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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 20, 20214 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 13, 20213 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 6, 20213 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 30, 20213 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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....
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 15, 20212 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 8, 20212 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Feb 10, 20216 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 18, 20205 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 10, 20205 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Dec 4, 20204 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 27, 20204 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 19, 20205 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 13, 20205 min read
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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Nov 6, 20204 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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 30, 20205 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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 22, 20206 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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 15, 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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 8, 20207 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...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Oct 2, 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...
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