A Snow Day Activity! (+ This Week's Meat, Dairy & Veggies)

Did you know our potatoes can be regrown? This is possible because we believe in never using pesticides, herbicides, or any chemical that inhibits sprouting so that we can avoid health risks and reuse nature's gifts. Our mom regrew ours every winter to feed the family the best organic produce.

To regrow potatoes: when it gets eyes on it, plant your potato in a pot or in the ground with soil. They can be cut into pieces if you wish but the whole potato is fine to use. Another great option for reusing your potatoes as they start getting wrinkles is to use them for your favorite mashed potato recipe or soup – just remember to remove the eyes before you enjoy the extra sweetness and flavor!

To regrow sweet potatoes: cut one in half and put it in a glass jar with water; use 3 toothpicks to balance it so that it doesn't touch the bottom of the jar and is touching the water at all times (refill as needed). When a vine grows, take it off the potato and add it to a separate jar with water and when it sprouts roots, plant it, potted or straight in the soil!

Stop by our farm store on 360 Indian Boundary Rd in Chesterton, IN to shop for sweet potatoes and blue, red, and yellow/white potatoes, plus more of your favorite produce, grass-fed and pastured meats, eggs, dairy, & pantry goods.

Produce

This week’s harvest includes a broad variety of root vegetables and more – enjoy our local bounty while it lasts!

  • Blueberries (frozen)

  • Cabbage 

  • Garlic

  • Herbs 

  • Onions

  • Potatoes (blue, reds, and yellows/whites)

  • Squash (Butternut)

  • Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes)

  • Sweet Potatoes

  • And more. We hope to have a few green options but it's too early in the harvest to know if we will and how much. Our hoop gardens are re-growing!! Like any local market, we never know what else we might end up with until we harvest. So, it helps to come to the farm store and explore or request further details when pre-ordering! 


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 (plain), sour cream, & yogurt (Greek and plain — limited supply this week!)

  • Chicken & duck 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:

  • Prime Steaks are back but in limited supply!

  • Beef Savory Steaks: Swiss, Round, Eye of Round, Top, as well as Bottom, PLUS Mock Tenderloin, Flat Iron, Skirt, Flank, and Denver in limited supply!

  • Beef Roasts: Chuck, Arm, Sirloin Tip, Rump (or Rolled Rump), Eye of Round, and Top & Bottom Round Roasts.

  • Beef Grill Options: Ground (including ground beef and chuck is back this week too!), Patties (3 or 4 per package), Stew Meat, Soup Bones, Shank Bones, Tallow 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: Oaxacan Adobo, Fresh Kielbasa, and Mild Breakfast Sausage this week! All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co). Pork Chops (thick and thin), roasts, and more! 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!). Note: we hope to have our 100% natural-cure bacon and hams back by late-Feb or early-Mar 2022! Thank you for your patience while our new label is reviewed and approved by BOAH! 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, Chicken & Bacon, and Maple & Brown Sugar Bacon! Request a letter from the chef, Lance, for details about his practices when placing your order! 

  • Lamb: Chops (loin, rib, and shoulder) & Roasts (Arm, Leg of Lamb, Shoulder, and Neck). Also available: Meaty Shanks, Ground, Stew Meat, Soup Bones, and organ meats! 

  • Goat: Many options in limited supply! Rib Chops, Rack of Lamb, Ground, Soup Bones. All great for Indian curry dishes and more!

  • Chicken (frozen): Whole, Cut-ups (boneless/skinless breast, leg quarters, drumsticks, wings!!), Ground Chicken, Soup Bones (necks, backs, feet) and Organ Meats (liver & gizzards). Note: we are out of thighs for the winter, but the leg quarter includes the thigh and it's incredibly nutrient dense and tasty too!

  • Turkey (frozen): Breasts, Drumsticks, Ground Turkey, Soup Bones (including backs and feet) and Organ Meats. Note: we are out of turkey thighs for the winter but the drumsticks have flavorful, nutrient dense dark meat as well!

  • Salmon: Kvarøy Arctic Rope Hung Salmon and Salmon Filets 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 and fish are pristine, 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. We are out of the Salmon Burgers but hope to re-stock in March 2022!

Read more about how we raise our grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, pastured pork, & grass-fed lamb, and learn more about Kvarøy Arctic's sustainability practices.

Sarah Highlen