Now that 2011 has settled in, we've got a bit of news to
share plus we're letting you know where we'll be marketing this month.
News Item 1: We have a very excited Rose here at the Farm. Earlier
this week, we closed a deal on a used tractor. We'll have it here
before February ends assuming all is well and that will make a number
of jobs easier as well as giving us opportunities to accomplish things
that only equipment can do in a timely manner. Bet it won't be long
before Rose posts a picture of that tractor on FaceBook!
News Item 2. As we plan for the coming year's activities here, we are
very unsure about chicken processing options. It is our goal to build
some sort of processing plant and we would prefer to build one that
many farmers could use. How we'll find monies continues to be the
question and we now believe we're going to have to take some interim
step for at least this coming year. We really want to raise poultry so
a processing option is a must; it seems likely that the processor
we've been a cooperating member of will not be operating in the same
fashion in 2011.
News Item 3. Last Saturday, we began to market our products at State
of Maine Cheese aka Rockport Marketplace. We're there from 9 until
noon each Saturday so if you're in the area we hope you'll stop by.
Cathe always has great Maine products in the store and she opens up
space for a few vendors each Saturday so we're bringing our products
and having fun too. Other vendors have fruit, pies and greens at the
Rockport Marketplace, inside, right on Route 1. For an idea of what's
available in the store you can see
http://www.cheese-me.com/
We will be at the Public Market House tomorrow, Jan. 14 and Friday Jan. 28 from
approximately 11 AM to 4 PM. Approximately is a good word because we
never quite know if we'll find traffic problems along the way.
Barrels in Waterville continues to carry some of our products, Good
Tern and Sweets and Meats in Rockland carry our chickens; you can ask
for them if you don't see them. We've also recently had chickens
delivered to Misty Meadow Farm Store in Grand Isle so people in that
part of The County are tasting chicken goodness from our Farm.
Most times, if you'd like to purchase directly from the Farm, someone
is here to serve you but this is a reminder to call first. We're
currently selling pork: roasts, chops, sausage, stir fry or kabob,
country style and spare ribs.
We also can sell you a half or whole pig, custom cut as you prefer.
Beef is grass fed angus: we have various steaks and hamburger.
Chickens are whole birds ranging from just under 3 pounds to just over
5 pounds. Be forewarned though, our inventory of chickens is
diminishing and when they're gone it probably won't be until late May
that we can have more.
The hens are always laying fresh eggs and we have some Russian red
garlic as well.
Thanks for reading, hope your 2011 has started off reasonably well and
we hope to see you soon.
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