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“I was eating locally grown beef, provided by Cane Creek Farms located in Snow Camp, N.C. The cow that provided my meal grew up eating grass, thus the ‘grassy’ taste. Cane Creek Farms is known for producing better tasting beef that is better for you.

I was given the chance to try Cane Creek Farm’s amazing tasting burger when I attended Ingersoll Rand’s 2010 Sustainability Institute. I was one of 12 students chosen to spend a week at Davidson College, learning how to integrate sustainable techniques into business. Over the course of the week, the other campers and I took field trips to a number of businesses that have begun focusing on sustainability and using techniques that are better for the environment to improve their business.”

Thanks to Sarah & Nate of Luck Photography for sharing the photos.

As frequent visitors to markets have realized, our beef supply has been trickling along for the past few months. But we’re now into loads of fresh beef and this should carry on through the rest of the year. So get the grills going, the beef is just wonderful right now. The pigs too are plentiful, so any barbecue cravings can be easily remedied.

As for the bird zoo- our guys weathered last night’s storm in great fashion. Our poults (baby turkeys) are growing up, the keets (baby guinea fowl) are getting bigger/louder, and even the gosslings (baby geese) are rocking out. In addition to the ducks and chickens around here, the bird sanctuary is a great visit for the kids. Lastly, eight lambs have dropped, and we’re expecting 2-4 more.

Thanks for visiting us in Carrboro, Saxapahaw, and in Greensboro for our markets. We’re now going to Greensboro most weeks (having said that, we’re not going tomorrow) and even have our own table (by the atm machine). We’d love to see more of you out here at the farm, so don’t forget our store hours- Thursdays 2-6 and Saturdays 10-4. It’s a pretty drive out here no matter where you’re coming from, and we’ll be happy to show you and the family around the farm.

And finally, our gardens have been great. Less tomatoes this year, but great varieties and healthy looking plants. Crazy varieties of eggplant, green beans (that start out purple), herbs, dwindling cukes and squash, okra, chard, peppers, onions, and garlic. And most excitingly, melons are just around the corner!

We hope all of our friends are well,

Cane Creekers

Photos courtesy of Luck Photography

Photos courtesy of Luck Photography

(c) Photos by LuckPhotography.com

We’re nearing the end of our bird hatching and acquisition. We have ducks of all ages, chickens of all ages, 8 young goslings (why? because Eliza found out she didn’t have every animal in the kingdom) (that’s baby goose for those who don’t know), and 30 baby guineas (why? because they make that wonderful sound). We’ll be getting baby turkeys next week and then we should be set. Come visit and see the bird menagerie.

Our pigs are getting to a good size, and we’ve been bringing more pork each week to markets. As for the the cows- the dry spell put us a bit behind schedule, but we’ll regularly be bringing steers to market in three weeks. We had a bit of goat the past few weeks and hopefully will have more throughout the summer and fall. Tomorrow we’re making a run to the coast with some bellies, so bacon is only a few weeks off.

In other news, some of the guys on the farm put together a pig butchery class for some folks. All participants took home cuts and brought them back for a Memorial Day party. In addition they smoked a whole hog. It was quite a feast and managed to raise $1000 for Heifer International. As it was a success, we’ll be looking to do similar events in the future, but of course make them more official and invite all of you!

The gardens are not as big as usual, but we traded size for greater variety and a easier/better record keeping.  We have squash, onions, garlic and greens now and are looking at some big tomatoes on the vine, albeit green thus far.

We are also at four markets a week right now and waiting for a huge number of egg layers to begin production.  Should be quite a summer and fall with tons of product.  Come see us at Carrboro, Saxapahaw and Greensboro, and of course the farm.  We are enjoying the heat and staying wet and cool with the animals.  Bring the kids!!