Lau Family Farm, LLC Grassfed meats available on March 24th
Lori Anne Lau
LAU FAMILY FARM, LLC
Grass-Fed * No Antibiotics * No Hormone
We will be delivering to our Idaho Falls and Pocatello customers on March 24th. We will be at the Old Town Pocatello Office (420 N Main in Pocatello) from 10:30 to 11am. We will then be at DC Natural Foods (159 S Corner Ave in Idaho Falls 1 block South of the YMCA) from 1:00 to 2:00. Here is a link to a Google map (http://bit.ly/dWLWr3).
We are delivering to our Utah customers on March 31st. Our next deliveries will likely be on April 14th and 21st.
While we encourage pre-requesting/ordering we want to remind our customers that we are always willing to adjust an order up until the time it leaves our possession. We don’t want our customers to feel that they must buy something just because they included it in their pre-request.
· March Special: Lamb Loin & Rib Chops and Beef Top Sirloin Steaks 15% off. We have an abundance of chops and top sirloin steaks on hand so are putting them on sale this month. The early spring we are enjoying means more chances to put items on our grills. Loin chops (the t-bone steaks of the lamb) and rib chops (rib steaks of the lamb) are among the most tender parts of a lamb. They are great grilled, broiled or pan fried with just a light coating of your favorite herbs. Top sirloin steaks are a middle level steak-they are moderately tender and fairly lean. We enjoy these steaks grilled to medium rare but they also are great marinated or even cut up to make a quick cooking stew or chili. This recipe is a good way to prepare moderately tender cuts like top sirloins: http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/recipes-journal/sirloin-steak.html.
· We are starting to take deposits for quarter half and whole beef which will be delivered in early 2013. We are still taking deposits for whole or half lambs to be delivered in approximately May-June. See http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/whole-half-lamb/ for more information.
· We have gift certificates available for our products. They can be made out for any amount and will be good for 6 months from the date of purchase.
· We always offer discounts on 10, 20, 50 and 100 lbs/packages of ground beef- see the details at: http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/ground-beef/. We also have 3 beef bundles that save you 10% off buying the same items individually. You can see the details on our bundles website page (http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/beef-bundles/ )
· We have beef and lamb dog and marrow bones available. We also have lamb heart and a variety of beef organs. Let us know if you would be interested in purchasing some for yourself or your animal friends.
· We still have a few packages of beef sausages available: Beef Andouille & Frankfurter. We are hoping to get some additional beef and lamb sausages made sometime soon…just got to find the time to run up to Mackay to drop off the meat. Let us know what types of sausages you would like us to have made.
· We have several yarns that are from our naturally colored ewes-Shooter, Jenna, Amber blended with a white, and Darky blended with a white. In addition, we have made a fingering weight yarn from our Targhee ram’s fleece-it is so soft and is a lovely natural white. We also have some rug yarn and extra bulky yarn available. The yarns are now posted on Ravelry and I’m building a Facebook page for all our wooly postings: http://on.fb.me/xAkd2k. You can meet some of these ladies on their webpages: http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/our-wool/.
· We have a Facebook page for Lau Family Farm, LLC. I hope you will find it interesting and useful. http://bit.ly/laufamilyfarm.
John and I are recently returned from our 7 day trip to Washington, DC with Idaho Farm Bureau. It was a really fun trip, and a nice chance to be together while seeing all the sites. We are so thankful for the friends who took charge caring for our kids, livestock and pets while we were away. The kids seem to have had a good time with their hosts, and the livestock were well looked after. Our friend who fed the livestock called in the middle of our trip to tell us there were a large number of elk decimating our haystacks. John and Pat discussed the various options while John paced in the courtyard of the hotel. It wasn’t until the next day that Pat told us he was just pulling “a fast one”.
John and I both really enjoyed our 7 or so hours at Mt Vernon (George Washington’s home). They had quite a few displays about his farming methods and innovations, as well as a great deal of info about the Revolutionary War. Mt Vernon was largely self sufficient so it was interesting to see how food was processed and stored, fiber processed, and other needs met. All of this was accomplished with a huge amount of labor (largely slave labor). Since the slaves were given a fairly meager diet the farm didn’t have to produce as much meat and veggies as it would have to with a non-slave workforce. This made being self sufficient easier than it would be now.
During our meeting with American Farm Bureau we were updated on the status of the labor regulations dealing with youth working on farms, endangered species, and many other issues. As a group we met with 3 of our congressional delegation (the fourth sent staff) to express our concerns, and appreciation for their efforts. Senator Risch and Congressman Simpson stressed the need to get the federal financial house in order, which we were glad to hear. It was interesting to see the large number of people in the Senate and House office buildings who were also wanting to “bend the ear” of their legislators on their issues of choice. It must be challenging to try to balance all these people’s needs/wants and also keep an eye on what is good for the nation/state as a whole.
We had several days in which to visit the National Archives, Library of Congress, Supreme Court, Ford’s Theater, Arlington National Cemetery (our group had the honor of laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldiers), and a few of the Smithsonian museums. We also got a partial tour of the Capital (we couldn’t see the rotunda because a big-shot was in the area). We did learn that there have been 3 different domes on the capital and did get to see the first one built. It seems like we walked for miles in the tunnels under the Capital and the connected office buildings. We did walk for miles in and between the various sites…I ended up very foot-sore. By our final days my feet were “done” before my interest in what there was to see ran out. We were very thankful for the metro system which made getting fairly close to our destinations quick and fairly cheap.
While we were not really in residential areas the trip also brought home some of what I’ve heard about “food deserts” in urban areas. I think I only saw one full scale grocery store-while on the Metro bus to Mt Vernon. And after several expensive but fairly basic meals the $5 value meals at McDonalds were looking more attractive than ever before.
John told me he was able to “open” the road to our farm today and that he thought we could take the van out tomorrow if we wanted to. We have way less snow than normal for this time of year. I haven’t heard how much actual precipitation we have had, but I know that at least some of what has arrived has not be “effective”. Since we had rain on frozen ground, some of that moisture made its way into the creeks since it couldn’t infiltrate into the frozen soil. That water will help the farmers who irrigate, wildlife and recreationalists but won’t do us much good. I’m hoping for a wet spring-at least for it to wet until our babies start coming in mid to late April J.
We thank all of you that have supported us over the last nearly 8 years!
Please don’t hesitate to let us know how we can improve our products or services.
Thank you for your continued business!
John, Lori Anne, Tommy & Becca Lau
Lau Family Farm, LLC
Grass-Fed Beef & Lamb...A Natural Choice
PO Box 337
Soda Springs, Idaho 83276
1 John and I at the Lincoln Memorial
2 John and I at Mt Vernon
3 The manure composting shed at Mt Vernon...one of the least photographed structures on the place?
4 I didn't find out what breeds of sheep they had at Mt Vernon, but we weren't too impressed. Washington was an innovator in breeds from what I read.