Group Buy :Grass Fed Cheese

This weekend we will be taking orders for grass-fed cheese from Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese, Jason Wiebe Dairy, and Landmark Dairy (Johanna).

Low Temp Pasteurized and Raw Milk Cheeses will be available.

Kenny’s Farmhouse Cheese and Jason Wiebe Dairy are 2 creameries I’ve worked with for a while. One of our members, Johanna, purchased raw milk cheese (Landmark Brand Mild Cheddar) from Azure Standard and accidentally purchased 4 cases instead of 4 pounds. I’m trying to help her unload her extra.

I’ve asked the cheese makers to put “(Raw Milk Cheese)” in the title if it is raw milk cheese aged 60 days according to FDA regulation. All other cheeses are low temp pasteurized.

Raw milk cheese that is listed on the market is safe for human consumption and is aged at least 60 days per FDA regulation.*

Prices and available sizes will be on the market website tomorrow for ordering. The pricing will include shipping and taxes/fees.

The cheese will NOT be available for pick up this Tuesday. Please allow at least 2 weeks. I will email you when it is available for pick up.

• Cows Raised without synthetic hormones
• Cows are grass-fed and raised on pasture
• Old World, Handmade Cheese making Techniques
• Cheeses made with non-homogenized low temp pasteurized or raw milk and aged at least 60 days to comply with the USDA regulations for raw milk cheese production
• Vegetable-based rennet, to make it more acceptable to vegetarians
• Cheeses that are not considered raw are pasteurized at the lowest legal temperature for 15 seconds

See Kenny’s and Jason’s website for more detailed information about their process: http://www.kennysfarmhousecheese.com/
http://www.jasonwiebedairy.com/index.htm

Benefits of Grass-Fed Cheese

• One of the few foods that contains a perfect balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fats, a ratio ideal for your health
• Very high in CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) In fact, it contains five times more CLA than dairy from grain-fed cows! CLA, which are most abundant in grass-fed products, are among the most potent cancer fighters in all foods.
• Considerably higher in beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin E than cheese and other dairy from grain-fed sources
• High in the healthy calcium and protein your body needs
• Free from growth hormones and antibiotics

Market News

HoneyBerry Naturals
I hope everyone that picked up on Tuesday enjoyed their sample of laundry butter from Sherry Morris of HoneyBerry Naturals. Due to your survey feedback she is currently developing a line of all natural, non- toxic cleaners. Look for those on them market site in the upcoming months. Her Handcrafted Laundry Butter is currently on the website. and is safe for top loader and HE machines.

Group Buy from last week- FCLO & Grass Fed Collagen
If you purchased our group buy from last week (Green Pasture FCLO and/or Great Lakes Collagen) they will be available this Tuesday (5/5) for pick up. If you missed the group buy last week I ordered a couple extra and they will be listed on the market until they are sold out. You’ll find them in the GROUP BUYS section of the website.

Butter from Southern Swiss Dairy
They are making more and as soon we can get some it will be listed on the market. It’s currently shown as “sold out”. I will immediately let you all know as soon as they have more. They expect to have more next week. They thank you for your patience!

HELP! We need Volunteers!!

Please consider volunteering. I can’t run the co-op without your help.

THANK YOU Mollie, Caleb, Pam, Chuck, Marianna, and Vicki for helping out last Tuesday! We couldn’t run the co-op without your support!

If you are interested in volunteering to help at pick up, I have created a volunteer sign up on Signup Genius. I am asking for volunteers to sign up for 1 hour shifts from 2p to 6:45 pm. No packing is involved just need someone to be there to assist other members. You are welcome to bring your kids as long as they are supervised. Here is the link to the sign up http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44AEA623A7FA7-volunteer

The link is also posted on the About page on our website.

Thank you in advance for your support!