The egg crisis in America has hit home for most folks!Once again mass produced products from industrail factory farming and some of the most harmful effects that come from its practices (ie. the bird flu) have nearly brought the industry to its knees! We already have the simple solutions to get local food security! Literally as local as your backyard! One Neighbor to Another- |
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You will leave here ready to
bring home the chickens!
If you’ve ever thought about having your own fresh laid eggs at home or organizing to become the neighborhood "egg dealer", then this is the class for you!
 | Training Dates The training will be held at Slak Market Farm on Saturday May 27th 10am - 3pm and the Coop Build Sunday May 28th 10am - 3pm (Memorial day weekend) |
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a family Fall Farm Staycation
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What's on your child's bucket list?
Would a couple of days playing on-farm with farm animals happen to be on it?
If it's not on their list- then it should
definitely be on the top of yours! |
The Dairy Dream Farm Stay is a comfortable 3 bedroom home that awaits your arrival. Located here at Slak Market Farm in Lexington KY. You are invited to come to stay overnight with us and experience life on a working micro-dairy farm.
Our farm is a magical place for all ages, this is especially true for little eyes and hands! They are fascinated with feeding cows, sheep, and ducks (just to name a few).
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Bringing in and preparing each cow for their individual milking session is an honorable chore that captivates the mind of all ages!
So what would it benefit to allow your child to enter the right of passage into agriculture at Slak Market Farm? |
These are just a few of the benefits, but most of all what we have seen is that children become more conscious of the environment for which they are responsible to steward. They understand & appreciate the connection (and also the responsibility) between themselves, the land, and the animals that provide them with food.
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Does spending a couple of days free from electronics,
milking cows, collecting freshly laid eggs, petting goats, holding chickens, playing in a creek bed, feeding little critters, and climbing over hay bales sound like a natural way for allowing your child to be present and fall into that connection? |
Our farm guests have left us with raving reviews! This is a testament to the efforts my family puts into sharing this life-changing experience with your family.
Visit us at The Dairy Dream and reserve for your
Family Farm Staycation today!
Fall Farm Stay are just
$199.99 per night!
$199.99 per night!
The Fall Farm Staycation Package is available
November 1st - November 20th.
November 1st - November 20th.
We welcome you to come home to the farm!
'Twas All A Dream...
'Twas all a dream, but now I know that Dairy Dreams do come true!
Although, with the rise in Covid cases, this feels much like Deja vu, as we start to cancel our upcoming events.
Here we go again! But we all know that the bad always comes with the good.
And if nothing else, this pandemic has at least brought about a Baby Boom!
Although, with the rise in Covid cases, this feels much like Deja vu, as we start to cancel our upcoming events.
Here we go again! But we all know that the bad always comes with the good.
And if nothing else, this pandemic has at least brought about a Baby Boom!
Even for my raw milk family as we have gone through
the conception, the labor, and the delivery of our very own
Generation-C Baby!
the conception, the labor, and the delivery of our very own
Generation-C Baby!
My original plan was to host a huge “Reveal Farm Shower” for our supportive & committed herd share owners.
Lord knows we've all been holding hands through the contractions, and you've pushed with us throughout the ongoing changes being made around here this year!
Although the current condition of Covid numbers has put a halt to any on-farm group events.
Here is the Virtual Reveal of our families new addition at Slak Market Farm and the journey we took along the way during this pandemic to get here!
Lord knows we've all been holding hands through the contractions, and you've pushed with us throughout the ongoing changes being made around here this year!
Although the current condition of Covid numbers has put a halt to any on-farm group events.
Here is the Virtual Reveal of our families new addition at Slak Market Farm and the journey we took along the way during this pandemic to get here!
"The Dairy Dream Creamery!"
It is my prayer that you truly enjoy the experience and the completely TRANSPARENT design of this facility.
You'll bear witness to what is Halal watching your cows being cared for and milked, then seeing that Halal milk go from grass to glass. All right here while taking your products from this new pick up location!
You'll bear witness to what is Halal watching your cows being cared for and milked, then seeing that Halal milk go from grass to glass. All right here while taking your products from this new pick up location!
If you, or anyone you know of, would like to come visit this new Creamery…
We are extending an invitation to host private farm tours to folk
who are interested in joining the Slak Market Farm Herd Share.
As always the farm tour fee will be rolled into the sign up fee if you decide to become a shareowner on the day of your tour.
I look forward to welcoming you home to the farm!
who are interested in joining the Slak Market Farm Herd Share.
As always the farm tour fee will be rolled into the sign up fee if you decide to become a shareowner on the day of your tour.
I look forward to welcoming you home to the farm!
Youth F.I.T. Farm camp
(F.I.T. = Farmer In Training )
| Together we'll establish the "Rites of Passage" for your little Agrarian! Growing up my mom and dad would send us to spend the week on my aunt Desella’ s farm because they knew the exposure to the land, animals, and the food produced gave us a chance to explore nature in a hands-on way - an experience that is often missing in today's fast-paced society filled with electronics. |  |
In today's world, we have all but lost many of the traditional farming rites of passage as we have moved from an agrarian society to an urban society.
Idyllic Slak Market Farm is the closest you will come to re-creating the comforting rituals and daily rhythms only experienced on a working farm.
We see the value in many of our agricultural traditions that mark a transition from a child on the farm to a fully contributing member of the farming tribe.
Farm Camp at Slak Market Farm is a fun-filled learning experience where your child will spend the week fully immersed in the daily workings of our farm.
Campers will spend 1 week here on our farm, learning how to interact and understand where their food comes from, and to impart a greater appreciation for the effort that farmers make to grow healthy, fresh food, and also have a basic understanding of how food directly affects how we feel.
Farm Camp at Slak Market Farm is a fun-filled learning experience where your child will spend the week fully immersed in the daily workings of our farm.
Campers will spend 1 week here on our farm, learning how to interact and understand where their food comes from, and to impart a greater appreciation for the effort that farmers make to grow healthy, fresh food, and also have a basic understanding of how food directly affects how we feel.
Your child has the option to attend Farm Camp for one-week, Monday thru Friday, from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM and due to covid measures there is a limit of 12 kids per camp and so we are making 5 camps available this year.
 | The weekly sessions of camp will be held on: May 23rd - 27th May 31st - June 4th June 14th - June 18th July 5th - July 9th July 19thth - July 23th |
Below is a short sample overview of each of the days:
Daily - bottle feed the baby calves, collect eggs and feed the chicks and move the chicken mobile coops, Journaling. A healthy snack & water will be served daily and the farm will provide lunch on Friday only.
. ● Monday - Learn all about and hold chickens, turkeys, and help care for the baby chicks.
● Tuesday - Care for and milk the cows and use the milk straight from the cows to help make yogurt, butter, cream cheese and or ice cream!
● Wednesday - Spend the day learning all about the goats and sheep.
● Thursday - Visit our greenhouse and or vegetable garden and learn about and help care for the plants.
● Friday - Learn about the importance of our "living" soil, honey bees, meet and maybe get to ride the donkey Sisco. Friday lunch we make pizza from our garden veggies and fresh cheese. Play around and re-visit all the animals.
. ● Monday - Learn all about and hold chickens, turkeys, and help care for the baby chicks.
● Tuesday - Care for and milk the cows and use the milk straight from the cows to help make yogurt, butter, cream cheese and or ice cream!
● Wednesday - Spend the day learning all about the goats and sheep.
● Thursday - Visit our greenhouse and or vegetable garden and learn about and help care for the plants.
● Friday - Learn about the importance of our "living" soil, honey bees, meet and maybe get to ride the donkey Sisco. Friday lunch we make pizza from our garden veggies and fresh cheese. Play around and re-visit all the animals.
Please forward and share this page to others who will be interested in having their kids learn about caring for animals, plants, and nourishing food.
How sweet it is!
| We have plenty of Lebaneh hanging in the milk kitchen & so what to do with all this whey leftover from production has just gotten a lot sweeter! Thanks to our herd share owners
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Producing products for this herd share comes with its own portion of highs and lows.
This one however is definitely a winner and we are taking it home for the team!
Taylor is one of many herd share owners who Loves to rule in her kitchen. So, it’s no surprise that when this recipe was passed to me for making creamy caramel out of our Raw Milk Whey, Taylor warmly accepted the invitation to master it.
I can't say it enough "that I am so fortunate & blessed to belong to a tribe of women, who have a covenant to not only protect but also to toil, for the integrity of the products we offer in this share".
I can't say it enough "that I am so fortunate & blessed to belong to a tribe of women, who have a covenant to not only protect but also to toil, for the integrity of the products we offer in this share".
I am so ecstatic to see caramel made from our signature Raw Milk Whey!
Best of all, we have plenty of Lebaneh to play with! So, I created a
“Taylor-Made Whey Caramel” Recipe Guide
to lead you off to a good start in combining these two fantastic products!
Have fun & please be sure to let me know how it turns out!
(Use the sign up in the pop-up window to get your copy)
“Taylor-Made Whey Caramel” Recipe Guide
to lead you off to a good start in combining these two fantastic products!
Have fun & please be sure to let me know how it turns out!
(Use the sign up in the pop-up window to get your copy)
Nourish Your Body from the outside
If you are doing the best you can to nourish your body on the inside with good food and yet still washing your body with products made from synthetics and water.
Switching to our luxury soap shampoo and conditioner bars made
with fresh raw milk can truly benefit your skin’s health.
with fresh raw milk can truly benefit your skin’s health.
Our skin-creamery products are created for people with dry or sensitive skin or special needs conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. It is also perfect for healthy, radiant skin that wants to stay that way.
 | What exactly is in the bar |
- It’s rich in vitamins A, B6, B12, D, and E that all nourish the skin.
- It is loaded with alpha-hydroxy acids acting as a natural exfoliate and emollient that helps soothe and moisturize your skin.
- The caseins (proteins/fatty acids) are easily absorbed and hydrate dry skin leaving it smooth and supple. 2 out of 10 of the fatty acids include caprylic and capric acids that naturally balance the alkalinity of our soap and shampoo bars so that it matches more closely with the ideal alkalinity level of the skin. Thus keeping both your hair and skin from being “literally stripped” of its natural moisture.
- Raw milk soap also helps to maintain the skin’s natural acid mantle that fights bacteria because the PH level in milk is close to the same PH level as skin.
All this goodness and more is coupled with natural extracts and oils like the beneficial black cumin seed oil. Mica is added as a colorant that naturally defoliates. It is worthy of a 30 day trial on your skin.
Do you know where to find- Maids a’Milkin, the Butcher, the Baker,
& a Candlestick Maker? ...
& a Candlestick Maker? ...
It’s about time that you do! This is certainly the time and place to L.E.A.R.N. the traditions and skills of old. I'm prepared to help connect you to them as we go on our way
"Back to the Future!"
With this pandemic our farm has been greatly impacted by the loss in agritourism, events, campaign plans, etc. However, what I mean by impact is not at all a negative thing.
Although our way forward through this pandemic is still emerging & evolving daily, one thing is for sure...
Although our way forward through this pandemic is still emerging & evolving daily, one thing is for sure...
The need to be a part of a family farm has never been more relevant!
I hope you can feel what I’m saying. Something is happening here that has made us just stop and from that pause, I have felt a “reset”. Like self-regulation is happening and through all of this, I realize that we are now to make our way
Back to the Future ~ A Regenerative Sustainable Future!
When we look at patterns of dominance of a species in nature, self-regulation happens continually. We can learn from its adaptation and allow that same mentality to be applied to our own lives.
We can come through this as a changed community who adopted the sustainable concept of consuming less, buying local, and choosing better by exercising our most basic rights as inhabitants of a planet that we are privileged to call our home!
It’s time we do better than this horrific dominance of endlessly increasing industries created to support our ever-fulfilling lifestyles.
Starting with leaving a dominant industrial enslaving economic food system as well as then supporting better choices throughout every industry within our community!
We can come through this as a changed community who adopted the sustainable concept of consuming less, buying local, and choosing better by exercising our most basic rights as inhabitants of a planet that we are privileged to call our home!
It’s time we do better than this horrific dominance of endlessly increasing industries created to support our ever-fulfilling lifestyles.
Starting with leaving a dominant industrial enslaving economic food system as well as then supporting better choices throughout every industry within our community!
That being said... Life is waiting for you right here at Slak Market Farm!
We actually have - 2 Maids a’Milkin, the Butcher, the Baker, and yes even a Candlestick Maker!
Our farms herd share is ready to bring your family into the fold and position all of us up for a positive future ahead.
We’re operating this farm to share with your family.
This is your soft place to fall!
As your farmer I want you to know that you can depend on the reliability of our herd share to provide you with the products your family needs most to develop and maintain a naturally strong healthy immune system.
We’re operating this farm to share with your family.
This is your soft place to fall!
As your farmer I want you to know that you can depend on the reliability of our herd share to provide you with the products your family needs most to develop and maintain a naturally strong healthy immune system.
| | Stay connected with the farm for our up and coming offers of private tours and private farm nature play. (Of course all with social distancing measures in place.) |
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Kenya AbrahamA woman farming in your service. |
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