News from CSA Pastures
Dear Members,
3 Corner Field Farm supplies grass-fed lamb and mutton as well as sheep’s’ milk cheese and yogurt to the CSAs. They are one of the few farms in the country that milk sheep for use in the production of gourmet cheeses and yogurt. Their sheep are raised with care and respect on beautiful, organically managed pastures, and never given hormones or unnecessary
antibiotics. They are raised the old-fashioned way: outdoors, on pasture, eating natural grass, clover, and alfalfa. The result is tastier and more wholesome food for you, a better life for the sheep, and a healthier
environment for all of us.
The following websites are from the local newspaper, The Post-Star. The first is a marvelous video of Karen and the workings of the farm and the second is an interesting write-up of 3 Corner Field Farm. Enjoy!
Article: http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/07/18/ae/food/3dc3aa8234b169768525731c0006f5a1.txt
Video: http://www.poststar.com/story-extras/cheese/
Karen will be having a new batch of lamb for this order. We’ll get it listed on the website as soon as the quantities are available, hopefully by tomorrow midday.
Our most recent batch of grass-finished beef will be back soon, in time for the August 9th delivery. We’ll let you know when we’ve updated the website with the new batch of steaks (which we are low on right now!). You will then be able to either place your order if you held off ordering or you can edit your order by using the “See my Existing Orders” menu item. Any question regarding this procedure, please feel free to contact us.
West River Creamery, the home of the raw cow’s milk cheeses is running short of the Middletown Tomme this month and they are waiting for their next batch to complete its aging process so this will not be available this month. They
do have 3 new cheeses to try:
A raw cow’s milk Feta cheese to offer in approximately 1/2 lb blocks at $10 each.
An ~ 8oz container of Marinated Feta with grape seed oil, garlic, sun dried tomato, fresh ground black pepper, oregano, thyme, and rosemary for $8.00 each.
A smooth, soft washed rind cheese with a bold and rich flavor called Three Mountain Cheese in an approximately 1/3lb wedge for $6.50 each.
Try some!
Consider Bardwell Farm is now offering goat kid that is milk-fed on mom for eight weeks, weaned and grass finished; a technique called “Italian Hothouse.” The meat has less fat than skinned chicken and as much protein as beefsteak. The pieces are quartered pieces fore and hind style, individually cryovac wrapped and USDA processed. The quarters range from 2.5 to 4 pounds and are $14/lb.
At Lewis Waite Farm we are having a farm tour next Sunday in conjunction with the Al Fresco dinner held each year in Salem to fundraise for the local Courthouse, a community center. We are planning our strategy for the event today and hope to have a short tour brochure ready for mailing with our net reminder. 3 Corner Field Farm is also part of the tour.
We were picking fools today! We finally finished picking the currants we started before the preparation for our delivery on July 24th. The beautiful clusters of red berries were juicy and perfect! I made 12 jars of jelly (hope it jells!) and 4 jars with cranberries and plums and now I’m making currant cordial which last year we called Red Jewel. Yummy! We also picked blueberries under the protective netting that keeps the birds and chipmunks at bay. We froze a bundle and ate the rest with Karen’s sheep’s milk yogurt and maple syrup drizzle. Yummy again! On the way home at the end of the day
I stopped to pick hickory nuts along our road for the pigs. They eat them whole just like they do with acorns and they can even crunch black walnuts open with their strong jaws. These nuts will add some variety to their diets of corn, soy meal, trace mineral and kelp and the grassy forage that is growing well in this cooler weather with frequent showers.
The cooler weather and showers are changing this week, I hear to hot, humid and thundershowers. This will stifle Alan’s hay schedule a bit. We mowed 3 fields yesterday and tedded them which throws the hay into the air, spreads
it out and fluffs it up to help it dry faster. He hopes to rake the fields today into windrows to fully dry and then bale all afternoon. By the time Alan, Colin and Herb have been driving the tractors all day, greasing them, changing the broken teeth and adding the new spools of baling twine, those boys get pretty dirty! Dust sticks to them all over! As they are driving around the fields the barn swallows have a wonderful time diving and swooping in random patterns catching the bugs that are flying in the air in the midst of all this activity. Whole swarms of swallows come out for the fun and snacks and they don’t seem to fly into each other either.
Hope your summer is going well and the Washington Co Fair is the third week of August. Lots of great animals and cute baby ducks. Should be a lot of fun!!
Nancy and Alan
Lewis Waite Farm
Grass-Fed Grass-Finished Beef
Natural Pork
Alan & Nancy Brown
135 Lewis Hill Lane
Town of Jackson
Greenwich, NY 12834
www.lewiswaitefarm.com
www.csapasturedmeatandpoultry.com
518-692-3120 or 518-692-9208