Ault's Family Farm, one of our very favorite meat producers, has just sent out the letter below to those on their e-mail list. So very sad to see them go...
Hey folks,
We wanted to bring you up to speed on what's happening with Ault's
Family Farm. For the last couple years Chris and I have been working
hard trying to make a living off the farm. Throughout each year we sit
down and go over the books to see where we stand on profit and losses
and if we are behind we rethink how we are running the farm and
conducting business with our customers. As of the end of this year we
are still in the red and the farm has not paid us a dime. We produced
more this year than we ever have and had a record selling year. For
that, we thank you. But due mainly to the increase in grain and gas
prices we have decided to shut the farm down and just become a
sustainable farm growing for ourselves until we can again rethink how we
can make the farm profitable. We hope to ramp up our bee operation and
increase our lamb and beef production. We'll grow hogs for ourselves
and may have a few extra to sell. So in saying all of that, we will miss
you all and all of our fellow farmers and vendors. Stay tuned for
future updates on the farm. There may be a work shop or two coming up,
lots of projects that we will be doing that may interest some of you. We
may look into custom growing but for now just work, work, work and
catch up on some of the things that need attention on the farm.
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