It’s getting more summery by the week in the produce department, with okra expected to join all the corn, nightshades, peaches and berries this week, plus we have some fun gift bundles for Father’s Day, new granola and granola bars, new pasta shapes, plus our usual pastured and grassfed meats, dairy, preserves, ferments, rice and more.
Read MoreWe’re excited to move our Mid-City Hub to Flour Moon Bagels and we’re also making some other hub and delivery schedule changes to reflect both the needs of the business and our customers shopping habits. It’s been eight years since we started our first neighborhood hub, so it’s always good to reevaluate from time to time!
Read MoreOur cooking this week featured a lot of homegrown, pastured pork, summer veggies and berries with Cochon de Lait fajita spread, chorizo taco bowls, Andouille in a blanket, elote corn, berry lemonade bars and a blueberry galette, plus some large batch crispy tofu, fermented pickle relish and more!
Read MoreSummer veggies are kicking into higher gear with the first sweet corn of the season, beautiful snap beans, plus all the major nightshades — tomatoes, eggplant, peppers and potatoes! Plus there’s more peaches, blackberries and blueberries, tons of gourmet mushrooms, grass-fed, wild-foraged and pasture-raised meats, eggs, dairy, jams and pickles, new skin salves and pet treats and more.
Read MoreWe’ve had so many farm visitors lately, which feels like years of work building the farm finally coming to fruition and it’s really fun. Plus we finally reached the end of six and a half months of goat kidding, the piglets are weaned and the sows are on vacation, the main goat herd and the cattle are make their grazing rounds and the bees are happy with lots of beautiful summer flowers.
Read MoreWe’re getting the grill going as we get into full blown summer with goat kebabs, chicken sausage, drumsticks and squash, plus we did some slightly offbeat spins on pasta salad and hummus for Memorial Day, discovered that truffle and homemade dill pickles go amazingly together and enjoyed the first fresh blueberries of the year in pancakes and blueberry rhubarb crisp!
Read MoreThe glorious time of year when there’s blueberries, blackberries and peaches at the same time has arrived! Plus there’s new chicken sausage and we’re expecting a bunch more summer veggies (tomatoes, potatoes, snap beans, peppers, eggplant & more!) to join the lineup this week. We’re stocked up on pastured and grassfed meats, eggs, dairy and have some new turmeric and ginger products, plus herbal skin salves in stock, too!
Read MoreWe’ve had lots of amazing meals lately with all these lovely local ingredients. If there was a through line, it was lots of mushroom dishes — for risotto, a pizza topping, with steak and in carbonara pasta — as Family Fungi and Screaming Oaks are both cranking out the gourmet mushrooms. We also celebrated the return of ground chicken and new chicken sausage and tried a new method for red snapper.
Read MoreWe’re excited to welcome the ever versatile and tasty ground chicken back to the poultry line up this week, along with a bunch of pickled veggies and fig and berry jams and preserves we had been out of. There’s also lots of gourmet mushrooms, cucumbers and squash, eggs, goat dairy, grassfed beef and goat meat, pastured pork and other chicken cuts, Gulf seafood and lots more.
Read MoreAnother batch of kids has been hitting the ground over the last week and a half, our new egg layers are settling in and hopefully should start laying within the next week or so, the piglets are chunky and getting weaned later this week and the heat is setting in big time!
Read MoreSeveral customer favorite products have made their return, including three sizes of Gulf shrimp, Crop to Pop-corn, Guidry’s glazed pecans and Wisconsin maple syrup. Plus there’s bountiful grassfed and pastured meats and we’re expecting blackberries and peaches this week, along with tons more late spring and early summer veggies like bok choy, kale, spinach, squash and zucchini and more!
Read MoreBasil, beets, cucumbers, summer squash, lettuce, mushrooms, spring mix, spinach and spring onions featured in lots of cooking at the farm recently, along with our beef and pork, chicken and the last of the strawberries and the first of the wild blackberries of the season. And a new pizza oven brought a major upgrade to homemade pizza nights at the farm!
Read MoreThings are starting to look more summery in the veggie realm with abundant cucumbers and summer squashes, but luscious greens and herbs are still hanging on, too! Plus there’s abundant meats, eggs, bulk gourmet mushrooms and a restock on fermented veggies, kombucha and probiotic lemonade and limeade from Gingerbooch!
Read MoreChickens are at the center of our attention right now as we welcomed a new flock of teenage hens about to start laying and are having our first hatches in our new incubator. The April piglets are fat and happy, there always seems to be more goat kids being born and Grant is working on a round of spring bush hogging, aiming for even better warm season grass growth.
Read MoreThe long Louisiana strawberry season is coming to an end, but there’s a plethora of other local produce, including tons of gourmet mushrooms, plus tofu, hummus, meats, dairy, eggs, dog treats and lots of new seeds from High Mowing for your summer gardens!
Read MoreWe’ve had another jam packed couple of weeks of amazing meals made with local ingredients from our farm and all the other local and regional farmers and producers we source from! There was a delicious garlic and herb goat leg roast with bright veggie sides, chipotle turkey enchiladas, an Indian-inspired roasted chicken, greens and lentils, a meatball soup, quick tuna salad rice bowls with sesame kale and a berry rhubarb crisp with homemade ice cream!
Read MoreWe are fully stocked on all of our Local Cooling Farms grass-finished beef, pastured pork and wild-foraged goat meat, plus there’s gorgeous greens and herbs, abundant strawberries even though the end of the season is near, goat dairy, hummus, limited eggs, honey, rice and lots more local groceries from our fellow local and regional farmers and producers.
Read MoreAll three litters of piglets (and their moms) are doing great, plus the goats are back to grazing again, with some newborn kids complicating the rotational plans a bit! The cattle are sleek and shiny on beautiful spring forage and we’re fighting a major predator battle with one of our chicken flocks. Plus there’s one April Farm Tour left and plans for monthly evening tours as we move into summer.
Read MoreFan favorite ground breakfast and Italian sausages are back in stock at long last! Plus there’s more springy produce (like beets!), goat meat sampler bundles, sale on dairy, new pet bone broth and treats, frozen pasta, bread and buns, hummus and more!
Read MoreThere were so many delicious dishes this week as usual, celebrating more and more spring produce like beets, herbs, green onions and more. There were stir fried noodles, pork and goat chops, salads with steak, beets and fermented veggies, sausage pasta, egg salad and more!
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