Chicken livers or hearts

Kookoolan Farms sells to the public exclusively from our farmstore at 15713 Highway 47, Yamhill, OR  97148, and at only one local farmer's market:  the Hillsdale Farmer's Market in southwest Portland (Burlingame / Multnomah Village area).  This market runs year-round; weekly from May through October; twice a month November through April.  Sundays 10AM to 4PM.  We will be at this market the last Sunday of each month in 2009:
-- Sunday, June 28, 10am-2pm (FRESH chickens and ducks)
-- Sunday, July 26, 10am-2pm (FRESH chickens)
-- Sunday, August 30, 10am-2pm (FRESH chickens)
-- Sunday, September 27, 10am-2pm (FRESH regular chickens and FRESH 12-week pastured heirloom chickens)
-- Sunday, October 25, 10am-2pm (FRESH regular chickens and FRESH 16-week pastured heirloom chickens)
-- Sunday, November 22, 10am-2pm (FRESH Red Bourbon heritage turkeys only - please reserve yours)

Our booth is located at the far south end of the market -- look for our truck! For dates, times, location, directions, and profiles of the other great farmer-vendors at the market, please visit .   And yes, we ship anywhere in Oregon for the cost of product + actual shipping by UPS + $25 handling fee for time and materials to prepare and ship the package.

Our products are not available this year at New Seasons Markets; if you're interested why not, please read our  page.  During 2009, our chicken is on the menu at the Intel Cafeterias at the Ronler Acres and Jones Farm campuses, at Bijou Cafe in downtown Portland, and at  and .

Whole Broiler/Fryer Chickens (4 to 6 pounds)  ...  $4.25/pound
Cut-up Chicken Breast Quarters (breast and wing attached)  ...  $5.50/pound
Cut-up Chicken Hindquarters (thigh and drumstick attached)  ...  $5.00/pound
Chicken livers or hearts ...  $3.50/pound
Chicken "Stock Kits" (one pound of feet, necks, backs)  ...   $2.50/pound
Raw chicken fat for rendering schmaltz - excellent for soap-making or as a general-purchase cooking fat  ...  $3.00/pound 

               

Chicken Eggs from outdoor-raised hens, an assortment of shell colors from Auracauna, Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn, and other hen breeds)  ...  $6.00/dozen at the farmer's market or our farmstore

Cheesemaking Supplies .  See  for the full line of supplies from the New England Cheesemaking Supply Company..  Cultures, rennets, cheesecloth, wax, thermometers, curd-cutting knives, wrapping papers, enzymes, you name it, they're all here.  To our knowledge, we are the only cheesemaking supply shop anywhere in the Portland metropolitan area or anywhere in northwest Oregon.  Local cheesemakers can take classes here at the farm twice a month, for our current schedule see our .  For write-ups about our classes, see blogs by local food writers  and .

         

Fresh and dried mushrooms from our Yamhill neighbors at Misty Mountain Mushrooms and Yamhill County Mushrooms are periodically available here at our farmstore.  An assortment of mushrooms, some wild-harvested in Yamhill County (chanterelles, black trumpets, porcini, morel) and some locally cultivated here inYamhill, Oregon, under certified organic conditions.  Prices vary.

Cultured foods including beet kvaas, kombucha tea, etc.

2009 Vegetable CSA to a small group of five families.  Surplus salad greens, braising greens, and vegetables from our own gardens, plus wild-harvested greens and mushrooms, and vegetable, herb and flower starts to grow in your own garden are available daily in our farmstore.

Tree fruits, specializing in Persian/Iranian fruits including pomegranate, mulberry, sour cherry, and apple, plus many heirloom varieties of more familiar fruits, first harvest expected in 2010.

In 2009 we will also begin to experiment with pond-raised tilapia and crawfish, and with bagged compost.

Winery licensing in progress; we hope to be able to sell our hand-crafted meads and specialty wines by end of 2009.  Stay tuned...