Welcome to Gunthorp Farms
If you are reading this, I’m guessing that you either got an e-mail from me telling you to check out our website, or you are looking for pork or poultry that’s raised right and tastes right. Either way, Welcome!
In the coming months I hope to use this newsletter to keep everyone up-to-date on what’s happening here at the farm. Right now, we are staying busy putting together new shelters for the chickens and ducks. We currently have about 18,000 chickens on the farm, along with 4,000 ducks and 500 pigs! We are butchering two days a week and processing 3. Throw in the kids softball games 3 nights a week and you can understand why we aren’t always available to answer the phone!
I feel like I have a star in my presense as Greg is featured in the June issue of Chicago Magazine! Granted, he was a little upstaged by one of our pigs that got a full 2-page spread for it’s picture, while Greg’s picture only takes up 1/2 of a page! The reporter who wrote the story spent 3 days here with Greg. He even rode along to Chicago one Thursday to make deliveries! (That was probably the easiest way for him to get Greg’s undivided attention for a few hours!) Anyways, check out the magazine if you get a chance and you can see why I’m so proud of my pig farmer!
Well, keep checking back if you’re interested in hearing about things here on the farm. I am off to go grocery shopping.
~Lei
May 27th, 2008 at 2:33 am
What magazine sis?
May 31st, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Hey, this is Kara. My mom asked me to reply to you because she’s too tired to get off the couch! LOL! JK! In case you don’t know, that means laugh out loud and just kidding
Any ways, there’s a huge article in the June issue of the Chicago magazine. It’s quite a few pages long and you can’t buy advertising like that! Well, I guess that’s it. If you have any more questions leave another comment and one of us will get back to you.
Talk to you later,
Kara
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Congrats on the Chicago magazine article, I just read it and since my husband works in Chicago but we currently live in South Bend, we are already making plans for a Saturday trip to the retail store
Kudo’s to you for the choices you’ve made, I’m so glad it is successful!
Liz
June 14th, 2008 at 1:06 am
You guys ought to post the link to the Chicago Mag story (http://www.chicagomag.com/Radar/Snap/June-2008/Day-of-Pigs/). The pics, and extra gallery, are fabulous! Nice work
June 14th, 2008 at 7:25 am
Hi, I buy meat at the Highland Farmers Market so I get newletters from Phyliis Bergiel at Farm Direct Meats. She referenced the article about you in Chicago magazine. Great article! My uncle used to raise some pigs in Kentucky when I was a kid, never knew then that it was the best way with them running around the fields. Being young of course and a city girl I had no knowledge of farms at all. I’m so happy everything worked out for you all and that you still farm and farm naturally. Blessings
June 27th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
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Let us know if you are interested.
Dan Gash
Managing Partner Vantage USA
Dan@VantageUSA.net
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