Jast Family Farm

03/05/2019

We are very excited to finally post the Farm Box deals that will be offered THIS Thursday night at the Food, Farm, and Wellness Event. These prices will only be available for this one night! Don't miss out. Hope to see you all there!

P.S. We WILL have a few quarts of open kettle, pasture-raised, all-the-vitamin-D goodness lard with us but it is in limited quality.

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02/19/2019

I always get the look 👀 when I tell people we almost solely cook with our pure open kettle lard. Here is a great article about the nutrition in good quality pasture raised pork lard! We have a limited amount available.

For the Love of Lard The Modern Day Settler January 6, 2019 In the Kitchen 0 Comments It’s about time I finally wrote a blog post about my sweet sweet lard. It is no secret that I have a serious love for lard and how magical it is. A healthy animal fat that has been villainized due to the shift aw...

02/16/2019

Mark your calendars for this event! It's coming up fast!

We will be there with special deals for ONLY that night! We will have pork, eggs, and ground turkey. Be on the lookout this week for some of the specials we will have that night. These will be the best prices we have ever offered. Don't miss them!

09/29/2018

The Jast Family Farm will once again have pork available this fall! See our 2018 Available Pork list for offerings! As always, our hogs are pasture raised and receive a mix of mash feed, hay, and vegetables from our garden, as well as the occasional table scraps. No antibiotics, hormones, or steroids used.

In addition to the individually packaged cuts we've offered in the past, we are also offering HALF HOG and WHOLE HOG bulk sales this year, with custom butchering options. Details are below. Overall, if you go with this route, you receive quite a bit more pork at a reduced rate, and you get to decide all the details of how you'd like the hog processed (types of cuts, what gets cured/smoked, etc.)!

Option #1: You can purchase a WHOLE HOG for $1/lb hanging weight if picked up at the farm, or we will deliver to you or your processor of choice for a small fee.

Option #2: You can purchase a WHOLE HOG or HALF HOG for $2/lb hanging weight plus processing costs, and we deliver to the processor for you.

HALF HOG

An average-sized HALF hog will have a hanging weight of 75-100 lbs and result in about 50-70 lbs of meat to put in your freezer. The cost for an average HALF HOG will be $160 to $200 (paid to Jast Family Farm). Processing cost for a HALF HOG will be about $80 to $100 (paid to processor), depending on what cuts you want, how much you want seasoned, cured, etc.

WHOLE HOG

An average-sized WHOLE hog will have a hanging weight of 150-200 lbs and result in about 100-140 lbs of meat to put in your freezer. The cost for an average WHOLE HOG will be $320 to $400 (paid to Jast Family Farm). Processing cost for a WHOLE HOG will be about $150 to $200 (paid to processor), depending on what cuts you want, how much you want seasoned, cured, etc.

04/06/2018

Our chickens are let out everyday around 7am and then they make their way back to the coop around 8-9pm. All day long they have all the acreage they could possibly desire to forage in. Same goes with our turkeys (which we sell as ground meat), our guinea hens, and even our hogs have woodland pasture to forage in! There is a HUGE difference in even the "organic" (and all the other claims) you buy from the store and what we offer. You are always getting the absolute best when buying from a local small farm!

01/15/2018

We are planning out our spring farm! With that, we are working out how many hogs we will process this fall. We want to start clearing out some of our freezer pork.

We are having a sale on our pork smoked sausage and our pork sausage with cheddar and pepper jack cheese. These are our favorites and our best seller!

This is the easiest dinner. Our neighbor regularly sends one of their kids over at 4pm to grab a pack of these so she can have an easy dinner that night! We eat these probably once a week (and use the leftovers for pizza toppings, in pasta dishes, and in omelets). So easy and delicious: just defrost and sauté in a pan!

Sell prices are:
Smoke sausage: $3
Smoked sausage with cheddar and pepper jack 🌶: $4

11/27/2017

We loved seeing some of your Thanksgiving hams (and bacon)! We are so thankful for all of you and the support you have shown us as we grow our little farm. Keep sending us those pictures!

11/15/2017

Wednesday night orders getting packaged up!

11/13/2017

If your family has ham for Thanksgiving or Christmas Day, we have some left! We have a few different weights so let us know what you are looking for and we can get it to you.

10/31/2017

We have more bacon! We got more bacon in this week and it is GOOD. Please message us with your order because bacon is the first to go! Also, new this week is BONELESS chops by request!

I know tomorrow is Halloween but Christmas is quickly approaching. Here in the Midwest, there is no better gift than farm fresh meat. My parents buy us a portion of a cow every year for Christmas and it is the best gift we get! If you have adult kids or a hard-to-buy-for father-in-law, give them the gift of meat. If you put in a Christmas order before November 24th, we will give you 15% off no matter your order size!

We also have a limited number of hams for your Christmas dinner! These will also go quickly so be sure to reserve yours!