It's a wrap on kidding season and start of farmers' market season
Farm News Our last pregnant doe kidded yesterday morning, on cue with no fanfare, delivering a healthy set of twins. So ends kidding...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Beyond farming: earth day reflections
Farm News In this age of monumental weather fluctuations due to climate change and species diversity losses from habitat alterations,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 18
- 3 min
Orchard in bloom and the return of the purple martins
Farm News From a distance, the orchard canopy is a study in pointillist white, pink and green. Close up, the apple and cherry trees are...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 11
- 3 min
The 97% experience with goats
Farm News The sun was shining brightly on Monday as the moon began its coverage toward totality. We opted to stay put on the farm,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Moonglo eclipse of the sun
Farm News Champaign Illinois will be in the 97% zone of totality for next Monday's solar eclipse. The region is a buzz with excitement,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Measure for measure
Farm News With nearly half the herd kidded, we initiated our monthly milk testing program--DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) this week. We...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Tales from the cheese vat
Farm News After so many years of milking goats and making cheese, you would think that the routines and quotidian rituals of a seasonal...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Auspicious Ides of March
Farm News We have reached the "ides" or middle of the month. We are in the midst of our version of "march madness," with close to half of...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Mar 7
- 2 min
Baby boom brings chevre
Farm News From one kid to 80 in the span of a week, and nearly 40 does freshened, meteoric best describes the start of the 2024 kidding...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Feb 29
- 2 min
Stormy weather brings kids
Farm News Balmy February afternoons, sun-drenched orange skies. Confused crocuses open their purple pedals atop last fall's dead leaves....
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Feb 15
- 2 min
Passing of the torch
After nearly 20 years of launching our little farmstead & artisan creamery on the prairie, we are excited to announce that the farm,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 28, 2023
- 2 min
Mud, snow and the new year
Farm News Dateline christmas eve: sunny and warm, goats grazing in the pasture as if it was september. Fast forward a few days,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 21, 2023
- 5 min
A winter solstice of mixed emotions
Farm News On this shortest day of the year, the finality of the season is upon us. The breeding bucks have moved back to their bachelor...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 14, 2023
- 4 min
Warm December, Farm Work and Happy Holidays
It is hard not savor these warm sunny days of mid December. Goats lounging in the dry lot as they wait for their barn to be cleaned,...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 7, 2023
- 5 min
Tales from the Vat
While our main cheese maker Kato is away in Vermont attending an intensive cheese making course, I am back in the creamery full time. ...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 30, 2023
- 5 min
Sympathy for the elves
In these days leading up to the holidays, we are in full production blitz. Our farm store and farm kitchen have been converted into...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 22, 2023
- 6 min
A farmer's gratitude
On the eve of thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on some things for which I am grateful. As farmers, we derive our livelihood from...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 16, 2023
- 7 min
Next chapter part two and prepping for the holidays
The morning frost on desiccated leaves has been fleeting in these unusually warm november days. The intensity of sunlight is deceiving;...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 9, 2023
- 8 min
autumnal collage
Sometimes, the week's reflections are best captured by a poem and some beautiful photographs. Shout out to Iris Riggs, one of last week's...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 2, 2023
- 8 min
who are the future farmers of america?
This week, we hosted a few hundred high school students from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. They are all members of "Future Farmers of...
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