Fork You Farms

12/09/2024

Hey friends! I currently have a large stock of lamb chops and ground lamb for sale. This weekend I am taking 15% off all lamb orders!

I also have natural colored yarn for sale! White yarn will be available in a few weeks, but only a limited amount so please let me know if you are interested!

Lastly, I will be making only three pelts this fall- one white and two natural colored! These sell quickly so I am taking pre-orders!

If interested in any of our products and protein, please contact me directly through Facebook or text! Thank you so much for your continued support, Little Falls Farm thrives on local business! 🐑

16/02/2024

Have you ever talked to me or to Old Man Steve at the farmer’s market to request a fresh cut? Ever noticed how hesitant I am to commit to a fresh cut? Fellow farmers say it here in this post better than I ever could.
I want to give you a product with MAXIMUM nutritional value and safety. I produce only a finite amount of lamb and duck per year, only butcher once a year in October, and by November I am completely sold out. I use a high quality butcher whose skill and service is outmatched, and I lean on their knowledge on cutting, and part of my job is to transfer that knowledge to you the consumer.

Did you know .... frozen is most likely fresher than the fresh meat you purchase and has more nutritional value????

The debate over fresh versus frozen foods has recently stemmed in part from marketing campaigns by fast-food companies to support the quality of their products. Competing fast-food chains claim that their food is fresher because it’s never been frozen. These campaigns have resulted in the commonly held belief that “fresh” must be better than “frozen.” However, industry experts have stated that in regard to taste and nutritional value, un-frozen cuts of beef are in no way superior to frozen cuts raised in similar environments.

The older food gets, the more nutrition it loses. But frozen food can have more nutrition if it's frozen quickly and efficiently, because it decays more slowly. Fresh food that's been kept longer will have less nutrition than frozen...

This is the reason our beef gets blast frozen as soon as it’s cut! It doesn’t sit on a shelf for days and then get frozen if it doesn’t sell!!

10/01/2024

This just in: 2024 is the year of eating more lamb!

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13/11/2023

Big box of lamb coming in to this morning! Ground, loin chops, stew, a couple gorgeous rib racks, and bone broth ready to warm you hearthside. We left with their signature egg nog and our favorite chocolate milk.

31/10/2023

Happy Halloween from Fork You Farms, where Old Man Steve is helping me trim Ethel’s horns and fit them with pool noodles. Sometimes winter prep on the farm means deploying various bullying-prevention methods to make the feeding trough a safer place for the older animals who need their calories.

29/09/2023

The is rained out tonight! But next week, Old Man Steve will be there FULLY STOCKED with all your requests and then some. Tonight we will be curling up by the fire with some of our patented family bone broth. Speaking of, our self service firewood stand is stocked and tarped. Help yourself!

06/09/2023

This Friday will be our first time at the as a vendor, though truth be told we’ve been hanging around as patrons the last couple months! Lamb is not ready quite yet so you’ll be able to talk with our representatives, pictured here, and put your reservations down for future pickup or delivery (no deposit or payment required to reserve). These two in the photo are the most likely faces you will see behind our table - Old Man Steve and Farmer Cyrus. Make sure to stop in and say hi! We are bringing cold drinks to enjoy after this hot hot week!

27/07/2023

I really don’t have any sort of message to share today, I just really like this ewe and she’s been looking awfully gorgeous lately. I’ve been busting butt on farm projects in this heat the last couple weeks but this cute lil face makes me happy to be here. Her name is Ice Cream and we ❤️her! 🍦

12/07/2023

It may be time to re-introduce Hank since many of our summer guests will likely find him tanning near the pool this summer.
Hank is a Nubian goat of advanced years who joined us after the passing of his brother left him too depressed to eat or take his medications. Here he made two lifelong besties, Ellie 🐐 and Red 🦙, and he got healthy again.
He spent his first year on the farm roaming loose due to his exceptional lock-picking skills. We would often find him by the pool, soaking up sun and napping.
Now we let him go on brush patrol each day, so there’s always a chance you could run into him. He loves back and butt scratches!

04/07/2023

Happy Independence Day from our geriatric goats! They’re having a lounge in the sun.
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“Our country is not the only thing to which we owe allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity.” -JB

18/06/2023

Happy Father’s Day to these two dads that have built countless run-in sheds, cut down countless trees, and taken many couch naps during get-togethers. It did not take long for Old Man Steve to follow his grandson up to Connecticut and we are so lucky to have him. Without him, both my mower and my chainsaw would be broken.

30/05/2023

Obviously I love having the kids with me on the farm and I LOVE seeing photos of my fellow farming moms doing the same, but it can be a huge productivity barrier once you get over how stinking cute it is. This article does a great job breaking it down.
Nobody needs to tell women everywhere that the odds are stacked against them when it comes to having kids and trying to maintain a career, however most people would find it surprising that farming is also one of those careers pitted against childcare. And considering the vast majority of American farmers have primary jobs off site, that means the farm business is likely small, not manned by day staff, and more vulnerable to fluctuations. Simply put, we have a much harder time staying afloat after minor setbacks.

Here’s a couple great quotes from this article:

“In our research, parents talked about constantly weighing the risks and benefits of having children on the farm. One farmer had hoped his young son would “be my little sidekick and do everything I did.” However, the reality was different. He admitted he “didn’t think about a baby not being able to be out in the sun all day,” and he was struggling to balance care work and farm work.”

It’s so true. For every hour I take the kids with me onto the farm, there’s five hours of hustling without them to make sure that when I do go get them it will be safe enough.
Add it to the long list of things parents constantly worry about and the long list of things farmers constantly stress about.

“Often, farm parents have had to move away from family and friends to find affordable land. These parents consistently said the lack of community made it harder to take care of their children.”

YUP!! We didn’t move far or into a very rural area in order to afford farm land, but we did have to move to a different state to afford it. Thank God my parents followed us here and we rely on them constantly, but when they’re sick, busy, or working, there aren’t other options. Outside of them and our daycare (we love them, but not all of our kids go), the options aren’t present. If something needs doing at night (as I previously said, most farmers have day jobs) or on the weekends (when daycare is not open), we may choose the kids over our farm business. Farming is a 24/7/365 job and you can’t save it for later.

“In our research, farmers spoke about a wide range of solutions: free or affordable quality child care, before- and after-school programs, better parental leave policies for wage and self-employed workers, financial support for safe play areas on the farm, college debt relief, free college tuition and more affordable health insurance.”

Better childcare, better parental leave policies, health insurance, and support for the farming industry are all bipartisan issues. Periodt. I’m sorry for those who think they’re not. Our country thinks in left and right, and unfortunately that means we end up not helping each other despite having the same needs - and this article spells it out pretty plainly.

Access to affordable child care affects farm productivity, safety and ultimately the nation’s food supply. Farm families across the U.S. are struggling without it.

28/05/2023

Welcome to Fork You Farms, where everything was repurposed from garbage and the Franken-gizer lives to see another summer! New slogan: it’s not recycling, it’s just trashy! everyone have a great Memorial Day and drive safe. 😂

21/05/2023

A little late on the update, but our favorite shearer visited last week and gave our alpacas and our sheep their haircuts. I took the opportunity to put a fly mask and a new fly deterrent necklace on Big Red. I almost feel bad for the guy. He used to be a big, bad in-demand, award-winning stud, and now he has to babysit geriatric goats and wear accessories. They say you can’t tame a bad boy into settling down but he actually seems to like his protective eyewear and his old goat gang.

14/05/2023

Farming teaches us that there are all sorts of ways to be a mom. There are nurse mares who accept orphan foals, heifers that have no idea what just came out of them, cows who will kill you just for looking at their kid, goats who nurse 5 kids at once or just 1, ewes who abandon their lambs immediately and hand them off to you. Us humans are no different. Happy Mother’s Day to you, no matter how you chose to do it. They peel your eyelids apart in the middle of the night, use your body like a jungle gym, eat the entire week’s groceries in one day, socially alienate you, and you never stop worrying for the rest of your worldly life. I hope your day is Blippi free, your kids are already weaned, and you get a little alfalfa.

14/04/2023

Our egg supply from has started! Chicken and duck eggs available through the summer. Gotta love that rainbow 🌈

10/04/2023

06/04/2023

💩 🚨 N E W P R O D U C T 🚨 💩 Fork You Farms is now offering 50 # bags of compost. Aged for two years in an artisanal ditch, this compost has been hand-screened by feral children. Our proprietary formula of alpaca p**p, duck p**p, fruit and veggie scraps, and landscaping trimmings leaves no micronutrient behind. Your garden will be growing faster than seven-minute-itch in your front yard before your in-laws arrive for 4th of July weekend. At $10/bag you just can’t go wrong. Call/text 848-224-5046 to arrange pick up or delivery. Delivery fees may apply and we only accept coffee. Happy gardening!

02/04/2023

Be sure to check this out! I have fallen in love with Lost Ruby Farm LLC time and time again. As someone who has done their veterinary care, and as a patron who has driven every visiting friend and relative to pick up their cheese, the experience never gets old.

Every small business goes through periods of growth and transition. The important thing to focus on when things change is that there should be no competition in the agricultural space. Ag has enough challenges - we should be taking every opportunity to support our neighboring farms, no matter the scale or mission.

Antonio and Kristie have been working on this transition for quite some time to make this as seamless as possible for their longstanding customer base.

Let’s show Lavender Hills Farm LLC some love by not even skipping a beat in sales! Make sure you check here to see the list of markets you can buy the same delicious cheeses at!

24/03/2023

We are all signed up to be at the brand new Bantam Community Farmer’s Market every Friday. We will be at the grand opening and then back again in for the September and October dates. It may be me or it may be Old Man Steve. We are completely sold out of lamb and duck until September but if you want to get the edge over the market crowd, you can always contact me to reserve a cut!

08/03/2023

Did you know that almost 40% of American farmers are women? And that almost 60% of American farms are woman-operated?
Happy International Women's Day to you - the one with hay in their messy bun, the one who stays awake after everyone else to do paperwork, the one who had to bribe the kids with McDonald's so they could work into the evening hours. We celebrate you for growing our food, running our businesses, and corralling the family. Nobody else could do it but you!
(pictured are the most badass Mother-Daughter pair I know, Ellie and Ethel, who run this entire place)

06/03/2023

A big day for the studs. Big Marty (pictured) is headed down to Newtown to rendezvous with a herd of Oxford ewes, and Rust has joined our on-site Katahdins after many long months of staring at them longingly through fence lines. There are many strategies behind raising high quality, locally produced lamb, and cross breeding is just one of them.

04/02/2023

The sheep are fed, but at what cost? 🥶 🥶 Tell me, what part of your body is freezing that you never realized could freeze before? I’ll go first — my nose hairs.

30/01/2023

BOOM! ROASTED! Roasts and soup bones are 50% at forkyoufarms.com so grab them before they’re gone!

22/01/2023

Recently, our group of "pet" livestock became determined to join the group of "productive" livestock, who we usually keep on separate pastures for management reasons. Because we've been a little busy inside the house with our two new human additions, I haven't had the time to separate them. Today I realized that as long as everyone is together, it might be fun to have a herd introduction post! We've never properly introduced all these guys before, so buckle up.

I'll go in order of the video. First up are Ellie and Ethel, a mother-daughter Boer doe pair. I (owner & operator of the farm, Dr. Erin Masur) used to own a veterinary practice in New Jersey, and around the time that I closed, one of my favorite clients (Maria Santos) told me she'd also be moving out of state. I knew immediately that I had to have these cranky old ladies if she was downsizing her herd. Luckily she agreed to hold them for me and I'm so grateful. These two are the HBICs of the farm and everybody knows it. They make Kevin and I laugh every day with their grumpy antics.

Right behind the Boers are Jail and Boxie, named by my 4 year old son, who are recent additions to the farm thanks to Waldoview Farm- Katahdin Hair Sheep. Right behind them are Ice Cream (the black Katahdin ewe also from Waldoview) and Big Red the studly alpaca, followed by Waffles the black alpaca.

Big Red and Waffles came to us from another favorite Jersey client, Kim at Out Of Sight Alpacas. While Big Red retired as a fancy stud from Kim's genetic program, Waffles was a rescue from a neglect case. Although llamas are typically better herd guardian animals than alpacas are, we have found that Red and Waffy are both really good watch dogs for their groups. It was just yesterday that we got a concerned call from our neighbors after Waffy had one of his classic, high-drama shrieking episodes at the very sight of his dinner.

Right after Waffles, you see Cookie run by. She was our most recent addition from Little Falls Farm. Ice Cream, Boxie, Jail and Cookie are responsible for producing the lamb we raise on the farm, and they typically live with Waffles, the loud mouth. Red is typically with the old goat group. The two groups rotate from grass to woods every few weeks, with some careful planning to put them in the most comfortable spots possible depending on the weather.

Last, but certainly not least, taking up the rear is the man, the myth, the Hankie. Hank and his sweet brother used to belong to another favorite client (Barbara Cronin Strenner), and right before I closed my practice, poor Hankie lost his brother and became too despondent to eat. We kept in close contact about his health, but it seemed unlikely that he was going to recover, so our friends at Out Of Sight Alpacas brought him up here to live with me. Not only is he the sweetest, most social critter we have, but being part of a herd has given him a new sense of purpose. His best friend in the world is Red, a surprise to us all. They're never apart.

There you have it! All you're missing are the two rams, the dogs and the kids. We'll save those intros for next time!