Every year,

a typical food-conscious family spends $875-$1200 on pasture-raised pork.

 

This year, we can make it available to you for less.

 

Much less.

 

 

You can thank Kate, our herd manager.  Kate has fallen in love with our breeding sows.  Under her care, these fine sows give us beautiful piglets.  And for the third year in a row, we have enough pastured pigs to meet our retail market demand, plus we will have extra available for wholesale.  And that’s how you can have the best pork at a great price.

 

Here’s how it works.  Over the course of the summer, we will be advance-selling two different pig shares:   half pigs for $475 each, plus $95.00 processing, and quarter pigs for $315, plus $55 processing.   They are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis.  Here are the rules to play:

If you are ordering a pig share after Labor Day, all fees must be paid in full.  Thus, half shares(family size 4-6) are $570, and quarter shares (family size 2-3) are $370.

 

If you order earlier in the year... Your processing fee secures your half pig First payments  of 237.50(half)/157.50 (quarter) are due mid summer.  You’ll receive a bill in the mail (sorry, no credit cards accepted for pig shares!), and you can pay by check. A second payment of $237.50/157.50 will be due on our around Labor Day

1. Your pork will be processed  most likely in late December (although a few might be done earlier), with most pick-ups starting in January.  We will notify you when it comes available.  It will be up to you to pick it up @ our cafe during our store hours, or to schedule our self-serve pick-up option.  You’ll need to schedule with me which Saturday you prefer, so I can have it in the shop for you.
2. I choose the cuts.  They are based on the most efficient use of the animal.
3. And now the fun part.  Here’s what you’ll get:
   • On average you’ll get about 75 pounds of meat for a half, which should last four people about 12 months.  You’ll need about 3.5 cubic feet of freezer space. Quarter shares are about 37.5 lbs.  Your cuts will include (divide in half if you are getting a quarter share):
   • Approximately 10 pounds pork chops
   • 4-5 pounds prime roasts (loin, rib and sirloin)
   • 3 pounds spare ribs
   • 12-17 pounds sausage (a mix of sweet Italian, hot Italian and breakfast)*
   • 1 boneless fresh ham roast, about 4 lbs
   • 4 lbs kabob meat
   • 8 pounds smoked bacon
   • 14 pounds shoulder roasts/Boston butt
   • 5 pounds stew bones
   • 8 pounds fat
   • One copy of my cookbook, Long Way on a Little, which will help you render the fat, and cook every cut of the animal.
   • * If there is extra meat available, 2-4 pounds unseasoned ground pork may be included, but not guaranteed!

To reserve, touch the button below, and it will bring you to my email.  Give me your first and last name, mailing address and a phone number, tell me you want to reserve your half  or quarter pig share, and I’ll invoice you through the mail.  When we receive your check, I’ll send an invoice and your pig share purchase will be confirmed. 

 

 

 

updates 2/4/19