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25.01.2022 CSA Applications are open, and filling quick! If you haven't yet received your CSA info pack and application form, then get in touch by emailing us at [email protected] Just 1 day in and 40% of CSA shares are allocated already!... CSA shares are limited to our community from Atherton Tablelands and Cairns northern beaches, through all town south to Townsville.

25.01.2022 Who wants me to bring some sunflowers to Yungaburra Markets tomorrow? It'll mean I'm picking them in the paddock at 2:30am tomorrow morning, but hey, what else does one do at that time?

25.01.2022 The perfect bite sized snack - frenched Sommerlad wings smoked on the Weber over lychee wood

24.01.2022 Thanks to these fine looking fellas at Tiny Mountain Brewery, we're able to use their spent brewing grain to feed our growing meat chooks! What would normally go to landfill is instead diverted and used to produce our uncommonly delicious chicken. One of the many ways we are not only eliminating waste in our community, but using it to produce amazing food! If you're in Townsville I highly recommend dropping in for a coldie, Dave and Nick brew a fantastic beer! #bellasatofarm #pastureraised #knowyourfarmer #waronwaste #sommerladchicken #makechickengreatagain

23.01.2022 We're getting closer to finalising our CSA offerings to all you eaters! Starting tonight, we'll kick off with some questions/suggestions folks had in the CSA survey. Do you live between Townsville & Cairns, and are you interested in having a relationship with us, the chicken farmers, wanting to get a fresh chicken delivered to a hub near you every 3 weeks? If so, fill in our CSA survey here (if you haven't already done so!): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C3DKKQP

22.01.2022 Some days it all goes to shit... today is one of those days, for both of us. Giving ourselves permission to take some time out and not tick anything off the list. Seeing these radishes coming up, new life, provides hope. Plus some time at the beach, just sitting. Be kind to yourselves folks. Love you all

22.01.2022 Community Supported Agriculture Launch - UPDATE!! Folks - our first CSA emails & survey are out! If you didn't get one, and you'd like to know more, then just fill in our CSA survey here, or better still email us for full details... Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9PM99M... Email: [email protected] See more

22.01.2022 CSA FAQ #4 Can we get some more open disclosure on what the CSA model provides? A cynical person would look at this and suggest it passes more risk to the consumer but for little benefit. [We’re thinking about it but ] only if there was reduced risk on not receiving a minimum quantity of product A - The CSA will provide a freshly processed and refrigerated chicken every 3 weeks, to your nearest delivery hub, for a total of 8 deliveries (or roughly 6 months-worth). As well as...Continue reading

21.01.2022 CSA FAQ #3 Can I get some tips and recipes to get the most out of 1 whole chicken / I am a bit worried about what to do with the feet, and have never cooked gizzards or heart before! A. Never fear! All CSA members will be provided with cooking support, suggestions and recipes! And being a part of a community, we encourage you all to share your tips, tricks and recipes amongst each other on the CSA member only FB page - hey, there’s a few chefs and truly incredible home-cooks in the CSA, so we also can’t wait to learn more! I mean just check out this incredible dish prepared by Philip-Jon, someone who's been championing whole-bird cookery from his first order! Pollo en Pepitoria (chicken in saffron sauce, served with potatoes with chorizo, chilli and paprika).

20.01.2022 Enjoying Father’s Day at the beach with his girls!!! Love you heaps Dan, all your girls

18.01.2022 Bit of a break from chicken dinner tonight, with offerings of Tableland Wagyu Beef burgers on homemade milk buns. Friday night dinner on a Monday, went down a treat!

17.01.2022 Are you in or around Mackay and wanting some of our uncommonly delicious chicken? If so, comment on this post, or send us a message! We're trying to get a few orders together to share the freight costs, and get you some great NQ breed and grown pasture raised chook! Oh, and this is Kyle, one of our breeding roosters. If you've familiar with the US fella called Kyle from the YouTube channel KyletheRooster, then you'll know what this cockerel is like! (language warning, check out the US Kyle here https://youtu.be/9SXjOqCIMuA )

16.01.2022 CSA FAQ #1 So, what if we’re going to be away for the CSA delivery that day/week? (holidays, etc) A. We've checked out what some of our friends running CSAs do, and thought what could we realistically achieve, works for our eaters, and here's what we've come up with. You could either: - Check in with your hub host to see if they can hold your chook until you can collect it (if it's just the CSA delivery day you can't make); or - Pay it forward -> gift your share to a neighbou...r, family member or deserving friend. Just let them know about the delivery date, time, and pickup details and we’ll make sure they get your share; or - Ask the other CSA members in your community/delivery hub so see if they’d like to have your share for that week. It’s up to you if money exchanges hands, if so how much, or if you barter something else; or - Postpone your CSA delivery until your next scheduled delivery date. Please give us a weeks notice, and we will still process your bird, but pop it in the freezer. It’ll accompany your next delivery; or finally - Let us know you want to feed the community, and we’ll provide your bird to Meals on Wheels in Ingham. Your chicken will nourish those most in need in our community. Do you good folks have any other suggestions - if you we'd love to hear it!!

16.01.2022 Time to dispel a few untruths! 1. I can taste your chicken at xxx pub/restaurant right? It's on their menu. 2. You guys don't sell to home shoppers. 3. Your chicken is only sold to CSA members.... All wrong! 1. We've recently found out a local establishment has our chicken on their menu, and we're not happy. Other than NOA in Edge Hill, we've not sold a single breast/cut, or a whole chicken to any pubs, restaurants or resorts since the 1st week of February. So if you've been told over the last many months that you're eating our chicken, well sorry but you've been ripped off, and we've been misrepresented! Not happy Jan! 2. Since COVID shut the hospitality industry back in March, and aside from the NOA special event, we've only sold to home shoppers!! Just everyday folks wanting to eat uncommonly delicious chicken. 3. And non CSA folks can still buy our chicken! Availability of cuts and offal is scarce, but there's whole birds available for Christmas. Thanks all for your support! (and thanks to our CSA legend Gemma for the pic!)

15.01.2022 Don't forget - Cairns, Atherton Tablelands, Mission Beach, Innisfail & Cardwell delivery this weekend. And you're not too late to secure a CSA share for our first round of deliveries if you want one! Or if you'd just like a one-off delivery, we can help you out too (new pricing applicable). All orders close midnight Thursday for delivery this Saturday.... And if you're looking for a great read, this is a must - thanks to Laura & Grant for pulling this great book together! The Ethical Omnivore

14.01.2022 Our final Yungaburra Market outing is this weekend. It'll be a bit sad, and I'll miss the many familiar faces at the market, but very exciting times as we transition to a CSA. Hope to see you at the markets, and if you'd like some of our chicken delivered to Cairns, Innisfail, Mission Beach, Tully & surrounds, then get in touch straight away! This 2.4kg bird fed us last night, 2hrs smoking on the weber kettle - was amazing!!! And if you'd like to join our CSA to secure a regular supply of Sommerlad deliciousness, then get in touch quick. CSA shares are strictly limited...

13.01.2022 How amazing does Deborah's coq au vin look, with homemade sourdough - the perfect meal for those cold winter nights

11.01.2022 CSA coming soon!! Do you want to join us, to become our eaters, and us, your chicken farmer? With just over 1 month until launch, we're nutting out the details, and need your input and help. If you're based between Townsville, Ingham, Mission Beach, Cairns, Tablelands and everywhere in between, and interested in forging a deeper relationship with us, then get in touch now (click the "Send Message" button) We need to work with our prospective CSA members so we all agree on the... many aspects of this type of model - including price structure (that's right - you get to have a say on pricing!), benefits to you, us and the community, what a share looks like, and risk & reward sharing, commitment, and suitable delivery hubs at each drop location. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture - a membership model directly connecting eaters with the grower, underpinned by the principles of teikei (see more here https://afsa.org.au/csa/ ) If you've been a regular supporter of us at the markets, we thank you wholeheartedly, and hope you'll join us as we transition towards a CSA model. More information will be sent via email to all interested parties, and CSA numbers are capped to ensure we can supply all of you our uncommonly delicious chicken on an ongoing basis, while still meeting the needs of our land, and us, your farmer. See more

11.01.2022 CSA FAQ #2 Is it possible to not charge extra to have the bird cut up? A. I’d love to be able to break down a whole bird into pieces in 30 seconds, but I am still not that quick! Our proposed cut fee of $3.50 covers 6-7 minutes of labour to break down each bird into wings, marylands, breasts, tenderloins, and frame with neck & feet, and the time to bag all of this up & vacuum seal. Also, just for our CSA folks, we’ll be sending around an informational video clip on how to break down your own bird, and will teach you all this great skill at the CSA members day on farm!

09.01.2022 I took some time our of my hectic schedule to spend a weekend with these amazing folks. I don't really have 2 days to spare, but I've been busting to get into syntropics for quite a while, and the time is right. Syntropics is a food production system like nothing I've ever seen. Eucalyptus trees planted in the same hole as a banana tree, surrounded by capsicum, eggplants, pomegranates, lettuce, corn, and a myriad of other plant species. All working together, with an aim to m...aximize the quality and quantity of consolidated life. Such abundance, which our gracious hosts also exuded! Thanks to everyone for sharing the love and knowledge - Tony, Katie, Adam and Gwen, and most of all to Jane and Neil for hosting us all at your abundant patch of mother earth Can't wait to start our own system & incorporate our chooks - going beyond pasture-raised soon! #syntropics #bellasatofarm #knowyourfarmer #sommerladchicken See more

06.01.2022 Our first lot of CSA applications forms are out, rest coming soon! To clarify - 1 CSA share is 4 chickens (total!), with one delivered every 3 weeks, and 2 CSA shares is 8 chickens (total!), with two delivered every 3 weeks!! Sorry for the confusion

04.01.2022 CSA update - last one before we launch! We've had a bit on these last few weeks, and had to double and triple check numbers before we were happy. But the time is here - next week the CSA will officially open and we'll be taking orders! It'll strictly be on a first in best dressed basis, limited to 2 shades per household. Your share will consist of a fresh whole bird, delivered to your nearest hub every 3 weeks. We're trialing for 3 months this time around - to make sure it's right for y'all and us. If you've already done the CSA survey or sent an expression of interest, we'll be in touch in the next few days with all details and your application form. Thanks all for your patience, and looking forward to getting you some chicken soon, Leanne & Dan

04.01.2022 Last CSA shares, going... going... If you're a current CSA member and want more chicken delivered every 3 weeks, or wanting to join the awesome CSA family - then get in touch now! You nominate your price (recommended $57.26 per bird plus delivery), and we process to order and deliver your chicken share every 3 weeks. Each CSA "share" you opt in for gets you a whole chicken for every delivery round (whole or portioned - you choose). You're committing for a total of 3 deliverie...s, which carries through until just before Christmas. We expect average bird weight to be around 2.77kg throughout this CSA period. Cairns delivery this Saturday 24th October, and Townsville in 2 and a bit weeks... If you're in Cairns, the Tablelands or Mission Beach and can't commit to a CSA share right not but want some chicken, then get in touch ASAP too - we have limited stock available. Thanks folks! Dan & Leanne

03.01.2022 Who's loving this winter weather?? I know we are And... with all the excitement around the CSA pre-launch, we forgot to remind you all that we're at Cotters Market Townsville this Sunday! Hope to see you there, and if you've any CSA related questions, come have a chat. Don't forget to fill in the CSA survey if you're thinking about - we need feedback with all you folks to pull it together.... https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S9PM99M

02.01.2022 CSA shares still available! (just a few) Hey folks, there's still a few CSA shares available for the Townsville region, and also for the Cairns/Tablelands/Mission Beach region. We sent out a big information pack to those that were interested, but here it is simplified: - for each full CSA share you request, you get one chicken delivered every 3 weeks (fresh, refrigerated) - it can be left whole, or we will cut it up into pieces for you... - the size of each bird will vary between deliveries, but should average around 2.77 kg which is our long-term bird average size - you name your price! Our recommended price of $57.26 per bird is our cost to produce - you are committing upfront to the next 4 deliveries (Townsville) or 3 deliveries ( Cairns / Tablelands / Mission Beach), basically up to the middle of December - pick up is from a hub close to you. If you can't make the specified time, no worries as we have ways to handle that! Any questions, or if you're interested, get in touch now!

02.01.2022 CSA Update #...ahhh... Ok - we've been a bit quiet on the CSA front as we churn through the feedback, double check our numbers, and prepare to launch! We're going to be upfront and let y'all know now that there's going to be some unhappy eaters out there - we do not have enough birds to meet the demand! And we have also been experiencing reduced hatch rates for the last month, which we are yet to resolve.... Keeping all this in mind, we're still committing to launching the CSA this month, but with limited CSA shares, and one significant change - we're going to go for a 3-month term for this round. So we can try it, you can try it, and we can sort out our hatching issues ready for CSA round #2. All shares we release in this CSA round will have birds already hatched and on the ground, and therefore we're sure you'll all get your 4 chooks over that 3 month period. We figure better off to launch, start small, learn and improve - and thanks for joining us on the journey

01.01.2022 CSA update! Our first round of Community Supported Agriculture emails went out last night. If you're interested in working out if a CSA membership is for you, then message us now. We need your help to make this happen. Your support will allow us to continue farming in the long run, and you'll see a fresh chicken delivered to you every 3 weeks for the next 6 months in return, as well as becoming an important member of our CSA community. There's plenty of other benefits too, messages us to find out more. #bellasatofarm #knowyourfarmer #pastureraised #sommerladchicken #CSA #supportlocaltownsville

01.01.2022 Delivering Sommerlad chicken to Townsville this Saturday. We have plenty of whole birds available, limited cuts. Message us if you're interested.