her book, Vanishing Fleece. You’ll find Aaron Loux mentioned in that book! #vanishingfleecebook #vanishingfleece #sheepshearer #sheepshearerlife #sheepshearersrock #ulstercountyny #hudsonvalley #fibertour #wool #shepherdsofinstagram #sheep #newpaltz #icelandicsheep #supportlocal

First lambs of the season born late last night. Triplet rams. It was good I was there to assist, lambs 2 and 3 were coming out breech.