We had 61 kids born in a little over a week, with most born in four days. Penny had our farm’s first ever set of quadruplets, plus there were some other sets of triplets and a couple of dramatic births and adoptions. Everyone is doing well now and we can’t wait to see the kids grow and get back to grazing season shortly.
Read MoreWe are proud of be stocked up on all of our own Local Cooling Farms products right now, including chicken and duck eggs, grassfed beef, pastured pork and wild-foraged goat meat. Plus there’s beautiful strawberries, veggies and herbs, turmeric and ginger products, hummus, bone broth, teas and tinctures and more!
Read MoreWhile there’s plenty of fresh produce options this time of year, our market is really shining with healthy protein options right now with grassfed beef and buffalo meat, wild-foraged goat meat, pastured chicken and pork and Gulf seafood all stocked up. There’s also lots of eggs, dairy, honey, preserves, coffee, herbal teas and more!
Read MoreWe’ve got a big restock on our own pastured pork (all sausages, plus tenderloin and more) and we’re offering grass-finished ground buffalo meat for the first time. There’s also lots of hummus, pesto, gourmet mushrooms, a variety of microgreens and salad blends, raw honey, extra milk from last week on sale, fresh coffee and lots more.
Read MoreSome of our best meals during the cold spell, but they’d all still hit the spot now, including a white bean chili with slow cooked chicken, speckled trout with a creamy black truffle sauce, along with lentils and turnips, cashew squash Mac & cheese with crispy tofu and braised cabbage, honey mustard burger bowls with oven fries, leftover beef and mac for a hamburger helper type situation and a beautiful and tasty strawberry sheet cake!
Read MoreWe’re restocked at long last on customer favorite Gulf seafood (shrimp, red snapper, black drum and new smoked yellowfin tuna), plus fresh-milled flour from Barton Springs Mill, Gingerbooch kombucha and probiotic drinks, Cockeyed Farms raw honey and elderberry juices and we have plenty of our other local grocery staples including winter produce, grassfed and pastured meats and eggs, tofu, hummus, preserves, ferments and more.
Read MoreJanuary brought some big rainstorms, temperature swings and very frosty mornings, but we made it through unscathed (all animals and water lines!) and it very much feels like spring is on the horizon now. Plus there’s the bittersweet harvest of more pork from our pig herd, the goats are about to start kidding, there’s ducklings in the brooder, chickens all over the farm and some rearranging and new coops to build, the small cattle herd bale grazing and cover crops almost ready for them to devour.
Read MoreOur intrepid local farmers have done their best to protect their crops and keep the harvests coming as best they can through the cold weather! And that means we took on more inventory from them in light of a few cancelled farmer’s markets, including sale bulk mushrooms, lots of strawberries, eggs and microgreens. We also restocked beef and pork, pickles, jams and GraNOLA and have plenty of tofu, goat meat, chicken, rice, grits, tea, coffee and more!
Read MoreWith frigid weather around much of the country, we’re grateful to have any local produce at all! There’s apples and citrus, salad greens and hardy cooking greens, root veggies and mushrooms, plus eggs, meats, tofu, hummus, goat cheeses, ferments, preserves and more.
Read MoreWe’ve got lots of meal ideas for cold winter days — hearty, with big bright flavors and colors. There’s a decadent baked goat rigatoni ragu, chicken shawarma with freshly made pita, lots of veggies and all the toppings, plus Instant Pot Korean barbecue duck legs for rice bowls, our new goat Italian sausage with polenta and marinara and a fun rainbow Thai curry with chicken meatballs and papaya salad.
Read MoreWe’re going through the first round of our beef harvest pretty quickly, but there’s more coming on Tuesday! Plus we restocked four types of bone broth and there’s still a lovely array of winter veggies, herbs, mushrooms, citrus and apples, along with pork, chicken and goat meat, Gulf seafood, tofu, hummus, goat cheeses, chicken and duck eggs, a new hot sauce and more!
Read MoreTake a look at two years of photos marking the progression and growth of the beef cattle we just harvested last month. They arrived in December 2023 and January 2024 and made daily moves to fresh pasture in the peak grazing season, putting on weight through seasonal forages.
Read MoreOur Local Cooling Farms grass-finished beef is back in stock at long last, along with more goat meat and new goat sausages, plus pastured pork and chicken, Gulf seafood, lots of winter produce, hummus and pesto, bread, buns and pasta, veggie ferments and kombucha, restocked herbal teas and tinctures and lots more.
Read MoreThis What’s Cooking round up includes trying out some spice blends for our new goat sausages, plus a duck mushroom stroganoff meets marsala dish with pasta, cauliflower mash and crispy roasted mustard greens, New Year’s pork and cabbage, lacto-fermented veggies and a matcha cake with elderberry and strawberry!
Read MoreWe’re fortunate that winter is still a colorful and abundant time of year for local groceries! Let us help you get 2026 started on a vibrant foot with beautiful local veggies, mushrooms, eggs, meats, seafood, dairy, tofu, hummus, grains, preserves and lots more.
Read MoreMore of our grass-finished beef is on the way after we finally harvested cattle (and goats) last month. We also weaned the massive fall piglets from their moms, while we’re breeding first timers for spring litters, hosted a farm Christmas and are wrapping up pumpkin season.
Read MoreWe’re closing out 2025 with a banner lineup of beautiful local groceries with seasonal fruits, greens, cabbages, tons of gourmet mushrooms, bountiful chicken and duck eggs, pastured and grassfed meats, Gulf seafood, fresh tofu and dairy, restocked hummus and pesto, coffee, honey, maple syrup, preserves, kombucha and more!
Read MoreThe first strawberries of the season are here in time for Christmas, plus we’re stocked up on black eyed peas and cabbage, eggnog, chicken and duck eggs, plenty of pastured meats and Gulf seafood, popcorn, fresh pasta, fresh dairy including eggnog, coffee, jams and jellies and more.
Read MoreWe’re featuring lots of December meals and treats in here, but all would be great with some adjustments for January meal prep. There’s turkey pho topped with fried tofu, versatile herb sauces, a chicken sweet potato and kale curry, goat shawarma with rice and a slew of colorful veggies, plus whole wheat cinnamon rolls and matcha white chocolate cookies.
Read MoreCitrus and restocked grassfed beef and Gulf seafood are the highlights this week, but we also got more of everyone’s favorite glazed pecans, Gingerbooch and La Rive kombucha, lots of hummus and of course plenty of eggs, colorful veggies, herbs, mushrooms, pastured pork and chicken, tofu and more. We’re expecting more Crop to Popcorn, pickles, pepper jellies, eggnog and dairy, this week, too!
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