Our First Herd Share Pick Up

I just returned home from our first herd share pick up. Technically we're not part of the herd share because we don't get the raw-milk dairy products...yet. To be in the herd share means to pay each month to have a farmer take care of cows, and then you reap the products - raw milk, butter, cream, yogurt. We sampled the raw milk last week and it was VERY grassy tasting. I've heard that raw milk is the most grassy tasting in the spring though because that's when there's the most grass. So I was told to re-try it again later this summer when the cows start eating more hay. At that point if it tastes better, we'll join the herd share.

Anyway, we're not technical herd share members, but we are part of the group that gets goods from the Amish farmers in Holmes County (90 miles away). The Yoder Family, which I referenced in my last post, is a temperate Amish family that uses technology to help with the family business. So we place our orders online each week, and then one member of the herd share travels to the Yoder family farm each Monday to pick up the goods for all the family. Since it's our first week I didn't order much, but here's what we got:

- Chicken breasts
- Ground beef
- Eggs
- Granola
- Granola Bars

I just finished a granola bar and it was yummy. I'm excited we joined the herd share and am looking forward to the goodies to come!