Reflections from 2018

written by

posted on

December 28, 2018

Happy 2018! What a year it's been!

As we look back, we wanted to share a few of our favorite highlights with you.

1. A Greater Community - This one's for you all! Thanks to the eager participation of our wonderful hosts, and in part to a humbling feature in MKE Magazine, we've expanded our farm's community to the reaches of Milwaukee and Madison. It has been incredible to meet so many wonderful families and individuals across Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Thank you! We couldn't do any of this without supportive folks like you, eager to see some real change in the world. We look forward to serving you in 2019!

2. The Great Monarch Migration - What a tremendous experience it was to host thousands of monarch butterflies in our newest converted pasture! Our perennial pastures provided abundant food and habitat for the butterflies, allowing them to stay and rest at our farm as they made their way south. The experience was completely unexpected and wholly unforgettable - our fingers are crossed that they'll be back again in 2019! Stay tuned this summer! :)

3. Our Newest Team Member, Anastasia - Notice an uptick in our social media over the last few months? It's all thanks to our newest team member, Anastasia. She joined us in July and quickly became a dynamic part of the team, ready to help with anything. Whether we're loading cattle or needing a newsletter, Anastasia is there to help. We're proud to have her on our team, and you can certainly expect to see more of her in 2019!

4. Elli's First Lamb Sale - As some of you know, Elli, our oldest daughter, is the shepherdess of our sheep flock. She owns and operates the enterprise and is celebrating her very first year of selling lamb! Thank you all for your support and encouragement! It went well and we're looking forward to expanding our flock in 2019. :)

What was the highlight of your year? We'd love to hear it! Comment with your favorite memory below.

Happy New Year!

- The Riemer Family -

Where to Find Riemer Family Farm Eggs!

Just look for the PINK carton at a grocery store near you! The egg business has been crazy lately to say the least! It seems like every third news story is about the price of eggs and shortages and even thievery of eggs! Who knew there could be so much drama around the humble chicken egg? We partner with a young farm family to produce our seasonally pastured eggs. These hens have a pretty posh life, non-GMO feed, plenty of space, never any cages and are out and about during the growing season. The bird flu outbreak is just another bit of evidence that the industrial food system is very broken! One of the solutions is MORE farmers on the land raising livestock at a family scale and not more concentrated factory agriculture in the U.S. Barns of tens and even hundreds of thousands of chickens are the ones primarily affected by the bird flu for all the obvious reasons! When 150,000 or more birds are together in a barn when one or a few get infected it's a matter of hours before the whole flock is infected and all must be destroyed. Family farms came through for customers during Covid and are proving to be resilient during this current egg problem too! While we are still learning and don't claim to be perfect, we are more sustainable and adaptable than the factory model of farming. Thank you for standing by our farm and other regenerative farms in your area! If you would like to purchase (or dine on) our eggs you can find them at many stores and restaurants! Including: South Central WI: Brodhead Piggly Wiggly Gempeler's Market-Monticello Roy's Market-New Glarus Evansville Piggly Wiggly Oregon Hy-Vee Fitchburg Hy-Vee Cadre restaurant (and others through a distributor) Sunrise Cafe-Monroe N. Illinois: Bull Valley General Store Daily Project Cafe-Algonquin Duck A Diet, Ready to Eat Meals-Huntly Forest Green's Juice Bar-Lake Bluff Just look for the PINK carton. With all the egg shortages from the industrial farms and spiking prices from a fragile industry, our eggs are quite affordable. We will never price gouge. We seek to provide a fair price for both our customers and us. As always you can pick up your eggs on the farm. Please place an order on our website and we will have them ready for you within a day. Make sure that you have Riemer Family Farm as your pickup location.

Reflections from 2018

More from the blog

Where to Find Riemer Family Farm Eggs!

11 Ideas for Cozy Winter Dinners

Madison Locally Sourced Article

Join Our Newsletter

Our Farm

Customer Corner

Let's Connect

Riemer Family Farm