Eating Local is a Real Joy When You Find A Farm Like This ...

We continue to eat our way through Green Lake County, WI. Sunday we visited Boerson Farm, in the beautiful northwest area of the county, near where the White River joins the Fox. This farm is run by Danielle and Mat Boerson, using a full range of sustainable methods, including pasturing of pigs and chickens. One of the most exciting things about this farm is that they have a greenhouse in which they will be growing greens through most of the winter. That's a huge deal in the northern midwest.

Mat tending the vegetable field. Below, the sampler box of various vegetables Danielle put together for us, including kale, swiss chard, shallots, carrots, two types of winter squash, leeks, sweet potatoes, white and blue potatoes and cipollini onions. The Boersons were pretty well-stocked with pork, so we picked up a variety of cuts, including chops, back ribs, bacon, bratwurst patties and breakfast patties.

Above, the box of vegetables, and below one of the hogs raised by the Boersons. The hogs were temporarily in a large pen while the solar collector that powers the electric fence that encloses the pasture they normally live in is being repaired.

Photos shot by my wife.