Weekly Farm Update - Beef, Chicken, Sausage restock

WEEKLY FARM UPDATE 
This is my newest attempt to get out a short weekly farm update email, especially since we are approaching peak harvest season with the assortment of fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry available in the store changing weekly.  My goal is to get out a short blurb on Thursdays or Fridays that takes me an hour or less to write, and then once a month send out a longer farm newsletter that includes a lengthier article and usually a recipe (those usually take 3-4 hours to put out).

 

Weather this weekend looks perfect for a farm tour!  See our livestock up close in their pasture rotations and learn about regenerative farming on our weekly Saturday guided hay wagon tour, starting at 1:00 PM. Reserve your spots on our website.  

 

Raw milk supply continues to be lower than we would like, limiting the amount we have available for sale online most mornings. We are drying off quite a few cows right now in preparation for calving, which is reducing the milk supply.  Once those calves are born we should get a boost in the milk supply. We know there are lots of frustrated customers out there that cannot get raw milk regularly, we are doing our best but will probably never have enough production to meet daily demand.  For more on the challenges of producing grass-fed raw milk, please read my article from last year. 
 

This past Wednesday we did process another batch of 500 pasture-raised chickens, so we will have fresh whole and cutup chickens available in the farm store through Sunday evening. They are in the white cooler out front of the store. This batch was fed the normal organic feed while on pasture.  Next week we will process another No Corn/No Soy batch. We also have a full selection of chicken parts back in the store (boneless/skinless breasts, thighs, wings, even feet) while supplies last.  

 

Yesterday I picked up our June beef from the processor, filling up our freezers with a great selection of grass-fed steaks, roasts, and briskets. We also have a good assortment of artisan brats and sausages back in the store from our last batch of pastured hogs, including the popular jalapeno brats, the Maple-Ginger-Sage breakfast links, smoked kielbasa, and bulk chorizo.  

 

And we have lots of eggs!  All three of our laying flocks are currently in full production mode, leaving us with plenty of eggs in the store, and bulk bundles on sale for medium and large eggs, saving up to $1 per dozen.  

 

Fresh local produce in the store this weekend includes Michigan blueberries, nectarines, mini-watermelon, mushrooms, carrots, beets, green beans, celery, cabbage, zucchini, squash, beets, and sweet potatoes. 

Also we are running short of bags in the store, please remember to bring us your paper or plastic shopping bags and egg cartons so we can recycle them and keep them out of the oceans and landfills!