It was a big week for us, hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc in Jamaica where 4 of our staff are from (we've setup a GoFundMe donation page to support them and their families), we found solace in work and made chicken broth all week (back in stock) and we finished up a big batch of chicken sausage.
We celebrated "the last chicken" of the season this week. Like the seasons, our farm changes through out the year. In the spring and summer we are bursting with life, the brooder is full of tiny chicks and piglets arrive. By the fall we are like the leaves on the maple trees, preparing for winter.
We are so proud and grateful to be offering thanksgiving turkeys this year from our friends at Wrong Direction Farm, who raise excellent Pasture Raised Organic Turkeys. We have a wide variety of sizes for you to choose from so you know just how big a turkey you’re getting. I would also like to take this opportunity to share our journey as a farm from raising our own turkeys to our collaboration with Dave and Wrong Direction Farm.
Good morning, Autumn announces her arrival in subtle ways, which register only in hindsight. It is not the noticing that is slow, it is the remembering that change is coming. The first cue is an empty brooder, where we raise the baby chicks, who arrive every week, shaping the rhythm of our week. Slowly in September the brooder begins to empty as new chicks no longer arrive. From one day to the next that area of the farm goes from bustling to quiet. Winter is coming, the cool morning stillness seems to whisper.
You may have noticed a new option at checkout? Here's what we've been thinking: When we asked ourselves, “How can we create a true win/win for our customers and our farm?” the answer was clear: build long-term relationships with the families who trust us to put food on their tables. That’s where our new Subscribe & Save program comes in.
Another transition was also marked a few weeks ago by our now annual transformational retreat. Over the last few years we’ve been taking steps towards becoming your trusted source for food AND health. Health, and sensation based mindset coaching specifically, became a passion over ours following Nathan’s herniated disk and Racey’s Cervical cancer diagnosis a few years ago.
It has been a week since our annual retreat. We walked the farm, shared wonderful meals together and asked big questions of ourselves. One of these questions for me is what am I willing to change?
A path that leads to some place different. It is an honor and a privilege to share this weekend with this group of people here at our second annual Reber Rock Retreat. The weekend is not over yet and it has been an inspiration for me thus far:)
Racey and I woke to a relatively unfamiliar sound in the middle of the night this weekend: the sound of heavy rain. We got up and closed a few windows as occasional gusts of wind dampened our window sills.
Last year in May I mentioned in this newsletter than we recorded an album. Many of you have asked about it over the ensuing months, and we are proud to announce that we finally have a final product to share!
We have had just over 2" of rain since the beginning of June. For our farm that is very dry.
This week we welcomed some new faces onto the farm, bring out total pig count to a record breaking 62 animals. I mentioned this winter how we were beginning the process of bringing our pork all the way to Certified Organic, which for us means having the baby piglets here on the farm.
Reber Rock Farm is a small family farm in the Adirondacks producing pasture-raised certified organic chicken, pastured organic-fed pork, 100% grass-fed beef and lamb, and maple syrup.
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