Shady Oaks Farms

02/07/2025

Elderberry and honey has been added to Nutrition On The Square in Greenwood. Cash, cashapp/venmo only accepted!

02/06/2025

There’s been a lot of talk about raw milk sales in Arkansas lately, and frankly (in our opinion), many of the headlines have been misleading or lacking key details. So, here’s where things actually stand:

The raw milk bill introduced this session has passed the House Agriculture Committee and the House floor, which is a great step forward. However, it still needs to pass at least the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate floor before it can be signed into law by the Governor.

As the bill currently stands (and it could still change), it expands the sale of raw milk beyond just on-farm sales to also include farmers’ markets and deliveries. But nothing is official until all the steps are completed!

Addressing Bird Flu Concerns & Raw Milk Safety

Recently, there’s been a surge in headlines linking bird flu and advising raw milk consumption (you will see more as this headline as the law starts to change). We’ve been working closely with our vet since cases were first noticed in dairy cows in April 2024. Here’s what we’ve done to ensure the safety of our milk:
• Testing: Our cows were tested and confirmed negative after attending the fair.
• Biosecurity: We maintain a closed herd to prevent outside exposure.
• Farm Protection: Laramie takes his job seriously—no birds land on our farm without being chased off!
• Daily Health Checks: Because we interact with our cows twice a day, every day, we know them well enough to detect even the slightest health changes.

We believe raw milk is a personal choice for you and your family. We typically don’t engage in the raw vs. pasteurized debate, but we want to reassure you that we prioritize healthy cows, responsible handling, and food safety every step of the way.

🥛 Thanks for your trust and support!

With that being said, we still have some gallons posted online for pick up on Friday for all those interested!

02/01/2025

Still limited beef cuts until later this month but ground beef, chicken breast, beef stew, cube steaks and beef liver added today! We still have drums, thighs, legs, tenders and ground chicken in stock! All the Van Buren/crawford county, head to Main Street Mercantile to get your meat cuts!

02/01/2025

Fifth J Vendor Marketplace has been restocked with sweetened and unsweetened elderberry! Praying this flu leaves this area quickly and everyone can avoid it by boosting their immune system! 💪🏻

01/30/2025

THIS! Immunity shots are the best! I also loaded up Nutrition On The Square with both sweet and unsweetened elderberry this morning! Swing by, get your elderberry and get your immunity shot!

What a fantastic combination! Our immunity shots paired with elderberry syrup from Shady Oaks Farms. Visit us to boost your defenses against the illnesses going around! The iced coffee shown is a brown sugar shaken espresso. Shady Oaks Farms

01/30/2025

EGGS! It’s been a long time since we have eggs for sale in excess! We have went back and forth over the past two years to ramp up this enterprise or not! One time we added too many and too fast and got over extended! We have lived and learned to go slowly! 🤣

Eggs is not the most profitable and we find most people come out of the woodworks demanding for eggs in the winter (during molt) and when prices are high in the store! Then as soon as price drops we find ourselves with excess eggs. So you can see how this is not the greatest endeavor!

With that being said, we are extending weekly eggs subscription to our milk customers first! So, if you pick up milk from us weekly, please let us know if you are interested in weekly eggs! Text message Sarah or the farm page.

After the week orders are fulfilled, we will open up a weekly subscription for just eggs and then first come, first serve on our website.

Here are the details:

$5 per dozen of eggs. - If weekly subscription brings 4 egg cartons (must be in good shape) on their first pick up, they will receive $1 off the next 4 orders. Once you are on your 4th order, bring another 4 to continue to receive the discount! We will consider cartons like a deposit. More details on messages! This helps us keep costs low and to recycle. Pick up at farm only!

$6 per dozen eggs for all first come, first serve!

Everyone who is not a milk customer and would like a weekly subscription or first come, first serve, please message here so we can start a waitlist!

Thank you everyone for your egg patience!

01/29/2025

LOTS of sickness going around! Every time I feel exhausted and a tickle, I go straight to the elderberry for immune boosting! To me, there is never too much! I make into a drink in the afternoon as my “mocktail”!

I’m watching inventory closely at all the locations. Here is where you can find our sweetened and unsweetened elderberry syrup. It’s shelf stable (canned) and best if refrigerated after opened. I’ve kept it in the fridge up to 4 months without issues. (If you keep it on the counter after opened, you have about 1-2 weeks). So grab some to have on hand!

🌱 On our website. Available 7 days a week for pick up. Must place an order and I’ll send you instructions how to pick up! A lot of forms of payment accepted.

🍃 Nutrition On The Square - in Greenwood off the Square. Cashapp/venmo or cash only accepted.

🍃 Denim & Pearls - in Greenwood off of Mainstreet. Cash/card accepted!

🌱 - in Fort Smith off Towson near the original Fort Smith Coffee. Credit card and cash accepted

🍃 .King Tropicals and More - located in Van Buren off Fayetteville Road.

01/21/2025

🥛 Milk and cream have been posted on our website. Pick up for Wednesday- Friday only. More will be added on Friday for Saturday-Tuesday pick up!

🥩 Beef inventory is low but we still have some t-bones, ground beef and stew meat available online. Restock will be February- it takes a bit because all beef hangs for 28 days! We have added beef hearts and liver online for all the people who have been asking for it! Limited quantities of those!

🍗 We are doing a 5 for $15 on chicken carcass! They are marked down from $5 to $3! They make the most delicious chicken bone broth that is great for when you are sick or just for health benefits! Video coming with a recipe this week! We still have wings, thighs, drums, tenders and breasts left. The chicken we have in stock is all we will have until April. Chickens don’t grow well on pasture in the winter, so stock up before that runs out!

Beef shares: Next opportunity for a whole, 1/2 or 1/4 steer will be March. You can put a deposit down to reserve that. Send us a message if you have any questions.

🍯 We still have honey, elderberry and now beef tallow in the farm store or on the website! You can find those in various locations throughout Van Buren and Fort Smith!

Day on the Farm - we have had 3 sets of goat twins so far, so that means “Day on the Farm” planning is coming and dates/tickets will be released soon! 😍

Shady Oaks Farms

01/18/2025

Did you know that we now have our elderberry in Van Buren? Stop into C.King Tropicals and More. off Fayetteville Road for sweetened or unsweetened elderberry! Help protect yourself from those seasonal bugs going around! 🌱

01/18/2025

Doing a little bulk discount on milk! For pick up today only on 1/18! Once ordered is placed, we will send you pick up instructions. Pick up anytime before 8 pm!

Button will add the 3 to your cart with the discount for easy checkout and flexible payments. Milk freezes well!

https://shadyoaksfarmsstore.com/products/a2-raw-milk

01/15/2025

Beef shares are SOLD OUT for this round!

Your next opportunity will be in March! If you would like a couple months to budget accordingly, this is your chance! With the constant rising cost of beef, it might be a smart time to get a deposit on the books early!

As always, we are happy to help however we can!

01/14/2025

The ribeye is the BEST cut of steak - fight me… We recently upped our game a bit by choosing bone-in ribeye steaks. Cooking a steak with a bone in it enhances the beef flavor of the steak, really ramping up the overall flavor profile.

Ramp up your ribeye game! We will deliver if you’re close-ish!

https://shadyoaksfarmsstore.com/products/ribeye-bone-in

01/11/2025

We hope everyone was safe and warm for snowOMG! We officially have had more snow this winter than family in Wisconsin! 😅 Looks like it won’t be lasting very long with the warm up to the 40s.

We have milk available this weekend for pick up. We also have some cream available, as well! It’s truly the best and makes it super easy to whip into butter! Here is what customers say about the cream (below)! Grab one before the sell out!

https://shadyoaksfarmsstore.com/

01/04/2025

We have a steer headed to the butcher that we would love to end up in your freezer! These steers are grassfed and grain finished - No hormones or antibiotics!

The total price of the animal would be the prices you see below, multiplied by the hanging weight. (Most of the time it’s in the ballpark of 600 pounds.) You would have around 375 pounds of beef delivered to your door!

If you have the freezer space, this is the best way to eat beef! Sharing with your friends would be a huge help for us!

01/03/2025

“If you haven’t tried our milk yet, don’t take our word for it! Here’s what our loyal customers have to say—and why they keep coming back for more. 🥛 We have extra this weekend, so don’t miss out—grab yours today!

https://shadyoaksfarmsstore.com/products/a2-raw-milk

01/03/2025

Laramie wishes everyone a happy new year!

12/30/2024

He might kill me for this but Casey’s locked and loaded with some binoculars on the lookout for the cow about to have her calf this week! 😂

12/30/2024

Honey and elderberry were wiped out again at Nutrition On The Square. Sweet and unsweetened elderberry and all sizes of honey have been restocked on 12/30.