2024 is going by fast…

Well everyone it’s been a while since we’ve had a chance to do an update. We have been busy here on the farm. Seems like we’re busy year-round, but that is a good thing! It’s nice to take a moment to just kind of share and reflect on what we’ve been doing.

We have invested a lot of time and energy in 2024 working on improving our conservation practices that are used on the farm as well as improving our grazing management and our wildlife habitat. We continue to do better everyday. We attend conferences, read enumerable articles in magazines, and get our hands on as many books as we can.

We had a lot of fun in the spring, boiling maple syrup over the fire, producing gorgeous tasty syrup, which we have sold out of for 2024! We harvested a very beautiful summer honey and then have plans to do another harvest any day.

We switched gardening method to a mulch no till method and have been overwhelmed by the plentiful amount of produce that the garden is providing.

In 2024 we had the great opportunity to have our beef showcased at a Roots so Deep docuseries showing at Michigan State University in Lansing. It was an amazing time and we were thankful for the opportunity as well as all the kind and gracious words on how good the beef was and how thankful people are for the way we are choosing to raise our beef.

Raising beef by grazing on pasture, moving each herd daily and moving still throughout the winter, bale grazing, bale unrolling and opting to not use chemicals on pastures and not worry about weeds isn’t always easy but it is the option that we choose because we feel it is the best. Healthy food starts with healthy soil and so by rebuilding and creating healthy soil, we will offer healthier food than you can buy at the commercial grocery store.

As we get ready to wean calves and start preparations for thoughts on calving for 2025, we would like to wish all of you a great fall! To all of our customers whether you buy maple syrup, honey soap, candles, beef shares, ground beef - anything - thank you!!!

We will be here in 2025 working on expanding our markets in Maple syrup, honey, as well as beef, and with the hope in the future of having an on farm store available. At this point we are still just doing pick ups by appointment - don’t feel bad reach out if you’d like to get something just let us know - we have some flexibility in our schedules and we’re always happy to accommodate.