Acorn Acres Farm (Chesterton, IN)

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It doesn’t get fresher than this 😍

FRESH chicken is in stock at the store this week!! 🐔🍗 Straight from our butcher and never frozen, it really doesn’t get fresher than this. It’s known to go fast, so place a pre-order online to guarantee yours!

We also have sweet, juicy cantaloupes and yellow watermelons straight from our gardens – a perfect treat in this summer heat 🍈

Come pop in the shop or place your pre-order online. We can’t wait to see you!

📍362 Indian Boundary Rd, Chesterton, IN
• Wednesday 10am-5pm
• Thursday 10am-5pm
• Friday 10am-5:30pm
• Saturday 10am-4:30pm

Produce

This week’s local fresh harvest includes a stunning, summer abundance!!

  • Beans—Wax, Roma, and Green!

  • Beets (with and without tops)

  • Blackberries (frozen)

  • Blueberries (frozen)

  • Bok choy!

  • Broccoli!  Thursday harvest!

  • Cabbage (purple and green)

  • Cantaloupe! Thursday harvest!

  • Carrots! Thursday harvest!

  • Cherry Tomatoes—many varieties and multiple, daily harvests!

  • Cucumbers 

  • Garlic—beautiful, delicious, large bulbs

  • Herbs—Fresh (celery, chives, Italian & Thai basil, lavender, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, spearmint, etc.) and dried options available!

  • Kale

  • Kohlrabi

  • Head and Leaf Lettuce! Thursday Harvest!

  • Heirloom Tomatoes—of many varieties!

  • Horseradish

  • Leeks

  • Mushrooms—Chef's Sampler (Maitake, Alba and Brown Clamshell, and other surprises this week!)

  • Onions (Slicing and Bunching)—Green onions or Scallions of many varieties (Red Baron, Parade, etc.)

  • Peppers (sweet and some hot!)—Sweet Cubanelle and Bell, Mildly Hot Shishito, Pepperoncini, and Poblano, Hot Hot Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno, and more!

  • Potatoes (Red Nolans and Yukon Golds)

  • Squash—Patty Pans!

  • Sweet Corn

  • Swiss Chard

  • Tomatillos (green and purple)

  • Wasabi Arugula

  • Watermelon—Seeded yellow heirlooms, exceedingly sweet and delicious! First of the season!!

  • Zucchini

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, organic, non-homogenized, low heat pasteurized 64 oz milk (Homestead—starting Thursday), all other, starting Wednesday: butter, buttermilk, cheese  (GGC sharp cheddar and cottage cheese), French Dip, kefir (elderberry and plain), sour cream, whipping cream, and yogurt (honey, plain, and vanilla)! 

  • Chicken eggs AND duck eggs this week! Our eggs are hand harvested and cleaned. Our chickens are raised on not simply organic but also a soy free grain mix along with their free range diet. There really is nothing like the consistency and flavor of these delectable treats from heritage breeds . . . we bring out the connoisseurs! 

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 Re-Stock!! Denver, NY Strip, Porterhouse, Ribeye, Sirloin, T-Bone!

  • Beef Savory Roasts, Steaks & Ribs: Brisket, Chuck, Chuck Arm, Flank, Flat Iron, Mock Tenderloin, Skirt, Rump & Sirloin Tip Roasts and Steaks, Round (eye, top, and bottom round), and Skirt steaks. 

  • Beef Grill Options: Ground Beef and 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!

  • Beef Stew & Organ Meat Options: Stew and Organ Meats, including cheeks, heart, kidney, liver, spleen, sweet breads, and more! 

  • Chicken: (fresh starting Thursday & frozen every day): Whole and Cut-ups (breast—boneless / skinless and bone-in / skin on, thighs, leg quarters, drums, and wings—a 10% discount if you buy 2 pkgs wings or drums!!), and Ground Chicken!! Chicken organ meat (including: backs, necks, feet, liver, gizzard, and heart)! And, Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage!!

  • Lamb: 

    • Ground Lamb Thursday!

    • Lamb Patties Thursday!

    • Lamb Loin and Rib Chops Thursday!

    • Lamb Shoulder Chops and Roasts

    • Leg of Lamb and Shanks

    • Lamb Spareribs, Soup Bones, and organ meats—Note: have you tried the spareribs?? Amazing . . . a luxury at a great price! Impress your guests and surprise them with something they haven't tried before!

  • Pork: Real Vermonter's Maple, Merguez, British Curry, Fresh Kielbasa, and Oaxacan Adobo Sausage!  All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co).

    • Pork Chops (thick or thin) & Steaks and Spareribs and more! Other cuts: Back Fat and Lard made by one of our own in-house chefs and store managers, Joanna, in collaboration with Joe's Bread! And Pork Neck Bones for that favorite Pasta Sauce flavor. 

    • Smoked Canadian, Jowl and pork belly bacon, smoked pork chops, ham steaks and  ham hocks for your special meals!! Or, for a smokey sausage, try our bacon cooked in your skillet or toaster oven with any of the sausage for that delicious flavor that comes with smoked sausage.

  • Turkey: Frozen Whole and Cut-ups! Breasts (boneless / skin on), drums , wings, and backs for amazing soup stock available. And turkey gizzards!

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 Sourdough Bread Daily!!

  • Teeny Tiny Spices (organic tin collection with recipes and featured in our pork sausage)! Enjoy the spice of life in each amazing variety  and a different recipe with every tin! Recently re-stocked!

  • Yaggy Road & Equal Exchange coffee  options!