Acorn Acres Farm (Chesterton, IN)

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Grilling for the long weekend?🌽🍗🔥

Have plans to cook out for the long weekend? We love our new Chicken Party Wing packages with about 8 to 10 wings / 1 to 2 lb package and perfect for grilling or baking. Pick up two packages and get 15% off with one of your favorite condiments!

Don't forget we also have griller boxes with pastured and grass-fed meats to make your BBQ plans easy! Choose from the Chicken, Beef, Pork, Turkey, and Sausage griller boxes and add on seasonal favorites such as sweet corn, eggplant, peppers, zucchini, onions and more that are perfectly paired together on the grill. Please order your boxes in advance to allow our team to have it prepared for when you come in. We'll see you soon! 

Produce

This week’s fresh harvest includes a delicious variety of local, seasonal options! As always, if you can't make it in until Saturdayplease put a pre-order in so that we can either reserve some of the harvest from earlier in the week or harvest again and have it waiting fresh for you.

  • Beets! 

  • Blueberries (frozen)

  • Cabbage (green or purple)

  • Carrots

  • Cherry Tomatoes (many heirloom varieties)

  • Concord Grapes— fresh off the vine!

  • Cucumbers—very limited supply!

  • Eggplant—many varieties!

  • Garlic

  • Green, Red, & Yellow Bells and other Sweet Pepper Varieties â€”Banana, Habanado (sweet Habanero), Jimmy Nardello Italian, Lesya, Pippens Golden Honey, Yummy, and more rare finds!

  • Green, Yellow, and Purple Beans (bush, filet, and vine varieties

  • Heirloom Tomatoes—Many colors and varieties! Great for making your favorite sauces, pastes, and for eating! Don't miss the season for eating and storing fresh and nutritious tomato flavors!

  • Herbs—Fresh basil, celery, chives, lavender, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme, and some surprises!! Many dried options! 

  • Hot Pepper Varieties—chili, jalapeño, poblano, shishito, sugar rush, Thai, and additional chili varieties

  • Kale

  • Leeks 

  • Lettuce (whole heads)—The heads are full, long-lasting, and have a delicious crunch. We may have a small amount of our leaf lettuce back this week.

  • Okra

  • Onions â€”another week of Candy onions, white, "red" (purple), and longkeepers!

  • Potatoes—medium to large Purple, Red Nolans, Kennebecs, and Yukon Golds!! Fresh dug . . . amazing flavor! 

  • Pumpkins and other winter squash varieties are starting to want to be harvested! Check out our "winter luxury pumpkin" considered one of the sweetest pie pumpkins available and excellent for pie, cheesecake, and soups! It has velvety, sweet flesh and generally fruits to about 6 lbs. It has a deep orange skin and is decorated with silvery netting and slight ribs, giving it ethereal appeal.

  • Sweet Corn—this may be the last week we have it!

  • Swiss Chard

  • Watermelon—multiple varieties and flavors! Now including both seeded and seedless (smaller volleyball sizes up to large and extra-large)!

  • Zuks—starting to run low for the season!

    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:

  • Grass-fed cow's milk, butter, buttermilk, cheese (Caciocavallo, cottage, GGC sharp cheddar, semi-soft, washed rind cheese, traditional tomme, semi-firm, smear-ripened, Alpine style premium reserves and a variety of others), French Dip, Kefir (plain), sour cream, yogurt (plain & vanilla), and whipping cream! 

  • 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:

  • Beef Prime Steaks: Thick cut Filets, NY Strips, and Ribeyes! Dry aged 14 days and grass fed start to finish . . . delicious!

  • Beef Savory Steaks & Ribs: Cubed and Skirt Steaks as well as Short Ribs!

  • Beef Grill Options: Ground Beef, Chuck, and Round, Beef Patties (3 or 4 pk), Suet (for getting your skillet hot, with flavor), and more! We're also carrying The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company dogs: All Beef or Beef & Pork! Buy two and get 20% off, while supplies last (see our box specials including a 10% break on condiments and brioche buns)!

  • Beef Stew & Organ Meat Options: Soup Bones, Stew and Organ Meats (limited supply)! Respect the whole animal and enjoy the health benefits! Ask our team what makes the organ meats so special!

  • Chicken (frozen): Whole and Cut-ups (breasts—currently boneless/skinless only, leg quarters, thighs—boneless/skinless, and wings—ask about our party wings with 8 to 10 wing drums / package and a 15% discount if you buy 2 with the same cost break on a condiment of your choice!!), Ground Chicken, Soup Bones (necks and backs—2 for the price of 1 while supplies last, for the backs) and Organ Meats (liver & gizzards). Also, if you haven't tried our yummy, Mild Chicken Italian Sausage, you're missing out!!

  • Lamb—additional re-stock expected in 2 to 3 weeks: 

    • Lamb Rib Chops

    • Lamb Neck Roasts

  • Pork: Hot and Sweet Italian, Ethiopian Berbere, Fresh Kielbasa, Mild Breakfast, Oaxacan Adobo, and Real Vermonter's Maple Sausage!  All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co).

    • Pork Chops (bone-in/thick or thin cuts), Steaks, spareribs and more! Other cuts: Back Fat (Great for making your own lard, sausage, or using just like it is to grease your skillet!). 

    • Smoked Jowl and pork belly, ham slices, hocks, and hams!! 

    • We're also carrying a variety of hardwood smoked bacon sausage options from Big Fork (from Berkshire Hogs raised on pasture): Aged Cheddar, Bacon & Ale, Chicken & Bacon, Cracked Black Pepper, Hickory & Applewood, Maple & Brown Sugar, and Portabella Bacon Sausage! Request a letter from Chef Lance, for details about his practices when placing your order

  • Turkey (frozen for the season): Whole, Breast (bone in), Drumsticks, Wings, and Soup Bones (including backs). We also have ground turkey by the pound!

    Read more about how we raise our grass-fed beefpastured poultrypastured pork, and grass-fed lamb.

Fresh Features

Exciting things in store this week, while supplies last!!

  • Joe's Bread: Fresh or Frozen (as preferred) Sourdough Bread, bacon bagels, everything bagels, brioche hamburger or sausage / hotdog buns, and now including pretzel buns! Featuring Janie's Mill flour!

  • Teeny Tiny Spices (entire organic tin collection with recipes and featured in our pork sausage)! Enjoy the spice of life in each amazing variety!