Hi All,
We hope this finds you healthy and safe!
As the pandemic continues I have found myself settling in this week to the “new normal”. The first couple weeks had a buzzy, restless feeling of low level anxiety, that was quite frankly exhausting. As wholesale customers closed down, we scrambled to make sure our eggs and meats continued to reach our customers and that our business could stay operational. As we continue into April our systems seem to be falling into a rhythm, the house is still a disaster, but a rhythm all the same.
If you happen to be curious our ordering schedule is:
Mt. Shasta Mondays - Pick up or delivery - place order before 10 am on Mondays
Ashland, OR, Thursdays - Pick up or delivery - place order before 10 am on Thursdays
Davis Saturdays - Pick up or delivery - place order before 10 am on Fridays
Spring weather has finally come to Siskiyou County which helps too. The leaves are just now starting to peak out green and the grass is starting to grow. We got the woolly lawnmowers out this weekend to graze around the house and the Easter bunny brought us our last baby lamb. Isla still has to feed her “pet” lamb, which will follow her everywhere. Mary’s little lamb was certainly a bottle baby.
I can’t say enough about how appreciative we are of all of you. Your continued support keeps us ranching and bringing healthy food to your family. People are being their best selves in a lot of ways. Communities are working together - our friends Hope and Shane at Fiery Ginger are offering our eggs as an add-on with their grab and go boxes, friends are coordinating deliveries and pick up locations, neighbors are coordinating orders for higher risk folks. People are working together to make sure the farms they love are supported and their neighbors and themselves have food security. This is a local food system at work. I am hopeful for the future when things can go back to “normal” but perhaps the new normal can keep some of the best things, especially the continued building of community.
All our very best,
Alexis, Gillies and Isla
