It's been a long time since I've really had a chance to focus on where our food is coming from. In reality, it's a first world problem as are things like GMO foods, Organic production methods and market fairness. Without going into details, this move has had impacted our finances in many ways.
So, when Deborah Sent me off to North Manchester on Valentine's Day to get half a hog from the Hawkins Family Farm, it was quite an occassion. Just traveling that far used up 2 tanks of fuel, making it an expensive adventure. Worth it, but costly.
We're also working on this mobile pizza business. Columbus has at least a couple organizations that focus on food production. We are sure that the commitment we make to reducing the geographic footprint (a great phrase from the business plan) will be appreciated. To that end, we went quite a bit out of our way on a trip home from Bloomington.
Vogel Certified Organic Dairy is just a bit west of Franklin, IN on SR 44. It's a family run dairy, making many forms of pressed and fresh cheese, buttermilk, and other dairy items. They also raise pastured beef, pork and chicken, eggs, vegetables and fruit. They have a store on the farm open until 7pm every day. We picked up a chicken for tonight's dinner.
Roasted at 300° over a layer of sliced potatoes, garlic cloves and a little onion for 4 hours. Breast side down. Should be a good dinner.
I'm going to try to source a lot of ingredients from the Vogels. What they have is a bit advanced for a typical Old MacDonald Farm. But our brief time talking last night showed evidence of a family doing something they really enjoy and, as evidenced by the empty cheese shelves, they're really good at.
More on them soon. I promise.
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