Lau Family Farm Grass-fed meats available on June 4
Lori Anne Lau
LAU FAMILY FARM, LLC
Grass-Fed and Finished * No Antibiotics * No Hormone Implants
We will be at the Cache Valley Gardner’s Market on Saturday, June 4th, from 9 to 1 pm. We are typically set up on the west side of the courthouse, near the steps. Our next trips will be on June 18th and 25th, we will be at other locations on June 11th.
· We have a good supply of most every cut of lamb and beef, with the exception of marrow bones.
· We have a lots of sausage to choose from. Our current flavors include beef andouille, bratwurst, frankfurter, polish and sweet Italian. Lamb flavors include lamb and apple, garlic and rosemary, merguez and Italian lamb with sun dried tomato.
Now that all of our babies are here, for the most part, we are settling into the familiar routine of building and moving temporary fence to keep them all fed. John and Tom are also in the process of getting all the fences throughout the Meadow farm checked and activated, and soon will be getting the solar water pumps running to fill the troughs. Currently, there are still low spots filled with water, a couple of ponds and the creeks that are providing the water needed. John got the last of our planting done yesterday-putting in some alfalfa seed. Even with our non-aggressive harvest schedule the density of alfalfa plants declines over time and we find it beneficial to tear out and replant our hay fields. Since we don’t have irrigation our hay typically is only mown once, possibly twice a year, which is quite different from fields under irrigation that are yielding 3 to 4 crops a year.
The gal who rents pasture from us will be bringing her animals this week, so that has provided a major prod to the system. She was telling us that one of the fields she has rented for early spring pasture was sold recently and she has not found a replacement field to move her animals to before coming to us. Her own property is quite marshy this time of year and she is desperate to get her animals to dry ground before they get sick.
We enjoyed having John’s sister’s family here for Memorial Day. We seemed to finally make some headway on clearing stuff out of Grant’s house. Many of the projects that were begun at spring break were finally completed, and the boxes moved out of the house. We are sitting on a small mountain of documents to proof/go over so the settling of Grant’s estate can make some headway. I’ve finally caught up on the filing, so now I need to get the sales and deposits all sorted and turn my attention to this pile of documents. It will feel so good to be caught up!
I have been elected as a delegate to the Republican convention this weekend. Hopefully I will end up feeling like taking the time away from markets, farm and family was worthwhile. I keep hoping that by being involved I can help to make a tiny difference for the better.
We appreciate your going with us on this journey. Finding a path for our small herd of cattle and sheep and the land we steward to support our family has not been easy. This path still has its inherent challenges, but knowing you are all going along for the ride with us helps so much.
Many thanks for your business,
John, Lori Anne, Tom and Becca Lau
Lau Family Farm, LLC
Grass Fed Beef, Lamb & Wool...A Natural Choice
PO Box 337
Soda Springs, ID 83276
208-709-4981 (cell)