In your share 

• Chicken 
• Pork Roast 
• Ground Goat 
• Italian sausage 
• Bacon 
• New York Steak 

On the farm 

So many babies! So far this year, we are approaching 40 baby goats and lambs, with 12 of the goats being bottle-fed. Most of those bottle babies will need new homes, so if you know anyone looking for some young goats with good dairy prospects, please put them in touch with us. In addition to those, we have about 350 baby chicks here, and we are about to start incubating our turkey eggs which will eventually become the centerpieces of so many Thanksgiving dinners. Finally, we are picking up 9 piglets around the middle of the month, to make sure we keep the delicious pork flowing for the CSA shares.  

But what’s been occupying our minds in a huge way lately is the future of the farm and how we keep ourselves from burning out. We’ve realized we are heading down a non-sustainable path where we just have zero time off and a trajectory that will break us. So, after an incredible amount of contemplation, we have decided that we are going to phase out our dairy operation. There were so many pros and cons surrounding this decision, which I will detail in a post on our website soon, but ultimately, we knew that after 15 years of twice-a-day milking, every day of the year, we just could not continue.  

As a result, we will be putting more focus on the meat side of the business, starting with an increase in the number of shares available for the May-August season, to make up for the lost income. Please do share this with your friends and family, as we do need to grow our sales here to maintain farm viability. 

There will be lots more to share as our farm evolves through this year of transition, but in the short term, our goal is to find someone who is ready to start their own micro dairy operation where we can mentor them and have a trusted place to refer our customers. Our current target date is about the end of summer, but that’s dependent on finding good homes for the cows and goats. We’ll keep you posted!