Thank Your Farmer + What We’ve Been Up To 🐑

The winter season reminds us to slow down and encourages us to reflect on the past year. ❄️ In the spirit of reflection and slowing down, we’d like to take a moment to recognize the extremely hard and vital work of farmers and producers alike.

Producing food that people feel good about putting on their table is no easy feat, and we want to express our gratitude to all of our partner farms and producers who help us nourish our communities with delicious, local food. ❤️

And, if ewe were wondering what we've been up to on the farm lately, well, it’s that time of year — lambing season! 🐑 We have many happy expecting mothers in our pastures enjoying fresh air and winter sunshine.

Friendly reminder: we will not open until Thursday this week.

Don’t forget to thank your farmers – we look forward to seeing you in the shop soon!

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

Produce

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

  • Apples (fresh Empire, Gala, Honey Crisp, and Pink Lady)—reduced rates on purchases 2# and up to make your favorite apple pies! Late season fresh apple cider also available!

  • Beets

  • Blueberries (frozen)

  • Cabbage (Green)

  • Carrots

  • Celery sticks with leaves (tops)

  • Garlic—beautiful, delicious, large bulbs

  • Herbs—Fresh and dried options available! Ask when pre-ordering, if interested.

  • Leeks—enjoy in any soup or stew!

  • Lettuce (mixed leaf and small heads) as well as Greens Mixes!

  • Mushrooms—dried options available!

  • Potatoes (Blues, Red Nolans and Kennebecs)

  • Squash (Winter)—Butternut

  • Swiss Chard (limited)

  • Turnips—purple top variety (loose)

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, cottage cheese kefir, GGC sharp cheddar, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, Pecorino Toscano, Grana Padano, and Ubriacone), kefir, sour cream, whipping cream, and yogurt (vanilla or plain)! And, EGGNOG!! Please plan ahead and let us know 2 weeks in advance for cream and all dairy (if you can), it really helps.

  • 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: NY Strip. Limited supply of other varieties until next week, so please pre-order for best results!

  • Beef Savory Roasts, Steaks & Ribs: Brisket, Chuck, Chuck Arm, and Rump & Sirloin Tip Roasts and Steaks. 

  • Beef Grill Options: Beef Patties (3 or 4 pk) and Ground Beef! 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): Whole and Cut-ups (breast—both bone-in / skin on and boneless / skinless, thighs, leg quarters, drums, and wings—a 10% discount if you buy 2 pkgs or more of wings!!). Ground Chicken and Sweet Italian Chicken Sausage! And, chicken organ meat (including: backs, necks, feet, liver, gizzard, and heart)!

  • Duck (frozen): Whole only

  • Lamb: 

    • Ground Lamb

    • Lamb Patties

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

    • Leg of Lamb and Shanks

    • Lamb Soup Bones, and organ meats

  • Pork: Andouille, British Curry, Cajun, Fresh Kielbasa, Italian (Hot or Sweet), Merguez, Mild Breakfast, and Real Vermonter’s Maple 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.

  • Rabbit (frozen): Whole only

  • Turkey: Whole and Cut-ups! Breasts (boneless / skin on and bone-in / skin on, drums, thighs, wings) and backs, feet, and necks for amazing soup stock available. And turkey organ meats (gizzard, heart, and liver in approximate 1 lb packages)!

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!

  • 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! And re-stocking next week some of your favs we’ve been sold out of!

  • Yaggy Road & Equal Exchange coffee options!

Sarah Highlen