Finding the Galloways and Community Band begins!

Sometime recently we ate lunch at the Village Inn in Cornucopia, seventeen miles east of here.  A couple new items on their menu involved using locally-raised Galloway beef for the hamburger and, of all things, kimchee produced locally at Spirit Creek Farm.  The hamburger would have had goat cheese, too, but the goats were all having babies so no milk for cheese right then.

So, we knew the people who raise the Galloways had sold meat at our farmer's market in the summer, but now sell right out of their shop on their farm.  We made a stop there today, to Siskiwit Galloways Farm on our way home from Ashland.

They have a very trusting business model.  You go in their shop, open the big freezer and pick out what you want to buy.  They have all types of beef--steaks, roasts, ground beef, hamburger patties, and some pork and lamb.  And fresh farm eggs!  There is no attendant, so you take an envelope, write down what you picked out, and then leave cash or a check in the envelope.  I think maybe they usually have forms to fill out, but we didn't see any.

Eggs are in the case on the left, meat in the freezer on the right.  Notes tell you all you need to know.

And a side line of aprons and Corny sweatshirts!

And right outside the door was a fenced-in area with several Galloways in person, source of all the meat.  I would have gone closer but it had just rained and it was kind of a puddly mess.

I love that all these businesses are in operation up here in the woods, and that their products are being promoted by other businesses.  We signed up for a half-share in the local Chequamegon CSA  (Community Supported Agriculture) again this summer, so those deliveries should be starting soon.  Five different area farms contribute a variety of garden produce that goes into the boxes delivered every week.

Maybe this year we'll be able to bring our own produce to our Saturday Market!

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First night of Community Band tonight.  We were missing some key instruments, but we should be a full group next week.  Fun!