Register now for the Cow-Share College and Goat-Share University Classes starting in September for farmers and consumers
Click here for printable color flyer.
http://www.farmtoconsumerfoundation.org/cow-goat-shareFlyer.pdf
The Farm-to-Consumer Foundation is offering a unique educational tele-seminar series
- Cow-Share College and Goat-Share University - a series of three classes that cover setting up, maintaining and upgrading a cow- or goat-share operation.
Cow-or goat-share operations are increasing in popularity as a legal alternative to raw milk sales in most states. While the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund provides legal advice and contracts, the Foundation saw a need for expert operations advice and an opportunity to create a learning community of cow- and goat-share operators that could learn from and with each other. Since consumers also initiate cow-share operations (finding a farmer willing to buy, board and milk their cow) these classes will be useful for both farmers and consumers at all levels of experience.
The goal of these classes is to provide expert legal and operations guidance in a timely, convenient and inexpensive format:
Timely - The series of three classes is repeated monthly and starts in September.
Convenient - Classes are conducted via telephone conference call. A push button phone with long distance access is all that is needed to participate.
Inexpensive - Classes are reasonably priced with discounts for three or more classes.
All classes are held on Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.(EDT) and are limited to
25 participants to keep the interactions interesting, but give plenty of time for personal attention.
Classes:
Cow/Goat Shares 101 - Basic (Legal & Operations) An introduction into cow/goat share contracts, set up, pricing and basic operations.
Dates: September 11, October 2 and November 6
Instructors: Tim Wightman and Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Format: Two - 30 minute lectures and 30 minutes Q/A
Cow/Goat Shares 102 - Intermediate (Operations) Discussion of operations refinements for optimum quality and profitability as well as solutions to common problems.
Dates: September 18, October 9 and November 13
Instructor: Tim Wightman
Format: 1 hour lecture and 30 minutes Q/A
Cow/Goat Shares 103 - Advanced (Legal & Operations) A lively forum for getting your most important legal and operations questions answered.
Dates: September 25, October 16 and November 20
Instructors: Tim Wightman and Pete Kennedy, Esq.
Format: 90 minute open question and answer forum
Instructors:
Pete Kennedy is an attorney in Sarasota, Florida and is the Vice President of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. He works on dairy issues, particularly the right of farmers to distribute raw milk and raw milk products directly to consumers.
Each week, he helps an average of two to three farmers get started in cow or goat-share operations. He compiled the state raw milk laws and state raw milk summaries posted at www.realmilk.com. He is currently working with others to challenge the federal ban on the interstate shipment of raw milk for human consumption.
Tim Wightman is a lifetime farmer and a board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. He has pioneered CSAs, organic cooperatives, farmers' markets, the Cow-share program, Farm-share program while living in Northern Wisconsin. Tim now lives in Western Ohio and is currently operating a small raw milk dairy. Tim consults worldwide with dairy farmers on cow-shares, raw milk safety and direct marketing and is the author of the "Raw Milk Production Handbook".
Classes are $35 each or $30 each for three or more. Recordings of the classes will be available for sale following the class on the www.farmtoconsumer.org shopping cart.
Register online https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/ftcldf/classregistration.asp
or call 703-208-FARM (3276) (Monday- Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. EDT)
Immediately after registering, you'll receive an email with the toll-free number and password you'll need to participate in the classes.
Taaron Meikle
Farm-to-Consumer Foundation
8116 Arlington Blvd., #263
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-208-FARM (3276)
703-208-3278 (fax)
info@farmtoconsumer.org
www.farmtoconsumer.org
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Family Farms Coop has room for a few more customers
This farm program was previously operating with a wait list, but a few spaces have recently opened up.
Contact: Richard Hebron – familyfarmscoop@netzero.com, (269) 476-8883.
Products: Raw milk products (milk, cream, butter), Grass-fed meats and eggs.
Distribution: Products are available through a cow share program. Deliveries are made once every two weeks to Aurora, West Dundee, Forest Park, Highland Park, Edgewater, DesPlaines, and Schaumburg.
Contact: Richard Hebron – familyfarmscoop@netzero.com, (269) 476-8883.
Products: Raw milk products (milk, cream, butter), Grass-fed meats and eggs.
Distribution: Products are available through a cow share program. Deliveries are made once every two weeks to Aurora, West Dundee, Forest Park, Highland Park, Edgewater, DesPlaines, and Schaumburg.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
RAW MILK HANDBOOK NOW AVAILABLE
NOW AVAILABLE! RAW MILK PRODUCTION HANDBOOK by Tim Wightman and co-produced by the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund and the Weston A. Price Foundation.
This 52 page handbook will soon be a classic among raw milk farmers and consumers alike. An easy, informative and interesting read, it covers the wide range of essentials to safe raw milk production, including -
* Basics of Dairy Cows
* The Basics of Pasture Feeding - including The Great Grain Debate
* The Basics of Milking
* Storage and Handling
* Milk Testing and Sample Taking - including a section "On-Farm Testing" contributed by Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy
* Summary of Safety Regime for a Small Farm
* Bovine Diseases (causes and controls)
The author, Tim Wightman, is a farmer, consultant and one of the first cow-share operators in the USA. He is also a founding board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
Who should buy a copy?
- New-to-farming families - for the basics including how to purchase, care for and milk your cow.
- Farmers with experience - for the sections and charts on testing and bovine diseases. Handy to give out to those you consult with, too.
- Farmers converting from commercial milk production - for the things to consider in the shift to non-toxic and raw.
- Consumers - for the general understanding that can improve and inform your buying decisions.
While thorough, it's not highly technical. We recommend it for raw milk farmers and consumers of all ages.
Price is $6.00 (including shipping and handling to USA addresses)
Purchase Online - https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/ftcldf/ftcf_store.htm
Purchase by Mail - Send a check (payable to FTCLDF) to FTCLDF - Raw Milk Handbook, 8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 263, Falls Church, VA 22042.
Purchase by Phone (credit card required) -703-208-3276 (10 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST)
Taaron Meikle
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
8116 Arlington Blvd., #263
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-208-FARM (3276)
www.farmtoconsumer.org
This 52 page handbook will soon be a classic among raw milk farmers and consumers alike. An easy, informative and interesting read, it covers the wide range of essentials to safe raw milk production, including -
* Basics of Dairy Cows
* The Basics of Pasture Feeding - including The Great Grain Debate
* The Basics of Milking
* Storage and Handling
* Milk Testing and Sample Taking - including a section "On-Farm Testing" contributed by Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy
* Summary of Safety Regime for a Small Farm
* Bovine Diseases (causes and controls)
The author, Tim Wightman, is a farmer, consultant and one of the first cow-share operators in the USA. He is also a founding board member of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund.
Who should buy a copy?
- New-to-farming families - for the basics including how to purchase, care for and milk your cow.
- Farmers with experience - for the sections and charts on testing and bovine diseases. Handy to give out to those you consult with, too.
- Farmers converting from commercial milk production - for the things to consider in the shift to non-toxic and raw.
- Consumers - for the general understanding that can improve and inform your buying decisions.
While thorough, it's not highly technical. We recommend it for raw milk farmers and consumers of all ages.
Price is $6.00 (including shipping and handling to USA addresses)
Purchase Online - https://www.ptfassociates.com/secure/ftcldf/ftcf_store.htm
Purchase by Mail - Send a check (payable to FTCLDF) to FTCLDF - Raw Milk Handbook, 8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 263, Falls Church, VA 22042.
Purchase by Phone (credit card required) -703-208-3276 (10 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST)
Taaron Meikle
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
8116 Arlington Blvd., #263
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-208-FARM (3276)
www.farmtoconsumer.org
Monday, March 3, 2008
Chicago WAPF Food Resource List
Here is an updated list of resources for acquiring traditional foods in the Chicago area. If you would like a resource to be added to this list, please send us an email at ChicagoWAPF at gmail dot com.
Family Farms Cooperative
Contact: Richard Hebron – familyfarmscoop@netzero.com, (269) 476-8883.
Products: Raw milk products (milk, cream, butter), Grass-fed meats and eggs.
Distribution: Products are available through a cow share program. Deliveries are made once every two weeks to Aurora, West Dundee, Forest Park, Highland Park, Edgewater, DesPlaines, and Schaumburg.
Fresh From the Farm Cooperative
Contact: Sheri Giachetto – smg9(at)comcast(dot)net, (630) 257-9092.
Products: Organic, farm-sourced raw dairy, meats, produce, raw honey and bee pollen.
Distribution: Weekly Pickup on Wednesdays in the SW Chicago Suburbs.
Began in May 2001 as a result of the family’s pursuit for high quality food directly from the farmer/producer. They have assembled an array of foods from various providers which include organic, grass fed beef, pork, pastured chickens, pastured eggs, raw milk, cream, and other raw dairy products. Raw honey and bee pollen is also available as well as organic produce in the summer months, all from local, independent, organic farmers. They provide these foods fresh on a weekly basis (Weds pickup) from their southwest suburban home, and currently serve over 120 families from all areas of the Chicago metro. They continue to welcome new families to their cooperative and are happy to answer any questions you may have. They continue to search for the highest quality products at the most reasonable prices for their members as well as their own use.
Hopeful Farms
Contact: Melvin & Pauline Fry – (260) 593-2996 ext 5 (leave a message), Ligonier, IN, www.localharvest.org/farms/M20543.
Products: Wholesome, Grass-based Dairy, Beef, Poultry & Egg Products.
Distribution: Currently available only for pick-up at the farm. With enough interest, a buyer’s club could be established.
"My brothers and I raise pastured beef, dairy cows, chicken and turkeys. We bought the farm from my father, and are striving towards the goal of becoming organically certified. We offer products that are free of antibiotics, growth hormones, pesticides, and herbicides. The beef cattle are Scottish Highlanders, good grazers producing leaner meat. Our pastured poultry are moved every day to fresh grass. The free-ranging hens have pasture with the cattle to produce the nutritious, richly colored, good-tasting eggs health conscious people prefer. Their "egg-mobile" building is pulled along to give them new grazing areas. Baled hay and GMO free feed are given as needed. We have a herd share program for milk. We are about 30 miles southeast of Goshen Indiana. Be sure to call a couple days ahead if you plan on stopping by, as our freezers are up the road a ways."
Prairie Trace Farms
Contact: Jeanne and Allan Sexton – dean1938(at)aol(dot)com, (815) 454-2320, (815) 303-3646 cell; Cherie – (815)303-6226.
Products: 100% grass-fed beef, raised on certified organic pastures (no antibiotics, drugs, hormones, vaccines), Organic pastured broilers, Organic pastured eggs.
Distribution: Direct to consumer with monthly deliveries to Elgin. Other delivery points can be set up.
Stutzman Family Farm
Contact: Nathaniel Stutzman – (217) 856-9009, Humboldt, IL.
Products: Raw milk, cream, butter, mozzarella cheese and eggs – all grass-fed, no grain.
Distribution: Direct to consumer. Currently delivering to Wisconsin, could provide for a Chicago buyers club.
Family farm with small herd located 3 hours outside of Chicago. Working to achieve organic certification which should be complete by the end of the year.
Wallace Family Farms
Contact: Nick Wallace - nick.wallace(at)wallacefarms(dot)com, www.wallacefarms.com.
Products: Grass-fed beef and pork, wild seafood.
Distribution: Right now they’re hoping to have deliveries in the city every 6-7 weeks. The next two tentatively scheduled deliveries are March 29 and May 10. The Chicago delivery location is the St. Benedict Parish, 2215 West Irving Park Road (just east of Western Ave). You can pick up your delivery in the parking lot that is inside the school and can be accessed from the street just west of the parish. They also have several other deliveries in the suburbs and surrounding areas.
Organic Pastures (California)
Contact: 1-877-RAW MILK, www.organicpastures.com.
Products: Raw dairy products.
Distribution: Products shipped frozen, raw dairy shipped outside of California is labeled for Pet Consumption only.
List Your Farm or Buyers Club Here! – Please send the following information:
Contact: How would you like to be contacted?
Products: What products do you offer?
Distribution: How do you distribute your products?
And include a paragraph or so with anything else you think we should know.
Please note – this listing is entirely voluntary, no advertising is accepted. It is provided as a service to our local community to facilitate access to local foods in line with the fundamental principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation. If you know of a resource that should be added here, please contact us.
Chicago WAPF
Contact: Shannon Sullivan – Shannon(at)EatForChange(dot)com, (773) 496-4106.
The Chicago Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is currently organized by Shannon Sullivan. If you would like to offer your time and energy to organize events, buyers clubs or other activities and help grow the chapter, please let her know.
The Weston A. Price Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants. For more information, visit www.WestonAPrice.org.
Family Farms Cooperative
Contact: Richard Hebron – familyfarmscoop@netzero.com, (269) 476-8883.
Products: Raw milk products (milk, cream, butter), Grass-fed meats and eggs.
Distribution: Products are available through a cow share program. Deliveries are made once every two weeks to Aurora, West Dundee, Forest Park, Highland Park, Edgewater, DesPlaines, and Schaumburg.
Fresh From the Farm Cooperative
Contact: Sheri Giachetto – smg9(at)comcast(dot)net, (630) 257-9092.
Products: Organic, farm-sourced raw dairy, meats, produce, raw honey and bee pollen.
Distribution: Weekly Pickup on Wednesdays in the SW Chicago Suburbs.
Began in May 2001 as a result of the family’s pursuit for high quality food directly from the farmer/producer. They have assembled an array of foods from various providers which include organic, grass fed beef, pork, pastured chickens, pastured eggs, raw milk, cream, and other raw dairy products. Raw honey and bee pollen is also available as well as organic produce in the summer months, all from local, independent, organic farmers. They provide these foods fresh on a weekly basis (Weds pickup) from their southwest suburban home, and currently serve over 120 families from all areas of the Chicago metro. They continue to welcome new families to their cooperative and are happy to answer any questions you may have. They continue to search for the highest quality products at the most reasonable prices for their members as well as their own use.
Hopeful Farms
Contact: Melvin & Pauline Fry – (260) 593-2996 ext 5 (leave a message), Ligonier, IN, www.localharvest.org/farms/M20543.
Products: Wholesome, Grass-based Dairy, Beef, Poultry & Egg Products.
Distribution: Currently available only for pick-up at the farm. With enough interest, a buyer’s club could be established.
"My brothers and I raise pastured beef, dairy cows, chicken and turkeys. We bought the farm from my father, and are striving towards the goal of becoming organically certified. We offer products that are free of antibiotics, growth hormones, pesticides, and herbicides. The beef cattle are Scottish Highlanders, good grazers producing leaner meat. Our pastured poultry are moved every day to fresh grass. The free-ranging hens have pasture with the cattle to produce the nutritious, richly colored, good-tasting eggs health conscious people prefer. Their "egg-mobile" building is pulled along to give them new grazing areas. Baled hay and GMO free feed are given as needed. We have a herd share program for milk. We are about 30 miles southeast of Goshen Indiana. Be sure to call a couple days ahead if you plan on stopping by, as our freezers are up the road a ways."
Prairie Trace Farms
Contact: Jeanne and Allan Sexton – dean1938(at)aol(dot)com, (815) 454-2320, (815) 303-3646 cell; Cherie – (815)303-6226.
Products: 100% grass-fed beef, raised on certified organic pastures (no antibiotics, drugs, hormones, vaccines), Organic pastured broilers, Organic pastured eggs.
Distribution: Direct to consumer with monthly deliveries to Elgin. Other delivery points can be set up.
Stutzman Family Farm
Contact: Nathaniel Stutzman – (217) 856-9009, Humboldt, IL.
Products: Raw milk, cream, butter, mozzarella cheese and eggs – all grass-fed, no grain.
Distribution: Direct to consumer. Currently delivering to Wisconsin, could provide for a Chicago buyers club.
Family farm with small herd located 3 hours outside of Chicago. Working to achieve organic certification which should be complete by the end of the year.
Wallace Family Farms
Contact: Nick Wallace - nick.wallace(at)wallacefarms(dot)com, www.wallacefarms.com.
Products: Grass-fed beef and pork, wild seafood.
Distribution: Right now they’re hoping to have deliveries in the city every 6-7 weeks. The next two tentatively scheduled deliveries are March 29 and May 10. The Chicago delivery location is the St. Benedict Parish, 2215 West Irving Park Road (just east of Western Ave). You can pick up your delivery in the parking lot that is inside the school and can be accessed from the street just west of the parish. They also have several other deliveries in the suburbs and surrounding areas.
Organic Pastures (California)
Contact: 1-877-RAW MILK, www.organicpastures.com.
Products: Raw dairy products.
Distribution: Products shipped frozen, raw dairy shipped outside of California is labeled for Pet Consumption only.
List Your Farm or Buyers Club Here! – Please send the following information:
Contact: How would you like to be contacted?
Products: What products do you offer?
Distribution: How do you distribute your products?
And include a paragraph or so with anything else you think we should know.
Please note – this listing is entirely voluntary, no advertising is accepted. It is provided as a service to our local community to facilitate access to local foods in line with the fundamental principles of the Weston A. Price Foundation. If you know of a resource that should be added here, please contact us.
Chicago WAPF
Contact: Shannon Sullivan – Shannon(at)EatForChange(dot)com, (773) 496-4106.
The Chicago Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is currently organized by Shannon Sullivan. If you would like to offer your time and energy to organize events, buyers clubs or other activities and help grow the chapter, please let her know.
The Weston A. Price Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants. For more information, visit www.WestonAPrice.org.
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