Thanks first off to everyone who got a turkey from us this year. I hope everyone found their bird to be delicious and successfully weathered the stress that is Thanksgiving cooking. By the way, if anyone is interested in how to raise turkeys, here’s the time line
- incubate turkey eggs for 28 days
- raise them for 26-30 weeks
- frantically sell for 5 days and swear off turkeys forever
- suffer from short term memory loss for a few days
- and by early December, start talking about how many MORE turkeys you want to do for next year….

So as for Christmas, let us know any requests you have for special meals. We’ll be attending this week’s market (19th) in Carrboro and in Greensboro, and January 2 in Carrboro. We have 30 more turkeys, cured hams, some bacon, beef tenderloin, export racks (pork loin with bone), shoulder, fresh hams, whole ny strips and ribeyes, short ribs, etc. Our store will also be open on this Thursday 2-6 and Saturday 10-4, but not on Christmas eve. We’ll also have a little bit of lamb early next week, and if you wanted it for Christmas, you’d have to come to the farm early next week. Let us know

Other farm happenings: The staff took off to the CFSA (Carolina Farm Stewardship Association) conference in Black Mountain earlier this month. It’s important to keep our mind’s sharp, learn new techniques and research, and to network with other farmers in Carolina.

Besides that, the wet and cold have been a challenge but our animals are doing well and staying healthy. We have ten new lambs on the ground and as some of you know, they are hands-down the cutest animals in the world.

If you come visit, you can see lambs….

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, New Years, My Bd, Jesus’s Bd, Bowl Season, Boxing Day and those holidays I’ve forgotten. Have a wonderful season

Cane Creekers

I poked my head in the store freezer today and let me say those hams look mighty enticing. In fact, one came home with me this evening, along with the bacon to appease my relatives.

Eliza MacLean says: “We’ll be attending this week’s market (19th) in Carrboro and in Greensboro, and January 2 in Carrboro. We have 30 more turkeys, cured hams, some bacon, beef tenderloin, export racks (pork loin with bone), shoulder, fresh hams, whole ny strips and ribeyes, short ribs, etc. Our store will also be open on this Thursday 2-6 and Saturday 10-4, but not on Christmas eve.”

Happy holidays and may your festive season be filled with family & friends, good cheer and delicious local food.

- Sarah Cook, the Cane Creek Farm ‘Web Girl’.