At Acorn Acres Farm, we strive to keep costs low, reduce our carbon footprint, and foster wellness in our community. However, maintaining this balance is challenging, and some factors are beyond our control.

We remain dedicated to our mission because we believe that providing high-quality food is vital for health and that the earth will thrive if we replenish it. 💚

Thank you for your continued support and understanding as we navigate this ever-changing landscape. Whether it's bringing in your reusable bags, pre-ordering to minimize waste, or supporting local businesses, every action counts! 🌱

Produce

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

• Apples (fresh Cortland, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Jonagold) and freshly crushed Apple cider! It’s hard to describe just how full of flavor this is!

• Beets

• Blackberries (frozen)

• Blueberries (frozen)

• Brussel Sprouts

• Carrots! Including rainbow, purple, and our standard delicious!

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

• Eggplant—catch the end of the season!

• Garlic—beautiful, delicious, large bulbs

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

• Leaf Lettuce! We have a limited amount of lettuce this week!

• Heirloom Tomatoes—fading fast into Fall!

• Kale

• Leeks

• Mushrooms—fresh shiitake! And, dried options available

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

• Peppers Peppers Peppers!! (sweet and some hot!)—Sweet Cubanelle, Bell (green, purple, red, and yellow), Mildly Hot Pepperoncini and Poblano, Hot Hot Datil, Hungarian Wax, Jalapeno, Serrano, and more!

• Potatoes (Blues, Yellow Fingerlings, Red Nolans and Kennebecs)

• Radishes

• Raspberries (frozen)

• Red Florence!—Called Red Long of Florence (rare, delicate flavor, delicious)!

• Squash (Winter)—Butternut

• Swiss Chard

• Turnips

• Watermelon—red heirlooms, exceedingly sweet and delicious minis!

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 milk, butter, cheese  (cottage cheese and GGC sharp cheddar), kefir, sour cream, whipping cream and yogurt! As always, please order ahead so that we can try to ensure your favorite is still in stock when you walk in!

• 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: Filet, NY Strip, Ribeye, Sirloin, and T-Bone!

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

• Beef Grill Options: Beef Patties (3 or 4 pk). Ground Beef, Chuck, and Round! We're also carrying The Brooklyn Hot Dog Company dogs: All Beef or Beef & Pork! Buy two or more packages for a 10% discount (see our boxes on our pre-order form)!

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

• Chicken: (frozen this week): Whole and Cut-ups (breast—boneless / skinless, thighs, leg quarters, drums, and wings—a 10% discount if you buy 2 pkgs wings or drums!!). Ground Chicken and Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage! And, chicken organ meat (including: backs, necks, feet, liver, gizzard, and heart)!

• Lamb: 

• Ground Lamb

• Lamb Patties

• Lamb Loin and Rib Chops!— unbelievably tender and tasty . . . melt in your mouth tasty!

• 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: Andouille, British Curry, Cajun, Fresh Kielbasa, Italian (Hot or Sweet), Merguez, Mild Breakfast, Real Vermonter's Maple, Merguez, Fresh Kielbasa, and Oaxacan Adobo Sausage!  All from our pannage raised pork and organically sourced spice blends (featuring the Teeny Tiny Spice Co). Note: have you tried our pork patties? They come plain or with salt & pepper. You can also get them in a convenient 3-pack or 4-pack. However you slice it, your family grills will never be the same after trying these. The flavor is undeniably delicious.

• Pork Chops (thick or thin / boneless or bone-in) & Steaks and Spareribs and more! Other cuts: Back Fat for making your own lard! And Pork Neck Bones for that favorite Pasta Sauce flavor. 

• Pork Roasts: Like pulled pork? We have both the Pork Butt and the Picnic Roasts fresh frozen. It’s what you’ve been asking for and this season we’ve been able to offer it. If you want to add another layer to your slow cooks, try our smoked hams with our unique, natural smoke cure with real fruit pectin rather than celery salt used in the natural blend.

• Smoked bacon, bacon ends and Jowl 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  beef, pastured   poultry, pastured  pork, and grass-fed  lamb.

Fresh Features

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

• Joe's Bread: Fresh Sourdough Bread Daily—Joe added in a weekly special of Pumpernickel Bread, have you tried it? Yum!

• 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!

• Yaggy Road & Equal Exchange coffee options!