Pork and Beef Delivery Days
The last couple of months we had the pleasure of delivering our pork three times and beef once. We really enjoy meat delivery days. Our customers are such friendly people and seem genuinely excited when we show up. We have such nice little visits at each stop - sometimes it's at a customer's home or workplace, sometimes it's a central meeting place, sometimes it's right at our farm. We have lots of old customers who reorder, along with new customers who either saw our name somewhere or were referred to us by satisfied customers. Our customers range from the Grand Rapids area to Ely and the North Shore as well as everywhere in between ! What a diverse group of people! They come from all walks of life and all of them have different reasons for buying meat from a small farmer.
Most just like the taste of old fashion pork (and beef, and chicken) better, others are concerned about supporting the local economy and want to stick it to Big Agri-Business. Some try to avoid food that travels thousands of miles to reach us. Still others are practical folks who want to fill their freezer once when they have a few extra dollars. Lots are concerned about the safety of conventional food. Many believe in a combination of the above reasons. We are thankful for each of the folks who buy our meat. I try very hard to follow up each sale with a call to make sure that they are pleased with the meat and the processing . This also gives me a chance to answer any questions they may have been hesitant to call and ask.
The fun thing about having a diversified little farm is that you are never bored and everything changes from season to season. Custom Extempt pork and beef sales are done until fall -although we are collecting names for our order list so be sure to call 984-3235 if you are interested in meat for the fall.
And now...let Chicken Season begin!