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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 25, 20206 min read
Amish envy, Market offerings, Farm happenings
Farm News We live less than 50 miles from the Illinois Amish community in Arthur. Over the years, we have collaborated with members of...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 17, 20206 min read
Liberty: a goat life well lived, market & farm offerings
Farm News This week we lost our beloved Liberty, our senior citizen goat. She was the longest-lived goat on the farm. At the astonishing...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 11, 20206 min read
Preparing for breeding, Market Offerings, Farm Happenings
Farm News The heat and the drought finally gave way to some much needed rain this past week. While our fiery red sunsets bear witness to...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 4, 20205 min read
Farm reflections on labor day and holiday weekend specials galore
Farm News As we approach the “Labor Day” holiday weekend, I’ve been thinking hard about labor and our collective sense of work in the...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 27, 20205 min read
Finding beauty in the minutiae, Get Your Victory Cheese On, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News There’s an upside to our inevitable late-summer declines in milk production: I can slow my pace and take time to observe. I can...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 20, 20205 min read
The ambivalence of august, Victory Cheese in the news, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News The endless sun-drenched days and the shag carpet of green blanketing the landscape seduce. The perfection of red ripe tomatoes...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 13, 20205 min read
Where are they now? A purple martin update, Support Victory Cheese, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News The purple martins have been prolific this year. From our vantage points on the ground, it looks like they fledged at least...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 6, 20205 min read
Reflections on a burn pile, New Victory Cheese Box, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News In the long (even not so long) life of a farm, change is inevitable. Your first design for no-waste hay feeders slowly became...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 31, 20205 min read
A wetter world? New Victory Cheese Box, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News The signs of climate change are soaking our clothes this year. According to our state climatologist, central Illinois has...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 24, 20205 min read
A world apart, Market & Farm Offerings
Farm News My days are tightly programed. From the moment I open my eyes in the early morning to the time I drag myself to bed, my...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 17, 20204 min read
The short migration, raw milk sales, market & farm offerings
Farm News Once kidding season is underway and milking resumes, our breeding bucks are shifted to a “bachelor pad” paddock somewhere far...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 9, 20204 min read
Choose your farm steam bath, market offerings, farm open house
Farm News July. When you open the door in the early morning, and you’re hit by a wall of humidity. July. When the windmill comes to a...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 1, 20204 min read
Dependence on Independence Day, Holiday Market Offerings and Farm Open House Details
Farm News A few years ago, I celebrated Independence Day by reflecting on our dependence as a small farm. Despite the independent nature...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 26, 20205 min read
The making of a silvopasture, Market Offerings and Farm Open Hours
Farm News A hair-brained dream, nearly 30 years in the making, is literally taking root on our farm. As a young, wide-eyed doctoral...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 19, 20204 min read
On to Cheese Victory, Market Offerings and Father's Day Farm Open House
Farm News Amidst the flurry of overdue outdoor farm projects, this week was all about packing boxes; “Victory Cheese” boxes filled with...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 12, 20204 min read
The theme of busy, Market Offerings and More
Farm News The operative word of the week, from dairy to creamery to fields and back, was “busy.” As the remnants of a hurricane pushed...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 4, 20203 min read
Making progress, Market Offerings
Farm News Little by little, we’re checking off the long list of tasks lingering from the spring. The soil was dry enough for Wes to plant...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 28, 20204 min read
Abruptly transitioning to summer
Farm News This is the spring of abrupt transitions. From cold and raw one week, to hot & steamy with a dose of frequent thunder storms...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 21, 20204 min read
Operation "chef to cheeserie," market offerings and meal kit deliveries
Farm News One of the tentacles of the corona virus hydra of unintended consequences is a shortage of labor for our farm, especially in...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 14, 20202 min read
Farmer Weather Woes, Market and Online Store Offerings
Farm News Beneath the tall very green grasses, the soil is soggy under foot. So goes another spring of too much rain and little time for...
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