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Happy Thanksgiving!

CSA Package Contents: – 1 half gallon apple cider – 1 quarter peck Mutsu apples – 1 lb nitrate free bacon – 1 dozen eggs – 1.5 lbs white spelt flour – 1 large bok choy – 1 bunch leeks – 1 bag mustard greens – 2 lbs butter, salted or unsalted – 1 pumpkin…

Winter Share 2011-12 – Week 3

Next week our delivery schedule is not as usual due to Thanksgiving. Please double check your pickup times at the links below. West Side Pickup Locations: http://wp.freshforkmarket.com/thanksgiving-pick-up-locations-west/ East Side Pickup Locations: http://wp.freshforkmarket.com/thanksgiving-pick-up-locations-east/ Also, if you are out of town this week, we do have two options for you: 1) We will have pickups available between 10…

Financials of Pasture-Raised Meats

I forgot to write about this last week. I like to start the winter by bringing to light the financials behind pasture raised, artisan meats. Eating a healthy, all natural diet isn’t easy nor cheap. It is my goal to work intelligently with my producers to get you the most bang for your buck. Over…

Winter Share 2011/12 – Week 2

Whole chicken, Chorizo, Sweet Potatoes, Lettuce and more It’s time for our second winter CSA package. It IS this week. The schedule is a little goofy at first to get us on schedule for the holidays. We have a pickup this week, then off next week, then special delivery times the week of Thanksgiving (we’ll…

Winter Share 2011/12 – Week 1

For the first week of the winter CSA package we have have truly a showcase product – a beautiful, well marbled Berkshire Boston Butt Roast (bone-in, shoulder roast). This tasty roast is between 5 and 6 lbs and great for shredded pork, a crock pot meal, to use in the smoker, or even to make…

Let’s Talk Turkey

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. It seems like just a few weeks ago we were planning the summer season, and now we are ready to finalize our turkey orders. We gave our current CSA subscribers first dibs on Thanksgiving packages. We had such a great response, that quantities are selling out fast! If you…

Summer Share 2011 – Week 22

Small CSA Contents: – 1 pack Berkshire pork chops – 1 quart farmstead yogurt – 8 oz Mayfield Rd cheese (assorted) – 1 head napa cabbage – 1 quarter peck jonagold apples – 1 bag of mixed salad/braising greens – 2 ct butternut squash Vegetarian Substitutes – 1 head broccoli – 1 pie pumpkin – …

Summer Share 2011- Week 21

This week’s feature is a new product we developed that is part sausage, part bacon. Sounds pretty perfect huh? This breakfast patty product helps us solve a big problem I have when the butcher cuts up my hogs – what to do with the bacon “ends” that don’t make nice, long, straight pieces of bacon.…

Winter Share 2011-12 CSA Package

The Summer CSA was again a huge success. Our producers stepped up to the plate to help accommodate more customers, offer a better selection, and more new products. They did just that. I’m still working on tallying up the number of different products, number of producers, and dollars spent with local farmers, but it is…

Summer Share 2011 – Week 20

This week we have a product that I am very proud of. Last fall I had some requests from restaurants for a local, humanely raised veal product. I did my research and learned about the traditional veal industry. Those animals were confined to small cages and fed a powdered milk product as “growing formula.” They…