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Farm Happenings at Hawkins Family Farm
Field Notes: Pullets and Preparing for Potato Planting
We had a lot happening on the farm this week, including the arrival of a new flock of pullets and preparations to plant potatoes. Check out our latest Field Notes video!
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Join us for our annual "Hoop Move" on Saturday 10/26!
Our moveable hoop houses have been covering summer crops like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers all season. Now, it's time to move them over autumn lettuce, spinach, and carrots--and we need your help! Join us for our annual "Hoop Move" from 9am-1pm on Saturday, October 26. We'll spend the morning m1 read more »
Farm Photo: Turkeys!
The turkeys are loving the mild temperatures and blue skies! read more »
Chicken fried in pork lard
Few food combinations are as mouth-wateringly delightful as Hawkins Farm pastured chicken fried in Hawkins Farm pastured pork lard. Rather than the commercial white bird raised by the industrial companies and many small farmers, we raise red birds genetically selected for pasture, with plenty of ro1 read more »
Turkey Time
I find myself amused each year to watch a scenario unfold. As long as the autumn weather stays warm, we hear very little from people wanting to order their Thanksgiving turkeys. But let a couple of cold days come, and the inquiries and orders rush in. Rest assured that we are preparing well, no mat1 read more »
New Pullets on the Farm
A new flock of laying hens recently arrived on the farm. It won't be long before the young hens pictured here--called pullets--will be outdoors pecking seeds, scratching dirt, chasing bugs, and swallowing whole blades of grass. For a few days after they come to our farm, however, they remain inside1 read more »
Welcome to the autumn CSA!
We’ll begin this season savoring the fleeting tastes of summer—fresh tomatoes, green beans, burgers on the grill—and end up reveling in the cozy flavors fall, like frost-kissed vegetables, slow-roasted chickens, and fresh sourdough bread still warm from the oven. What a great time1 read more »
Taking Stock of the Summer Season
This week marks the final delivery of the summer CSA. I want to thank you for joining us for a season of fresh, local eating, for sharing in the risks and rewards of small scale farming here in northeastern Indiana. I'm already taking stock of the lessons I've learned this summer and using them to1 read more »
A Farm Fresh Treat for Your Pets
Every summer Saturday morning at dawn, you'll find our chicken butchering crew out in the pasture, gently gathering chickens for humane on-farm processing. By noon we have around 200 scalded, plucked, and cleaned chickens cooling in the powerful air-chiller, and a few days later they are cut up (by1 read more »
About the farm
Hawkins Family Farm is a fourth-generation farm in Wabash County, Indiana. We raise grains, livestock, and vegetables in rotation, using the health and wholeness of soils, waters, plants, animals, and people as our standard—whole farm agriculture at the confluence of nature and culture.
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