Archive for October, 2008

Fall is here!

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at October 30, 2008 in Farm News. 0 Comments

Fall is here and the trees are dressing up in their beautiful colors for the season. This is one of our favorite times of the year here at the farm. One has to pause and just breathe in the pectoral drama unfolding day by day. We hope you have time to get out and enjoy the beauty in your neck of the woods.

It is also election time. As usual, the economy has slowed down in anticipation of a new presidential administration. This cycle is worse because of unwise and risky dealings in the financial industry. And it is causing difficulties for some people. But there are also unprecedented opportunities if one is vigilant. Hopefully, we will all come out wiser and stronger than ever. Let’s make our challenges stepping stones!

In keeping with the tightening economy, we have decided to put our pastured chicken on sale at 20% off the regular price for the next couple of weeks. Perhaps you would like to include chicken in planning your holiday meals or stock up at this special price.

We have a fresh supply of grass-fed Jersey beef including T-bone steaks which we haven’t had for a while. We were sold out of things like stew beef, chuck roasts, rump roasts, and shoulder roasts but now have them in stock along with all the other cuts. By the way, the other day I saw a chef browning roasts in order to make a brown stock. Our Jersey beef naturally makes a rich brown stock. In order to make gravy, just sprinkle the roast with flour and cook. Simple! And delicious!

We have an adequate supply of home grown pork sausage, roasts, and pork chops. It’s getting the time of year we consume more pork so come and get yours!

Fall greens and turnips have grown well this year and we have plenty. Greens consist of turnip, curly mustard, red Russian kale, green kale, collards, and arugula.

We continue to be at the Piedmont Triad Farmers Market every Fri. (9:00 until 3:00) and Sat. (8:00 until 4:00).

We have real food!

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at October 11, 2008 in Farm News. 0 Comments

Wow! It has been a busy time around the farm lately. Between market days, trips to meat processors, and field work we have been covered up. There has been little time to sit down and write a news letter. When we do get to sit down we are too tired to think.

Hopefully, we can begin to communicate on a more regular basis as we get more caught up. We have several new subscribers to Farm News and we want to welcome them. And, as always, invite your friends and co-workers to subscribe.

We have finally finished baling hay for the year and should have plenty for the winter. Recent rains have given a flush of forage both in the pastures and hay fields.

Although our summer produce is gone, fall greens are gorgeous and plentiful. We have turnip, mustard, two kinds of kale, arugula, mustard spinach (tendergreen) and collards. A few turnips are getting big enough to sell. As usual, everything is grown without the use of pesticides.

Sales have been good so it has been hard to keep all cuts of pork and beef in stock. We have all beef products except chuck and rump roast. This includes steaks (fillet, rib eye, NY strip, sirloin) and roasts (shoulder, round, eye of round, sirloin tip) and ground beef. We have a fresh supply of pork so we have those chops and ribs everyone loves so much. We also have shoulder and ham roasts along with three kinds of sausage (mild 1lb. bulk and links, hot, sweet Italian links).

We have plenty of our delicious pasture raised chicken including whole, whole legs, split breast, wings, backs and necks. We still have some ground chicken pet food. Currently, we are offering 10% off all chicken products so it would be a good time to stock your freezer.

All our meats are grown without antibiotics or growth hormones. Our animals are outside, on the ground, in a natural setting. The pigs and chickens receive a special whole grain feed that contains no animal protein or medication. Cows have an all forage diet with no supplements (other than a trace mineral salt block), concentrates, or artificial protein (urea).

For the next few weeks, we will be at the Triad Farmers Market on Fri. (9:00 until 3:00) and Sat. (8:00 until 4:00). We are in booth 73, farmers area #2.