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Find the best food produced in the St. Croix River Valley this Sunday at the Winter Farmers Market. Get your picture taken with the Yule Goat while you shop for local veggies, meat, fruit, cheese, honey, jams, gifts and more. Pre-orders are recommended! A lovely day-trip adventure for our urban neighbors, and a great opportunity for residents of the St. Croix Valley to shop locally. Looking forward to see you at the market, - Tamara  MEAT LOVER'S 🎁 GIFT BAGS - For the food lover on your list. At 5 or 10 lbs our Meat Lover's Gift Bags contain a variety of our customer favorites plus a sturdy insulated cooler bag. This gift needs to stay frozen.  SAUSAGE 🎁 GIFT BAG - A spectacular start to a snack platter. Contains our Summer Sausage, Snack Sticks, and Beez Kneez Handmade Mustard.  HOLIDAY ROASTS - Order your local-food centerpiece today - Ham Roasts, Prime Rib Roasts, Brisket Roasts and more.  BODYCARE GIFT BAG - Nourishing your body inside and out. Gift set includes 2 different bars of Handmade Soap, 1 Soap Saver Bag (made of natural fibers), and a 2 oz tin of Body Balm. Shipping available - contact us to arrange.  FARM GREETING CARDS - The perfect host gift. Contains 5 blank greetings cards and envelopes with professional pictures from our farm.  GIFT CERTIFICATES - Available in custom amounts and able to ship. Up the presentation by purchasing one of our logo cooler bags to wrap the gift certificate in.   Savory Italian Comfort Food - Beef Osso BucoThis meaty bone-in cut is perfect for making rich, savory stews like Italian Osso Buco. Traditionally made with veal shanks, this recipe is excellent with our Grassfed Beef shanks as well. Osso Buco in Italian means "hole in the bone" referring to the marrow bone at the center of this cut. I like to plate the bone so that eaters can enjoy the marrow smeared on crusty bread, or mixed into their polenta. This recipe is an excellent choice for the upcoming citrus season. The Gremolata that tops this dish includes the bright flavor of orange zest, combined with garlic and parsley. The recipe below uses a stock pot on the stove. I make Osso Buco in a enameled cast-iron pot in the oven. You can also make an excellent Osso Buco in a slow-cooker or pressure-cooker.. The most important parts to successful Osso Buco are starting with quality ingredients and cooking the shank until it is fork-tender. Recipe for Beef Osso Buco  Did you take advantage of all the beautiful days October provided? While unusual and climatically concerning, the dry warm days allowed us to accomplish some big farm projects. Farmer Chris and crew installed geothermally heated automatic winter waters for all of our livestock. This is a BIG deal!!! Thanks to the financial support of NRCS and the landowners we will better protect water resources, and reduce stress for the animals and ourselves. Winter Farmers Markets are revamped this year with the Northeast Minneapolis Winter Farmers Market taking place at Earl Giles Distillery and the Neighborhood Roots Winter Farmers Market returning to Bachman's Garden Center. Unfortunately these markets are occurring on the same day! We'll have to split freezer equipment between the two markets. Pre-orders are recommended New this year -- St Croix Valley Food Alliance Winter Farmers Market at Abrahamson's Nursery. A wonderful shopping option for those in the St Croix River Valley, and a fun day-trip destination for our urban neighbors. Shoppers who buy local, seasonal foods at farmers markets make a great impact on sustaining family farms as well as reducing their own carbon footprint. Plan ahead for holiday meals by placing an order for your centerpiece roast and side-dish ingredients. Inspiration below -
Tamara and Chris   "Supper's ready, everybody come on in. Taste a little of the summer. Taste a little of the summer. You can taste a little of the summer. My grandma's put it all in jars." This Greg Brown tune runs through my head as I ferment, can, and freeze veggies from the market. People who fill the larder each year, often do so to have local, quality ingredients on hand year-round. We suggest you include our Grassfed & Pasture-Raised Meat when stocking up for winter. We have a great variety of Meat Bundles & Shares including our new Fall Bundle. I'm thinking roasts, ground meat, summer sausages, and snack sticks for easy back to school lunches & dinners. Speaking of back to school, Tamara accepted a full-time teaching position at our local Middle & High School. Congratulate her - okay me - and be patient with us as I transition into this new position. Check out our logos. Thanks to the talents of Emily Sweeney, our logo has taken on an evolution. Send us suggestions for types of merchandise you'd like us to put our new logo on. "...grandma put it all in jars." Tamara Johnson  Spicy Lamb Skewers |
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