Lau Family Farm, LLC grass-fed meats available on 10/1 and 10/8
Lori Anne Lau
LAU FAMILY FARM, LLC
Grass-Fed * No Antibiotics * No Hormone
On Saturday, October 1st and 8th we will be attending the Idaho Falls Farmers Market. This market runs from 9 am to 1 pm in the Key Bank parking lot along Broadway. We will not be at the IF market on October 15th but will most likely return on Oct 22nd. We will then begin delivering to Idaho customers in early November, with further trips each month.
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.
· October Special: Beef London Broil Roasts 10% off. London broils which are thick cut beef round steak, are very versatile cuts. Our 11 year-old’s favorite meal is marinated London Broil which we grill and then serve as thin slices. With each roast being a single muscle, which is also quite lean, they also lend themselves to being cut into stew, kabob or steak strips. Another good use for London Broils is situations where you want to make shredded beef-for barbeque beef or mexican-style seasoned shredded beef. These roasts have little, if any, tougher/chewier bits that you often find in cuts like chuck roasts.
· We shared this delicious sausage soup with my Dad and stepmom last Sunday. While I used our beef sweet Italian sausage I’m sure it would be equally wonderful with our Italian lamb with sundried tomato sausage. I hope you will consider giving it a try! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Italian-Sausage-Soup-with-Tortellini/Detail.aspx?prop24=etaf
· Our lamb supplies are still strong for nearly all cuts. We are very completely out of kabob and lamb stew, but have a fairly plentiful supply of most of all the other cuts. We have some whole bone-in leg of lamb, half bone-in leg and whole boneless legs available.
· We have had a few 1/3 lb patties made, as well as our standard ¼ lb patties. We also have some larger ground beef packages made (approx 1.5 lbs each).
· Orders are rolling in for quarter, half and whole beef which will be delivered in early winter (approx March). Please consider getting your deposit in soon for an earlier delivery date. More information can be found at http://laufamilyfarm.com/quarter-beef/ or http://www.laufamilyfarm.com/whole-half-beef/. We are also taking deposits for whole or half lambs to be delivered in approximately January or February. 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/ As many of you know, 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 have several kinds of sausages available: Beef Salami, Beef Andouille, Beef Bratwurst, Beef Frankfurter and Beef Sweet Italian, Lamb & Apple, Lamb Garlic and Rosemary, Lamb Merguez, and Italian Lamb with Sundried Tomato.
· We have several yarns that are from our naturally colored ewes-Spot, 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 have picked a name for our yarns etc- Meadow Made Fibers (by Lau Family Farm). You can meet some of these ladies on their new 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.
With the kids back in school our days and weeks are taking up the rhythms of fall. John has been busily trying to get thru his list of chores before the short days and cold weather settle in. I’ve been trying to catch up on bookwork (still hoping the find the wood that the office desk is made of). Volleyball and soccer seasons are beginning and within the chaos of getting Becca to all of her practices and games. At least we are not doing dance this fall. Both kids are still enjoying their involvement with scouting as well.
A fair bit of my time has also been spent helping my Dad and Stepmom. She is currently greatly weakened by her illness,but we are hopeful she will be able to regain some strength, and with it some independence. They are currently planning to spend their first winter in Soda Springs so Dad is learning about snow plows, snow shovels and snow boots! We are all so thankful for the outpouring of love and support that their neighbors and our friends are showing to them. Several meals a week, respite care, help with lawn care etc have all been provided, which has been a huge blessing. I am relieved that they will be staying in Soda so that we can provide some direct support as she recovers and they adjusts to a new way of life.
Our hay yards are all jam packed with hay, some of which we hope to sell. Our small winter wheat patch had a great yield, and we are pleased that the barley patch also yielded fairly well. The grain, when sold, will provide a nice increase to our bank account. We have had a significant amount of regrowth on our hay fields which will provide wonderfully nutritious fall grazing for the cows, calves and sheep.
The last few weeks were filled with some canning, and of course, some garden work. We have already had three or more frosts so my yellow squash plants, potatoes, and tomatoes have all died back. I’m hoping to find some plums to dry and to make into jam-the blooms on my father-in-law’s trees were damaged by frost so we don’t expect to have any fruit this year. My beloved dog has enjoyed the majority of the pears we dried so I may go thru that whole process once again in coming days. I’m also hoping to get some white yarn back from the spinner soon so I can get some more dyeing done before the days get really cool.
In a couple of weeks we will be having the vet determine which of our cows are pregnant as well as administering any vaccines and anti-parasite medicines the animals require. We are optimistic that the good grazing conditions we have experienced this year, due to the adequate moisture we received, will result in both large calves and a high percentage of cows that were able to conceive in a timely manner. October will probably find us going thru all the ewes and lambs to determine which will be staying in the flock. At that time we will also administer a vaccine which helps to prevent diseases which can cause spontaneous abortions. Handling the lambs will also help us to determine when we will be able to expect to harvest some of the lambs to begin filling our orders for whole and half lambs. We need to try to forecast how many lambs we will need to harvest this fall and winter to see if we have any extra lambs which we can sell.
We thank all of you that have supported us over the last 7 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 Fall has arrived at our "meadow farm". Gold and amber are now the dominant colors as the plants tend to go dormant for winter.
3A close-up of some of the sainfoin seed we grew to be planted in the coming years. It is a highly palatable and nutritious legume.
4These large square "bags" are called totes and they are so large they must be lifted by the tractor. These are full of the sainfoin seed we grew and harvested this year.