Mother Farmer UP

09/02/2026

So cool!!

Andy and I went away for the weekend and I forgot to pack our own milk and cream 😩

We went to this beautiful health food store in Rhinelander and purchased low temp pasteurized, A2A2, cream-line whole milk in a glass bottle (which is about the best you can do in Wisconsin, the dairy state 🧐).

I thought it tasted like ours does when it’s about 2-3 weeks old, but the sell-by date was 9/7 so it had a week left to go 🤷‍♀️

We kept it cold on the way home and I thought, “hmmm, I wonder….?” So yesterday I ran side-by-side tests, our raw milk versus the low temp pasteurized version from the store.

Pictured are the standard plate count results!

Neither sample had any coliform bacteria which was expected, but our member supply of fresh unprocessed (raw) whole milk had about a 10th the amount of bacteria than the pasteurized did! And our bacteria was a little bit higher than usual because of the wet conditions over the weekend! 

I think that this is just marvelous, and yet so interesting 🤔, I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions, but I will say, I’ll never forget to pack my own dairy again!!!

For more info on the Raw Milk Institute standards we adhere to, visit their page and website! We are LISTED on their site and certified with them as a low-risk source of raw milk.

09/01/2026

Due to a last minute doctors appointment, we will have to cancel farm stand tomorrow. CSA members we will still have your boxes for pick up from 4-7.

08/31/2026

08/28/2026

Guess who’s back?! Our famous striped German tomatoes! See you tomorrow at the Iron Mountain Downtown Farmers & Artisans Market

08/22/2026

Just hopping on here quickly to say we won’t be attending the Iron Mountain Downtown Farmers & Artisans Market on Saturday. We’ve got some exciting news that we’ll be sharing soon!

08/18/2026

Hey everyone! We are going to have to cancel farm stand tomorrow. CSA members don’t worry you will still have pick up and fresh veggies, watch for the email being sent tonight 😊

And no Sara is not in labor, we have just had so many appointments this week and with being off the farm harvest got behind.

08/16/2026

Artificial Unintelligence #001

As a small business owner who also works full time at another job, I completely understand the temptation to make content faster, easier, prettier, etc. There are approximately 906 other things I should be doing at any given moment.

But somewhere between perfect graphics, perfect products, and perfectly generated everything, social media is starting to feel a little…same.

So I am temporarily lowering our production budget to a pen and whatever Post-its I can find.

No fake drinks. No imaginary whipped cream. No coffee beans dramatically floating through the air.

I just want to share our coffee, questionable handwriting, and extremely poor drawing skills.

Welcome to my brief return to Artificial Unintelligence.

Love,
Lucy
Copper Cup