About the farm
After relocating from LaGrange County to the Indy area for a new job, Kody final was able to purchase a small farm. Growing up in LaGrange County around a few family members farm, Kody had a passion for farming and dairy. Kody started farming, two of his great Aunts farms and some small patches or corn, soybeans, and hay in LaGrange and Steuben counties, until going to college when he cut back on the farming to focus on schooling. He always wanted to get back into farming and in 2019 he was finally about to purchase his first farm and house.
Now Kody produces hay, sheep, pumpkins, eggs, and continually looking for ways to make the farm more productive and sustainable for the future. The farm has been a working in progress. The house was built some time around 1899’s and the current barn was also built around 1901.
The barn is home to may different animals including kittens, a growing flock of sheep, a gaggle or geese, and a few hens that fly the to hatch out a few chicks. The silo (tall brown structure) which was one back in the day used for storing corn silage and haylage (cattle feed) has been converted into a chicken coop. These old structure were once abundant throughout the Midwest to sure as feed storage, but due to changing techniques in feed storage on the farm and not every farm having livestock now serve as what some people call the tombstone of the livestock industry. The silo on this farm is unique because of this brown or clay tile block which is rare, so instead of being a useless structure it has been converted into a chicken coop with a large chicken run adjoining it.
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Tonight, we are serving a slightly different version of the lamb burger pictured below. 🐑🍔
Locally bred, born and raised ground lamb from Mt Pisgah Farms is on the menu tonight. Chef Kasey will top the 8 oz lamb patty with a house made feta slaw, tomato and pickled red onions. We love ❤️ to feature local product and support our local farmers.
Please stop in tonight and try the Feta Slaw Lamb Burger! We open at 5:30. You can walk in or visit our website at
https://grainsandgrill.com/ and make your reservations. 👁👁 U Soon!
Locally sourced lamb, from Mt Pisgah Farms will be featured tonight. Don’t miss out on this delicious burger!
Sneek peek at the menu this coming week. . . . 👀
We will be serving Lamb Burgers, locally sourced from Alexandria, IN, Mt Pisgah Farms on Thursday! This delicious burger will come dressed with feta, tomatoes, pickled red onions, cucumber and tzatziki sauce.
You can make your own reservations by visiting our website at
https://grainsandgrill.com/
Walk ins welcome as well!!
TODAY!
Sunday, July 25th
2-5pm at Frankton Community Library.
Produce: Hodge Family Farm & Don Stohler.
Other local farms today include...
Raising Grace (pork products etc)
Mt Pisgah Farms (lamb & chicken products)
Given Chances Farm LLC (honey etc)
Sweet Homestead Alexandria (eggs, jellies, jams etc)
The long-awaited LOCALLY GROWN PRODUCE is here TODAY!
We have made a big point to transition into ONLY locally grown produce this year without relying on second-hand purchases... Of course this means we are at the mercy of weather, differing schedules and (hopefully) amazing sales to sustain our farmers! We have been patiently waiting and now it is here!
Hodge Family Farm will be one of our 15+ local vendors scheduled for TODAY!
Our other local farm vendors today include...
Sweet Homestead Alexandria
Given Chances Farm LLC
Mt Pisgah Farms
Raising Grace
Nate's Beef Jerky
Sunday, July 11th
2-5pm
Frankton Town Market
at Frankton Community Library
Kentucky Bar Fight Sauce from Sweet Homestead Alexandria paired with Lamb Chop from Mt Pisgah Farms... WOW! Seriously... WOW!
You can find both of these vendors this Sunday, June 13th!
We will be celebrating National Dairy Month so you can also meet Val, a dairy goat!
Lots of vendors, a food truck and live music this Sunday 2-5pm at Frankton Community Library.
