February-April 2012 Meat CSA first pickup times will be Feb 5th 1pm-5pm at our farm.

Due to popular demand we have expanded the meat shares offered and are bringing more animals to the butcher.

Call Mike for alternate pick-up times (443)-340-9986 and email or call if you are interested in a share.

Full payment due at first meat pickup unless you have already sent your payment.
$300 for 10-13lb share per month

$600 for 25-30 lb share per month

$300 share details (we will have specifics for the upcoming month about 2 weeks prior to pickup)

Feb- 6 lbs ground meat - 4 lbs beef, 2 lbs lamb,  6 lbs lamb and beef roasts, 2 lbs beef steaks and/or lamb chops, 1 package merguez lamb sausage (bonus item)

March- approx 12 lbs lamb and beef

April - approx 12 lbs - 80% pork, 20% lamb/beef

Happy January!  

I hope your New Year has started off well for everyone.  For the 2012 season we are offering a Meat CSA.  The meat CSA will consist of a combination of beef, lamb, pork and poultry (when available).  Two different packages are available for purchase.  Each share will consist of approximately 50% ground meats, 25% steaks and 25% roasts.  Roasts may be replaced by whole chickens or ducks or geese when available.  Each share will be 3 months in duration.  Those of you who know us will know that we often sweeten the pot with whatever we have extra in the freezer.  Occasionally we will have spent laying chickens that make fantastic chicken stock, soup bones, smoked bones for your dogs, rabbit, eggs,  who knows!!!???

The Meat CSA will be available to start about the first week of February, depending on when I can pick up the beef and lamb from the butcher. I should be able to start dishing out the goods by Feb 7th or so.  The Meat CSA is a great way to sample a whole lot of everything we have to offer here on the farm.  I hope to continue the Meat CSA year round as we should have a growing inventory of farm fresh meats.  These are simply examples of what you will get each month when you pick up your share, every month will be different, every share will be different.  The chickens can be picked up fresh, the rest of the meats will be frozen, vacuum sealed and USDA inspected.  The chickens and ducks will likely be processed here on the farm under USDA exemption PL 90-492.  

We will not be making substitutions.

Small Share   $300

10-15 pounds per month 

Example shares:  6 pounds ground beef, 1 pound ground lamb, 2 pounds steaks (NY strip, Ribeye, lamb chops or rack of lamb), 3 pound chuck roast, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken

OR:  4 pounds ground beef, 1 pound pork sausage, 1 pound lamb sausage, 4 pound leg of lamb, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken.

OR:  3 pounds sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck, one chicken,

Large Share   $600

20-24 pounds per month

Example shares:  10 pounds ground beef, 3 pounds steaks (NY Strip, Ribeye, Lamb chops or rack of lamb), 5 pounds roasts (leg of lamb, chuck or rump roast, pork roast), 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck

OR: 8 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds ground lamb, 2 pounds ground pork, 2 pounds country pork ribs, 3 pounds pork chops, 1 pound steaks, 3 pounds beef roasts.

OR:  4 pounds pork sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, 2 chickens, 1 pound beef cubes, 2 pounds lamb shanks 2 pounds steaks or chops.

Poultry Share  $300

Five chickens per month for 3 months.

AVAILABILITY OF MEATS

Beef and Lamb are available every month, chickens and ducks will be available in June, pork will be available in July.  Turkeys and geese will be available in the fall.

Happy January!  

I hope your New Year has started off well for everyone.  For the 2012 season we are offering a Meat CSA.  The meat CSA will consist of a combination of beef, lamb, pork and poultry (when available).  Two different packages are available for purchase.  Each share will consist of approximately 50% ground meats, 25% steaks and 25% roasts.  Roasts may be replaced by whole chickens or ducks or geese when available.  Each share will be 3 months in duration.  Those of you who know us will know that we often sweeten the pot with whatever we have extra in the freezer.  Occasionally we will have spent laying chickens that make fantastic chicken stock, soup bones, smoked bones for your dogs, rabbit, eggs,  who knows!!!???

The Meat CSA will be available to start about the first week of February, depending on when I can pick up the beef and lamb from the butcher. I should be able to start dishing out the goods by Feb 7th or so.  The Meat CSA is a great way to sample a whole lot of everything we have to offer here on the farm.  I hope to continue the Meat CSA year round as we should have a growing inventory of farm fresh meats.  These are simply examples of what you will get each month when you pick up your share, every month will be different, every share will be different.  The chickens can be picked up fresh, the rest of the meats will be frozen, vacuum sealed and USDA inspected.  The chickens and ducks will likely be processed here on the farm under USDA exemption PL 90-492.  

We will not be making substitutions.

Small Share   $300

10-15 pounds per month 

Example shares:  6 pounds ground beef, 1 pound ground lamb, 2 pounds steaks (NY strip, Ribeye, lamb chops or rack of lamb), 3 pound chuck roast, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken

OR:  4 pounds ground beef, 1 pound pork sausage, 1 pound lamb sausage, 4 pound leg of lamb, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken.

OR:  3 pounds sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck, one chicken,

Large Share   $600

20-24 pounds per month

Example shares:  10 pounds ground beef, 3 pounds steaks (NY Strip, Ribeye, Lamb chops or rack of lamb), 5 pounds roasts (leg of lamb, chuck or rump roast, pork roast), 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck

OR: 8 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds ground lamb, 2 pounds ground pork, 2 pounds country pork ribs, 3 pounds pork chops, 1 pound steaks, 3 pounds beef roasts.

OR:  4 pounds pork sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, 2 chickens, 1 pound beef cubes, 2 pounds lamb shanks 2 pounds steaks or chops.

Poultry Share  $300

Five chickens per month for 3 months.

AVAILABILITY OF MEATS

Beef and Lamb are available every month, chickens and ducks will be available in June, pork will be available in July.  Turkeys and geese will be available in the fall.

MEAT CSA OFFERING FOR 2012

For the 2012 season we are offering a Meat CSA.  The meat CSA will consist of a combination of beef, lamb, pork and poultry (when available).  Two different packages are available for purchase.  Each share will consist of approximately 50% ground meats, 25% steaks and 25% roasts.  Roasts may be replaced by whole chickens or ducks or geese when available.  Each share will be 3 months in duration.  Those of you who know us will know that we often sweeten the pot with whatever we have extra in the freezer.  Occasionally we will have spent laying chickens that make fantastic chicken stock, soup bones, smoked bones for your dogs, rabbit, eggs,  who knows!!!???

Small Share   $300

10-15 pounds per month 

Example shares:  6 pounds ground beef, 1 pound ground lamb, 2 pounds steaks (NY strip, Ribeye, lamb chops or rack of lamb), 3 pound chuck roast, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken

OR:  4 pounds ground beef, 1 pound pork sausage, 1 pound lamb sausage, 4 pound leg of lamb, one whole organically fed, pasture raised chicken.

OR:  3 pounds sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck, one chicken,

Large Share   $600

20-24 pounds per month

Example shares:  10 pounds ground beef, 3 pounds steaks (NY Strip, Ribeye, Lamb chops or rack of lamb), 5 pounds roasts (leg of lamb, chuck or rump roast, pork roast), 2 pounds bacon, one whole duck

OR: 8 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds ground lamb, 2 pounds ground pork, 2 pounds country pork ribs, 3 pounds pork chops, 1 pound steaks, 3 pounds beef roasts.

OR:  4 pounds pork sausage, 4 pounds ground beef, 2 pounds bacon, 2 chickens, 1 pound beef cubes, 2 pounds lamb shanks 2 pounds steaks or chops.

AVAILABILITY OF MEATS

Beef and Lamb are available every month, chickens and ducks will be available in June, pork will be available in July.  Turkeys and geese will be available in the fall.

Green Akeys will not be accepting new CSA members for 2012.  

We are scaling back the garden this year to repair the soil with cover crops and only offering a new type of CSA to a limited number of past members.

Please contact other local CSA farms soon as spots fill up quickly this time of the year.

We will continue to sell grass fed lamb and beef in 2012 as well as limited production of grass fed chickens, turkeys and ducks this year.  We will have a limited supply of whole hog sausage this year as well so when you see the email for whole hog sausage, respond quickly or you will miss out. 

As we have items available we will send emails so join our mailing list for updates.  We only send emails when taking orders and when new products are available.

Happy December from Green Akeys Family Farm

We have 3 whole or 6 half lambs still available for sale that will be back from butcher in less than 10 days.  Those that preordered or asked to be on the waiting list for a lamb should have been contacted by Mike within the last 2 weeks.

We will have some new lamb cuts then available in 2 weeks for those that like to come and buy by the cut.

Lamb is $7.50/lb hanging weight and lambs were in the 50-60 lb hanging weight range.  

That is $375-$450 for a whole lamb.  A whole lamb fits into a normal sized freezer nicely (assuming you don't have much else in your freezer- if you are short on freezer space we suggest you try 1/2 a lamb)

We have 4 sampler freezer closeout packs ready to sell you.  First come, first serve on email or cell phone call/text.  We are cleaning out the freezers to make room for the next batch of lambs and a steer in mid January.  email Mike michael@greenakeys.com or call/text 443-340-9986.   

Ground meat Closeout special - $150 - 2 available

     -10 two lb packages of ground beef (20 lbs total)

     -1 5lb package of preformed ground beef patties (1/4 lb each patty)

     -10 packages - 10 lbs of merguez lamb sausage

     -5 packages - about 5 lbs of andouille goat or lamb sausage  

Beef Closeout special - $150 - 2 available

     -10 two lb packages of ground beef (20 lbs total)

     -you choose 3 of the following at about 6 lbs:  London Broil, Bottom Round Roast, Sirloin Tip Roast

                 -London Broils are 1.6-1.9lbs each -- the roasts are 2.5-2.67 lbs each

     -1 5lb package of pre-formed ground beef patties (1/4 lb each patty)

     -2 lbs of steaks - you choose- T-bone, sirloin, flank steak

Vegetable CSA Week 17

This week is a huge week in terms of the amount of items on the list.  We are still transitioning to fall items while the tomatoes are still hanging in there.

Inside the fridge:
Bell peppers
Hot peppers - the really, really hot ones are in the green basket- I made up 4 of them based on the last time you all took peppers
Green beans- yes, the green beans finally grew and they are somewhat stringy-- but they are tasty
cherry tomatoes - I know they get weird in the fridge but it's either weird or they all split- so I'm going for cold cherry tomatoes so that you get them
Lettuce- little bit of lettuce to ease us back into greens which will dominate the last few weeks

Outside:
Kettle ridge garlic - take another 3
mini pumpkin- ornamental
small pie pumpkin
onions - 1 large and 3-4 small
2 little gourds

1 BIG pumpkin - either a jack o lantern type of a tan one that is good for pies- on big table
2 bags of potatoes
some tomatoes - they are still ripening!
1 white acorn squash
your choice of 1 butternut or 1 green acorn squash
your choice from the Miscellaneous bin-- 
1 Indian squash- this is the one that is mostly tan and teardrop shaped.  This squash will last all winter long in your basement.  I kept 3 of them from last year till July of this year.  Actually, I brought them out and forgot to put a note with them and so I believe 3 of you ate these squash sometime in July.  if you ate them and they were good-- let me know.
2 watermelon


Remember the herb garden-- sage and tarragon and marjaram are looking great out there and there is rhubarb at the very very end on the right.

For those that don't know what to do with pumpkins or squash-- what is easy to do is to just cut off the top, scoop out the inside and put raw meat (or tomatoes and veggies for the vegetarian option).
Put the entire squash or pumpkin in a pan with all the stuff inside it, put the lid on the squash/pumpkin and cook at 350 degrees until it is done.  

I'm sorry to say that eggs are only available for those that prepaid egg shares.  The days are getting shorter which means the hens are laying less eggs.  We only grew up enough hens to cover us for egg shares through the fall.  If we have extra any other weeks, I'll let you know that week.

Thanks for all the CSA help this past weekend!

We still have beef for sale if you are interested-- just let Mike know.  In another 3 weeks the beef will be all gone so if you are interested, let us know now.

We are currently taking orders for fall/winter lamb.
Our lambs are 100% grass fed, no hormones and are the Katahdin breed.  
This breed of lamb when grass fed produces lamb meat that is tender and sweet.  

Whole lambs dress out at 40-55 lbs and will be sold for $7.5 per lb.  
Total price for a whole lamb will then be $300-$412.50.

If you are in a co-op and buying for many families then if you purchase 2+ lambs the price will be $7/lb.

You will pick up your lamb at our partner butcher in Littlestown, PA at Stoneypoint Market.
Lamb will be available in Oct/Nov/Dec.  

Normally once you tell us you want a lamb, we will then send to the butcher the next available Monday as this is the day they process USDA for small farmers like ourselves.  The lamb then needs to age a week or two so you will get your lamb about 4 weeks after you order it from us.

This price includes butchering costs and all cuts are vacuum packed in a heavy duty plastic so cuts will stay fresh for up to 6 months.  We like this method of storing meat in freezers rather than butcher paper.

Over the past few years, we have found that the following cuts of lamb are usually the most popular so if you are unsure of how you want your lamb butchered, we will take care of that for you and cut it so that you receive the meat per below (the lbs/cut will vary based on the weight of the lamb):

2 rack of lamb - normally 1-1.5 lbs each
2 lamb spareribs - .5 lb each
2 bone in whole leg of lamb - 5-7 lbs each
2 packages of lamb shanks -1 lb each
5-8 lbs of ground lamb wrapped in 1 lb portions
6 lbs of lamb chops
2 lbs of lamb stew meat (can also be used as kabobs)
lamb neck bones - .25 lbs - for seasoning sauces/soups/stews
4 shoulder roasts boned and rolled (2-3 lbs each)- if you decide you don't want to use these pieces as roasts you can also cut them up for kabobs later so this gives you some flexibility.

Email mikeakey@yahoo.com or call 443-340-9986 to reserve your lamb today.