Keeping Our Animals & Veggies Happy & Healthy (+ This Week's Meat, Dairy & Veggies)

You've probably wondered how it all works behind the scenes at the farm, balancing sustainable practices, delicious food, and the changes every season brings. We all work really hard to always do our best and Jonathan is no exception (featured here with his cat Sam). Working quickly to beat the harsh cold, he recently put together a large winter lodging for our pigs, made completely out of reclaimed hardwood and no chemicals! He stocks up on untreated, discarded wood throughout the year and comes up with ingenious projects to keep our animals and veggies happy and healthy.

Don't miss out on everything the winter harvests have to offer, including butternut squash, a wide variety of potatoes, sunchokes, tasty grass-fed and pastured meats, and so much more! Shop at the store or pre-order online by clicking the button below.

Produce

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

  • Beets

  • Blueberries (frozen)

  • Cabbage (green) – limited supply

  • Garlic

  • Herbs 

  • Onions

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

  • Pumpkins

  • Radishes

  • Spinach -- limited supply

  • Squash (Butternut & Delicata)

  • Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes)

  • Sweet Potatoes (multiple varieties!)

  • And more. 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!

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)

  • 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 Savory Steaks: Swiss, Cubed, 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, chuck, and sirloin), 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: Italian (spicy), Merguez, 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-January 2022! 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, Neck, Meaty Shanks, 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. 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 (heart, liver, gizzards)

  • Turkey (frozen): Breasts, Drumsticks, Ground Turkey, Soup Bones (including backs and feet) and Organ Meats

  • Salmon: Kvarøy Arctic Rope Hung Salmon, Salmon Filets, and Salmon Burgers--with cheese only (2/package) all 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

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