Ed Fallon: Support Our Iowa Farmers

And now for something completely different on Blog for Iowa....  Received this message from State Representative Ed Fallon (D-66) last night regarding some Iowa-raised free-range pigs!

Greetings,

I don't know how many of you might be interested, but friends of mine, Mary and Dave Losure, play music and raise pork for a living. That's some combo . . . and I've tried both Dave's violin lessons and the pork! They are hoping to find more market opportunities, so if you're interested in some good Iowa grown meat, please give  'em a call.  DeCoster and Iowa Select will be unhappy that you did!

For details, see the message from Mary and Dave below.

Thanks,
Ed

Hello,

We are Mary Schaeffer-Losure and Dave Losure and our friend Ed Fallon thought you might be interested in trying some of our free-range pork and at the same time helping our independent family-run farming operation to stay in business.  We focus on raising pigs the old-fashioned way, 100 percent outdoors on pasture, which combined with special genetics helps provide our pigs with that great flavor pork used to have.  Ed has some in his freezer now, so you can check with him for confirmation!

Our pigs need no antibiotics, growth hormones or animal by-products and are given none.  We sell them whole, half or by quarters at 76 cents per pound live weight.  We deliver the pigs to Lewright Meats in Eagle Grove, Iowa, and the customer pays them for the processing fees.  Processing choices are made by the customer (we can help with decisions).  No matter how much you order, you will get some of all parts of the pig, and a quarter pig will usually fit in a refrigerator freezer.

Free delivery of the meat is available to Ames and Des Moines.

We have pigs scheduled for delivery to Lewright Meats on Tuesday, June 22 [that's today!] and several are still available so this would be a great time to place an order!  We also have set delivery dates in August, September and October. Being born outdoors means our pigs are available seasonally beginning in the spring and ending when all are sold usually in the fall.

Please let us know right away if you are interested in pork from the June 22 pigs.  Orders for the August - October pigs would be welcome too.  We would be happy to send you further information about our operation and about the options for processing the pork.  Please feel free to ask questions.  

And, please tell your friends!  Thank you!

Mary and Dave
Rose Grove Pig Preserve
Hamilton County, Iowa
losuredr@ncn.net
515-325-6349