Fresh, Local, Sustainable Food for NE Iowa J&J Farm - Jeremy, Jodi, and Molly Peake
1923 Northline Rd., Waukon
Jeremy, Jodi, and Molly Peake operate an organic pasture-based dairy farm west of Waukon, selling milk to Organic Valley. They milk about 30 mostly Jersey cows on their 100 acre farm. The Peakes also help out with Peake Orchard, which is located on the same farm.
They will once again offer pasture raised chickens for GROWN Locally in 2008. The chickens are raised in portable open bottom pens and moved twice daily to fresh pasture. The chickens enjoy eating the grass and bugs and are also fed a corn based ration. They are fed no antibiotics or hormones. The chickens are processed on the farm, and we are looking into getting some processed at an inspected facility for sale to institutions. Chickens will be offered by the piece off the website, and as a share, where you would receive 5 whole chickens throughout the season. New this season, chicken will also be part of our meat sampler box.
This will be the 4th year the Peakes will be marketing the pork. The hogs will all be raised by Kyle and Mari Holthaus, at Kymar Acres. The hogs are raised outdoors in bedded pens and fed a ration with no antibiotics, no hormones, and no animal byproducts. The sows are farrowed in bedded pens, never in crates or on slatted floors. Pork will be available by the piece, or as a half or whole hog. New this year, pork will be included in the new Meat Variety Share and the mixed Meat Sampler Boxes.
