Summer solstice stroll, Pelota Roja returns to the cheese lineup and more...
Farm News It is usually mid to late June, around the time of the summer solstice and the waxing full moon, that I find myself able to...
top of page
PRAIRIE FRUITS FARM & CREAMERY
"THE HERD" BLOG
Search
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Jun 17, 2021
- 4 min
Etiology of a cheese, market and farm offerings
Farm News Sometimes, I get asked about the back story on our cheeses. Some folks want to know where the inspiration of the name comes...
206 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
The island got bigger and other farm news
Farm News From a distance, the June blanket of green that coats our landscape evokes lushness, unbridled growth and teaming life. Zoom in...
324 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Jun 4, 2021
- 5 min
Baling hay take two, Farmers' Market Offerings, Farm Happenings
Farm News In the early midlife of our farm, we decided to grow our own hay. We were younger, our herd manager was a dairy farm kid, our...
290 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Optimism and a Makeover, Farmers' Market Offerings, Farm Happenings
Farm News The dark cloud of pandemic is lifting, and in it’s retreat, a sense of optimism. We feel it at the farmers’ market as mask...
231 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
They grow up so fast, Farmers' market offerings, farm happenings
Farm News This week marked a milestone in the young lives of our goat kids. Half of the remaining group (52 of the doe kids who will...
184 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Workin’ into the groove, Farmers’ Market Offerings, Farm Happenings
Farm News The hum of the weed whacker is a constant background noise in the pastures. Erica, our herd manager, ears safely covered, has...
154 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
Celebrating the mothers, Market and Farm Offerings
Farm News The backbone of our farm and business is made of mothers, caprine mothers. Every spring, our does give birth to a litter of...
107 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Making the case for farmers' market, Cheesey Mother's Day Gifts and Farm Happenings
Farm News May 1st is the start of the outdoor farmers’ market season. This year marks our 16th season hustling cheese at the Urbana...
148 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Earth day reflections, moving into May
Farm News On this vibrant spring day in April, I could survey the explosion of life on the farm and conclude that all is as it should be....
237 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
Silvopasture take two
Farm news Last week's rains spurred a flush of green growth in the pasture. The goats are spending most of their time outside, and their...
187 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Apr 8, 2021
- 2 min
Insistent signs of spring, "babies & brunch," online market offerings
Farm News Despite the roller coaster ride of temperatures of late, spring is forcing herself on the landscape. There’s the constant low...
137 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Feb 10, 2021
- 6 min
A winter farm newsletter-A goat journey long in the making
Letter from the Farm Last Saturday, we sent 52 doelings (born last spring) on a journey to the Dominican Republic. This trip has been...
611 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 18, 2020
- 5 min
Looking back, looking forward.. Holiday offerings
Farm News We had our first snow this week; just a dusting, but enough to reinforce the finality of the season. The shortened days, the...
300 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 10, 2020
- 5 min
The reality of confirmed fecundity, holiday offerings and more
Farm News The veterinarians were here this week for our annual pregnancy checks via ultrasound. The event is usually punctuated by...
401 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Dec 4, 2020
- 4 min
Experimentation, Holiday Cheese Offerings and More
Farm News The routines of cheese making can be tedious. The daily set up of vats, the transfer of milk, the culturing, the ladling, the...
242 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 27, 2020
- 4 min
Embracing the close to home, New Cheese Offerings and More
Farm News Our world is presently small, and the pathways of our daily routines are well-worn. Yet, we still manage to find joy close to...
275 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 20, 2020
- 5 min
Finding thankfulness, Holiday Cheese Offerings and More
Farm News The 2020 season has dealt us challenges we could never have imagined. The pandemic has turned all of our worlds upside down and...
293 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
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...
297 views
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
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...
166 views
bottom of page