A letter from Nancy up at Lewis Waite. Remember to get your orders in by January 7 th for the next delivery on January 12.

January, ah January! The air is crisp, the ground is white and fluffy, and the Arctic air is coming again soon – just as we all seem to be fairly acclimated to the milder daily temperatures. Over the past week we had a few storms and about a foot of new snow. The skiing at Bromley Mountain in VT was beautiful – I actually took a day off and kicked up my heels. Today around the house the snow is perfect for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. The dogs are making tracks encircling the house and barns and up to the doghouses. The cats have a track to the bird feeder area for their favorite winter activity of bird watching. The sledding would be a real thrill from the top of the hill. We are a bit afraid the sled could not be steered around the fences and stonewalls! We would just have to know when to bail out. The little ski area we can see from the house, Willard Mountain, is happy about all the snow and is lit at night for skiing and tubing. Another scream filled winter activity was likely the annual dip in Lake George on New Years Day which was highlighted in the local newspaper with pictures of swimmers in the slushy water. Brrrrr….no one lasts too long.

Between feeding all the animals, loading the porch with wood, working in spurts on the new barn, and moving the vehicles around so we can be plowed out, we’ve been relaxing a bit. We are reading and planning for the next season. We are going to the NOFA conference (Northeast Organic Farming Association) in Saratoga on January 25-27. The seminars sound great and cover many topics. The ideas shared at these conferences are pretty inspiring, like the Stockman Grass Farmer conference we attended last winter. I am also looking forward to more skiing if the snow keeps piling up.

We’d like to thank all of you who helped with the winter scheduling and finding locations for the deliveries. We thank the hosts of each location and encourage anyone to call or email with any questions or concerns. We try to make things as easy as possible and hope you’ll let us know if any problem or issue crops up. We would also welcome feedback you may want to share about the products from all of our farms and please never hesitate to let us know if there is a problem with any product. We aim to please.

See our newest member farms products –

Manx Station Farm raises goats and belted Galway beef cattle and their goat meat items may be found under the Kid, Goat category.

Gillis Acres Farm raises Alpine goats and offers their farm made dairy items under the Cheese, Goat’s Milk category. They make Chevre in 4 flavors, tomme, feta, blue cheese, aged cheese, cottage cheese, kefir, yogurt in 3 flavors and bottle pasteurized goat milk.

Our Farm Food Network also includes these farms that have been with us for a while. See their products under the categories shown below.

Delicious Bread baked at Rock Hill Bakehouse shown under Bread, European style.

Hand made artisan cheeses from 3 Corner Field Farm,- Cheese, Sheep’s Milk and Consider Bardwell Farm – Cheese, Goat and Cow’s Milk and West River Creamery – Cheese, Cow’s Milk and Goat’s Milk

All Natural Chicken, Duck and Turkey - whole or parts of chicken, whole duck, and small whole or ground turkey from KNK Poultry under the categories, Chicken All Natural KNK, Duck All Natural, Turkey All Natural KNK. This farm and processor is NY State certified.

Large whole turkeys are also offered by Stonewood Farm, certified by the State of Vermont and are found under the Turkey All Natural Stonewood category.

Our natural Eggs collected by Cornell Farms, whose chickens and their feed are raised at the farm are shown under the Eggs, fresh and free-range category.

The Tilapia fish are raised in Vermont’s most unique natural greenhouse at Laughing Duck Farm. These can be found under the Fish, Aquaponically Raised Tilapia category.

All Natural Goat and Kid are offered by 2 farms Manx Station Farm and Consider Bardwell Farm. These items are offered under the category for Kid, Goat and Goat, Kid respectively.

Our wildflower Honey is collected in southern Washington County and the bees are tended by Harry’s Honey House and is shown under the Honey category.

USDA processed Lamb is offered by two farms. 3 Corner Field Farm lamb eats a small amount of grain as a supplement to the grasses and hay and can be found under the Lamb, Grass-Fed category. Argyllshire Farm lamb eats only grasses and hay and is found under the Lamb, Grass fed & finished category.

Our home made Jams and Sauces are home grown or locally picked by Rudi’s Lakeside Garden and can be found under the Jams ands Sauces category.

The Maple Syrup from Sugar Mill Farm is collected on their farm and another farm at the bottom of our hill.

USDA processed Beef and Pork are raised by Lewis Waite Farm. The beef is 100% grass and hay fed with trace minerals from kelp and salt. The pigs have a pasture too but are supplemented with corn, soybeans and hay and kelp (especially in winter). These items can be found under the Beef, Grass Fed Grass Finished and the Pork, All Natural, Pastured.

We are proud of the 15 farm network we have created to provide you some of our regions fresh and family grown products. We hope you enjoy then all and we also hope to expand our offering as time goes by and we get better at our coordination with everyone.

Hope you all have a very Happy New Year and stay warm!

Nancy & Alan Brown,

Alan & Nancy Brown
135 Lewis Hill Lane
Town of Jackson
Greenwich, NY 12834

Lewis Waite Farm
Grass-Fed Grass-Finished Beef
Natural Pork

www.csapasturedmeatandpoultry.com
www.lewiswaitefarm.com
518-692-3120 or 518-692-9208

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