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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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 25, 20206 min read
Amish envy, Market offerings, Farm happenings
Farm News We live less than 50 miles from the Illinois Amish community in Arthur. Over the years, we have collaborated with members of...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 17, 20206 min read
Liberty: a goat life well lived, market & farm offerings
Farm News This week we lost our beloved Liberty, our senior citizen goat. She was the longest-lived goat on the farm. At the astonishing...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 11, 20206 min read
Preparing for breeding, Market Offerings, Farm Happenings
Farm News The heat and the drought finally gave way to some much needed rain this past week. While our fiery red sunsets bear witness to...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Sep 4, 20205 min read
Farm reflections on labor day and holiday weekend specials galore
Farm News As we approach the “Labor Day” holiday weekend, I’ve been thinking hard about labor and our collective sense of work in the...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 27, 20205 min read
Finding beauty in the minutiae, Get Your Victory Cheese On, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News There’s an upside to our inevitable late-summer declines in milk production: I can slow my pace and take time to observe. I can...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 20, 20205 min read
The ambivalence of august, Victory Cheese in the news, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News The endless sun-drenched days and the shag carpet of green blanketing the landscape seduce. The perfection of red ripe tomatoes...
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Prairie Fruits Farm and Creamery
Aug 13, 20205 min read
Where are they now? A purple martin update, Support Victory Cheese, Farm & Market Offerings
Farm News The purple martins have been prolific this year. From our vantage points on the ground, it looks like they fledged at least...
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