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Little goat recovery and the power of caprine sisterhood, farm offerings and happenings, job opening
Farm News Certain goats get under your skin. Some are born with bubbling personalities that persist well into adulthood. Others blend...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 19, 20216 min read


The weather as lead actor, farm bar and farm dinners, employment opportunities, market offerings
Farm News The weather is frequently upstaging the weekly goings on at the farm. Yes, we’re in the proverbial “dog days” of august; yes,...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 12, 20216 min read


When goats retire, farm bar and farm dinners, employment opportunities and more..
Farm News The onset of August has us looking ahead toward breeding season. We try to keep emotions to a minimum and let the data be our...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 5, 20215 min read


summer in time lapse, farm bar and farm dinners, market offerings
Farm News The week of mid-summer heat and humidity has been eclipsed by some cooler temps and drier air-the summer is fleeting and the...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 30, 20214 min read


Peaches of my heart, new farm open hours, market offerings
Farm News The heartbreak of empty boughs in recent years has made it hard to have any expectations for a peach crop in our orchard. I was...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 22, 20214 min read


From sweat to sanctuary, resetting the button on agritourism, market offerings
Farm News The many tentacles of the post-pandemic hydra extend in so many directions. As the rains of June and July produced explosions...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 15, 20215 min read


Progressive pasture dining, cow milk cheeses in the vat, farm events
Farm News This is the year of building fences and moving goats. Our adept Amish fence builders arrived at our new farm this week (yes,...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 8, 20214 min read


Experimenting in the cheese vat, cheese for the holiday weekend, farm happenings
Farm News Every once in a while, we get to make something completely new to our cheese repertoire, something that takes me out of my...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jul 1, 20215 min read


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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 24, 20215 min read


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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 17, 20214 min read


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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 10, 20214 min read


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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Jun 4, 20215 min read


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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 28, 20213 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 20, 20214 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 13, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
May 6, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 30, 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....
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 22, 20213 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 15, 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...
Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Apr 8, 20212 min read
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