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Hoarding for winter, Cheeses in the winners' circle, Market & Farm offerings
Farm News Every fall, like the squirrels hoarding their acorns, we start freezing our chevre so we can extend our selling season well...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 13, 20205 min read


Hybrid Vigor, New Winter Farmers' Market, New Holiday Gift Options from our Online Store
Farm News I am obsessed with making mixed milk dairy products. The rich, fatty & buttery jersey milk combined with the clean, white and...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 6, 20204 min read


Embracing the wind down, Final outdoor market and "Goaty Halloween"
Farm News The sun is shining, and the opportunistic flies are buzzing about, taking advantage of the pockets of warm air inside the...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 30, 20205 min read


Bring in the cow milk, market offerings and farm happenings
Farm News There’s a finiteness to a goat’s lactation. Our girls have been putting it out twice a day since early March and based on the...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 22, 20206 min read


When the trees lose their leaves, Market offerings, Farm happenings
Farm News There has been an abruptness to the onset of color in the tree leaves this year. The greens faded to 70’s era golden yellow and...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 15, 20206 min read


Harvest time in flatland, market offerings and farm happenings
Farm News The combines have been rolling over the wide-open fields, gobbling up dangling soybean pods and leaving behind a fine stubble...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 8, 20207 min read


Full moon over fecundity, Market offerings, Farm Happenings
Full moon over fecundity, market offerings and farm happenings Farm News The bucks’ raisôn d’ètre has finally arrived, coinciding with...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 2, 20207 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 25, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 17, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 11, 20206 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 4, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 27, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 20, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 13, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 6, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 31, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 24, 20205 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 17, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 9, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 1, 20204 min read
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