Don't forget to stop & smell the fresh air! (+This Week's Meat, Dairy & Veggies)
With so much on our minds, it's easy to forget that there are lots of beautiful things happening all around us: the sun is out, hens and ducks are enjoying the weather and laying eggs, pigs are basking in the sun and digging through the dirt searching for hidden treasures, cows and sheep are grazing, and bees are buzzing while they seek more pollen for their ever-growing hives. Come out to our farm store in Chesterton, IN and delight in the fresh harvests from your hard-working local farmers – you'll enjoy the fresh air and the delicious flavors that can come from produce picked at its peak!
Produce
This week’s harvest includes:
Beets (red and striped) with Tops
Blackberries – The first of the season!
Blueberries (frozen)
Cabbage (green and purple)
Cantaloupe
Carrots with Tops
Celery
Cucumbers
Eggplant – The first of the season!
Garlic
Green Beans
Herbs (basil, chives, lemon balm, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, thyme, etc.)
Kale
Leeks
Lettuce (mixed loose leaf, Romaine, and more!)
Mushrooms (fresh Chef's Sampler)
Onions
Peppers (light green/sweet, jalapeños/hot and other varieties)
Potatoes – Early in the season, freshly dug!
Tomatoes (heirlooms) – Sweet, juicy, heirlooms, picked at their peak!
Zucchini – Just the right size for a crisp addition to any salad or to add to a vegetable mix over the grill!
and more!
As always, our produce is GMO-free and grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides — and we make sure it stays that way, even for crops that are tricky to grow naturally!
Dairy & Eggs
This week’s options include:
A2 protein/grass-fed cow's milk, butter, buttermilk, cheese (cottage and a variety of raw), French onion dip, Kefir (vanilla and plain), sour cream, & yogurt (Greek and plain)
Duck and chicken eggs
Learn more about our eggs and why the creamy, delicious dairy we carry tastes so good!
Meat Availability
This week’s options (while supplies last) include:
Beef Prime Steaks & Grill Options: Ribeyes, Sirloin & NY Strip (Club)
Beef Savory Steaks: Skirt, Mock Tenderloin, Swiss, Cubed, Round, Eye of Round, Top, and Bottom
Beef Roasts: Chuck, Arm, Sirloin Tip, Rump, Eye of Round, and Top & Bottom Round Roasts
Beef & Beef Grill Options: Ground (including ground beef, chuck, and sirloin), Patties (3 or 4 per package), Stew Meat, Soup Bones, Shank Bones, Tallow, Organ Meats, and more! We're also carrying The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company dogs: Classic Beef, Beef & Pork, Buffalo (Chicken & Pork), Pepperoni (Pork & Beef), and Gyro (Pork & Beef — traditional Greek gyro ingredients)! Their chef, Tony, takes great pride in his work as he seeks the best possible ingredients both in the quality of the meat and in the spices that go into his dogs!
Pork: Limited supply of Sausage including Italian, Polish, and more. All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends. Loin Chops (thick and thin), Center Cut, and Sirloin Chops. Other cuts: Neck Bones, Soup Bones, Organ Meats, Back Fat (Great for making your own lard or using just like it is to grease your skillet!!), Smoked Ham Hocks, and a very limited supply of Pork Belly and Jowl Bacon. We're also carrying a variety of smoked bacon sausage options from Big Fork (from Berkshire Hogs raised on a pasture): Hickory & Applewood Bacon, Aged Cheddar Bacon, Maple & Brown Sugar Bacon, and Chicken & Bacon! Request a letter from the chef, Lance, for details about his practices when placing your order!
Lamb: Chops--loin, rib, and shoulder. Roasts--Shoulder, Arm, Leg, Neck, Meaty Shanks, Rack of Ribs & Rack of Loins, Ground, Soup Bones. While supplies last!
Goat: Shoulder, Arm, Neck, Leg Roasts, Meaty Shanks, Rib & Loin Chops, Rack of Ribs & Rack of Loins, Shoulder & Leg Chops (including sirloin), Ground, Stew Meat, Organ Meats, Soup Bones
Chicken (frozen): Whole, Cut-ups (bone-in/skin on & boneless/skinless breast, leg quarters, drumsticks, wings), Soup Bones (necks, backs, feet) and Organ Meats (heart, liver, gizzards)
Turkey: Drumsticks, Wings, Hearts, Livers, Gizzards and Feet
Salmon: Kvarøy Arctic Rope Hung Smoked Salmon in 4 oz packages! We also carry salmon burgers (2/package) and flash frozen salmon fillets (2# packages). Sustainably raised in Norway where they are doing what they can to protect our seas and share their long traditions with the rest of us. Their waters are pristine and so are their fish and the Kvarøy Arctic team is working tirelessly to keep it that way. “We must leave the environment in the same or better shape than when we began.” —Alf-Gøran Knutsen, CEO of Kvarøy Arctic. Norwegians have been smoking fish about as long as there have been fish. In fact, it’s a source of cultural pride and an art form. At Kvarøy Arctic, smoking sustainably raised salmon comes naturally. Pure Atlantic Salmon is seasoned, gently cured, then traditionally cold smoked at 82°F over locally sourced wood chips to naturally enhance the cured fish with flavor that will fill the mouth with citrus, salt, and fish oils with a scent of pine needles on the nose. We also offer a line of hot smoked salmon that uses a process that delicately cooks and flavors the fish. Again, delightful. "There is no wrong way to smoke a salmon (when you have over 1,000 years of experience)." —Kvarøy Arctic Team
Read more about how we raise our grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, pastured pork, and grass-fed lamb.
Read more about Kvarøy Arctic's sustainability practices.