

News from the Farm: Lambing Differently
Good morning local food eaters! Well, it hasn't been a very wintery winter so far. Everything is all mud and little snow around here. The maple sap has been flowing well the past couple of weeks, as it is freezing at night and thawing during the day. We're trying a new thing with the sheep this year. Lambing season is happening now - it is usually mid January through mid March. The reason for this is that sheep's gestation (pregnancy) lasts 5 months. Sheep, like their relativ


How the Meat CSA is different than buying meat from Wegman's
Dear friends and customers of North Mountain Pastures, If you are trying to decide whether or not you want to do the Meat CSA for next season, we wanted to share a few concepts with you that will help you to understand what it is we are trying to do, and why. There is a growing quantity of healthy, organic, and loal choices available at Wegman's, Trader Joe's, Whole foods, and many local health food stores. This is tremendously good news, which we shop from all the time, and