In just a few short weeks, our Dorset/Katahdin ewes are due to lamb! Lambing season is always an exciting time here on the farm and with 40 ewes set to give birth, this year should be no exception. Though lambing usually happens in the span of just a handful of days, the lead up and […]
Hands down our very favorite thing about farming is getting the opportunity to connect our customers with their food on a deep and meaningful level. It’s at the backbone of all that we do and we love getting to educate the community on our regenerative and organic farming practices each year as part of our […]
This past year we embarked on a much-needed renovation of the farm store and we’re excited to reveal that it’s finally done! Since 2017, the farm store has served as a gathering place for visitors to the farm and the community to shop for in-season produce, meat, and pantry items, as well as enjoy farm […]
Getting any opportunity to celebrate all things CSA is exciting for us here at Elmwood Stock Farm, and we’re excited to be participating in this year’s CSA week! And this year feels particularly special as we honor our 20th year of offering CSA to our customers and community. From forty-five members the first year to […]
Anyone else impatiently waiting for the warmer weather to make an appearance? In the meantime, we’ve been enjoying cozying up indoors and enjoying cooking up hearty, stick to your ribs type meals to help fuel us when we inevitably do have to venture back outdoors. The recipes below are our current favorites, and we think […]
Farming can be wholly unpredictable and so much of it is about being prepared for the unexpected, but if there’s one thing about farming that is always true it’s that every day is completely different than the one before or after! In any case, we thought it would be fun to share what one of […]
Did you know that Elmwood Stock Farm is home to several hundred laying hens that live free range on pasture year round? They’re some of our more popular farm residents and visitors and Instagram fans alike enjoy watching their antics. We also continually sell out of our eggs, oftentimes requiring us to reserve them months […]
No matter how busy we are, something we look forward to each weekday is sitting down with everyone for a farm team lunch, prepared by our wonderful chefs, Chef Eileen or Chef Sarah. The menu of course changes with the season – we are incredibly lucky to have amazing winter produce at our disposal currently […]
So glad you asked! But first, a bit of history. The Bell family has been breeding and raising registered Angus cattle here at Elmwood Stock Farm for generations. John Bell’s father and grandfather both sold heifers and bulls to the Central Kentucky community but as the years went on, the herd and the business grew, […]
It’s officially January! The holiday rush is over, decorations have been put away, and we’re all getting back into the swing of things. As farmers, our work is cyclical and there is no real “off season,” but that doesn’t mean we don’t play favorites. And boy are we dreaming of summer. The days are longer […]