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January 2017 CSA Newsletter Good afternoon! Snow is falling, we are on the cusp of a new year and we have some exciting news! For this, your second share of the winter season, it is being packing tomorrow ( so please let us know ASAP what you would like) and shipped out Tuesday afternoon via… Read More

  Two chicks telling secrets. November 2016 CSA Newsletter Thanksgiving is the next holiday, and that brings Fall to a close…. Your very last Fall share is being shipped Monday, let us know if you have any special requests for your share – we are packing these tomorrow! Also, thank you so much for renewing… Read More

                              Our three breeding rams, chilling. Did everyone enjoy their first share of Fall? Hoping to keep the goodness coming your way! It takes pretty much all month to plan and prep for each distro. From knowing how many members there… Read More

Hi Ya’ll, I’m Maddie. I was recently asked by 8 O’ Clock Ranch if I wanted to take on the title of “Social media manager” for their business. My  Aunt was continuously getting busier with other things on the Ranch and decided that it was time to start teaching someone else what she does. My first… Read More

Passing Years It hits me harder with each passing year, or month… or, Ha! – daily. Time is precious and marches on. Do you ever get that sudden feeling of, “What on earth are you doing?”, usually preceded by that extra cookie, ten twenty minutes mindlessly scrolling though FB or just, wasting time. I don’t… Read More

 Summers are for Vacations Hope you all had a fantastic long weekend. It rained here in the St. Lawrence River Valley, but we enjoyed the opportunity to relax and do some summer planning. A friend of mine said her son was setting up a family meeting for summer plans and it got me to thinking.… Read More

From our Ranch to your door!    Grab one of our Free Shipping* Meat Boxes, or pick exactly what you want with our Individual Cuts, join and get your monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly CSA Shares, and don’t forget the Maple Syrup, and Snacks! Once we fulfill your order an invoice with the amount due ( if… Read More

Our Christmas Present Not a new building, not a new telehandler, but the Shepherd himself. Scratching your head? Read on… Ok, this could be a long post, but so, so good. Two and a half years ago, our processor discontinued its USDA inspection which meant some very dark days ahead. Without that magical stamp upon… Read More

      “Not according to a calendar or watch but the life cycles of the animals” Changing of another season, not according to a calendar or watch but the life cycles of the animals. The rams have been put out with the ewes with the hope of Springishness for them to be born. Time… Read More

Celebrating a whole new season! For the past twelve years John & I have been renting this farm from his  grandfather, and then after he passed away, his father. This summer we became owners! A HUGE thank you to my father-in-law for his his generosity and generational legacy. John & I knew that eventually a mortgage… Read More