At Fat Sheep Farm, we produce more than sheep's milk cheese and yogurt. Since our first season on the property in 2016, we have grown an enormous variety of crops ranging from asparagus to zinnias.  We have sold produce at the Hartland Farmers Market and the Woodstock Farmers Market, as well as to a bunch of local restaurants and stores.  As our cabin and cheese business has grown, we began to re-focus our growing to produce smaller amounts of vegetables, but still a great variety. We also plan on growing a larger amount of a few select crops to support area restaurants.  

Our Produce

The farm will keep growing a large variety of vegetables, just in smaller quantities (and some berries too) so that our guests can sample some of the abundant gifts of our land while staying in the cabins.  These products can be purchased, when seasonally available, in our new farm stand.  

Mangalitsa

We have been especially proud to provide produce to the talented crew that runs Mangalitsa restaurant in Woodstock.  Since it first opened its doors, we have provided Mangalitsa with virtually every kind of vegetable, including lesser known varieties like Japanese peppers, squash, and cucumbers, New Mexico hatch chilies, and Brazilian biquinho peppers.  As Mangalitsa has begun to grow a lot of its own food, we now focus on two crop groups to support their amazing culinary creations.

First, we grow different kinds of flint and dent corn that can be ground into flour and meal for all kinds of creations, but especially polenta. In addition to producing enough corn for a year round grain supply for Mangalitsa, we hope to eventually produce enough to mill corn here on the farm for our cabin guests and even more area restaurants.  We have particularly enjoyed a red heirloom flint corn from the Italian alps called Floriani and a Michigan yellow heirloom dent corn called Nothstine. 

Second, we grow all kinds of pumpkins and winter squash for sweet desserts and savory soups and dishes, including a few unusual Japanese varieties and a French heirloom pumpkin called  Galeux d'Eysines.  We are always looking for unusual crops to grow to see what new treats come from them.