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If you are interested in lamb then I have great news for you! Here’s the story.
About July 10th, I contacted my farmer friend, David in MO who I knew raised lots of pastured sheep on his regenerative farm. I first met David and his bride when they received a scholarship to attend the Grassfed Exchange Conference (I was on the board and a committee member responsible for selecting applicants to attend).
David said he had lamb that would be available for me to pick up this week. So, Beth and I put plans in place to drive 12 hours to his farm after chicken processing and pick up lambs.
Then, (a time word as Les Feldick would say) one of the men (Burt) who attended our Soil Health Academy in May, called me last Thursday asking questions about chicken processing and equipment, etc. During the conversation Burt mentioned he was driving to MO to pickup two Ram Lambs for his herd improvement.
That got my attention! I asked, would you mind possibly picking up 20 ram lambs for me in MO? After checking locations between his destination and David’s farm, Burt said YES.
He would pick them up that Friday morning and bring them all the way to my farm…. That is a BIG deal as it would save Beth and me at least 24 hours on the road.
Next was a call to David to make sure he could support this. David said that he would not be available Friday for loading, but his farmhand could handle that. And, the lamb just so happened to be next to the corral and he could easily sort out 20 for me that afternoon.
But, that is not all the story as the lamb were ready for harvesting. Could the USDA and Ethan support us on such a short notice?
Ring, Ring – Hey Jimmy, I have 20 lamb for harvest Monday. Can the USDA support me? Absolutely – we are full up with inspectors and that will be no problem. Great – we will start Monday at 7 a.m.
Ring, Ring – Hey Ethan, I have 20 lamb for harvest Monday. Can you be here to help harvest them? Well, let me think a minute. Actually, I don’t have any plans for Monday – so, yes I can be there. Great – we start at 7 a.m.
And the same went with Amy. Also, Beth did not need to deliver eggs to the stores like usual so she was available.
I told Burt when he arrived Friday evening that this was a “God Thing.” For all of this to fall into place in a matter of hours Thursday afternoon is a blessing from the Lord.
But there is more!
Burt had already told me that he was not charging me to bring the lamb to my farm. When he arrived I tried to get him to at least let me pay for his fuel. He said NO. That I had saved him more than $2,000 Thursday afternoon with my recommendation on equipment.
So, tell me that networking and farmer helping farmer does not work? Sorry, you won't convince me of that.
All that being said, we have 20 lamb carcasses aging in our carcass cooler that will be cut and packed Tuesday of next week and added to our website Wednesday about 6 p.m., just in time for orders delivering next Saturday. I’m sure our customers will enjoy.
** Product Availability Update **
NOTE: Restocks are made about 6 PM on the dates indicated below!
Chicken -Restocked July 24th. Next Restock is August 14th
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Turkey - Sold Out! New poults arrived, but will be months before ready. Demand popped and I dropped the ball on this one.
Eggs - Restocked each Wednesday. We are well stocked on large at this time.
Beef - Restocked July 18th. Half Beef added to store for July 30th harvest. Need your order and Cut Sheet by Sunday.
Pork - Restocked fresh cuts July 10th. Link sausage July 14th. Cured items July 22nd
Lamb - We have 20 lamb carcasses aging in our carcass cooler that will be cut & packed Tuesday of next week and added to our website Wednesday about 6pm
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