Custom Butchered Lamb - Orders Needed by Nov 5, 2024
Notify Abbie at mail@whitesfieldsfarm.com if you are interested in custom butchered lamb. Processing will be done at Blood Farms in West Groton, MA. Abbie can answer your questions and concerns at 413-813-8205. Best to text first to manage her SPAM filter.
Price $9.00 per Pound Hanging Weight
Hanging weight is measured before cutting, deboning, and grinding. The more ground meat you select, the lower the weight of your final order. Expect to spend around $450 for your freezer lamb in total including cryovac packaging and delivery to your door. As explanation, the Blood Farms service alone is one-third of the cost.
Instructions for Ordering Lamb
After contacting Abbie at mail@whitesfieldsfarm.com, Download and complete the PDF Lamb Cutting Form for Blood Farms below and return to mail@whitesfieldsfarm.com. Abbie can fill out your form for you if you wish.
Dates of Importance
Order Deadline: Closed for 2024, Inquire about 2025 Lamb Availability
Hanging, Processing, Packaging, Freezing Completed: around Nov 30, 2024
Abbie/Stan pickup bags and deliver to you: around Dec 1, 2024
Sheep have been part of our family life for a long time
Sheep, Border Collies, and Babies
- Stan is herding Border Leicester and Scottish Blackface sheep with 3 year old Taff and her 5 month old daughter Lenna in 2015
- Stan grew up on a farm in New Jersey managed by his mother, Professor Doris Gnauck White. In addition to teaching at William Paterson University, she took care of many animals that included chickens, pheasants, ducks, geese, polydactyl cats, goats, and sheep. The sheep were often vocal at 5 AM close to Stan’s room. The baahing was annoying and got him out of bed. This early morning sheep alarm led to a life long preference for going to sleep early.
- The Raja sheep farm is close to Abbie’s childhood home on Old Sudbury Road in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She always admired the sheep grazing. Ellen and her spinning wheel led to many friendly neighborhood conversations. She never imagined becoming a ewe midwife and a lamb bottle baby nurse.
- Sheep became an important part of the White family home life in 1983. As Farm Manager at Codman Community Farms in Lincoln, Stan became responsible for an unruly flock of sheep. Back then he much preferred taking care of the cattle and pigs compared to the obnoxious sheep. Two resident sheep farmers, Betty Levin and Ellen Raja, began to convince Stan that sheep were indeed great farm livestock. In 1986, Betty provided Stan with a Border Collie puppy that he named Hans. This dog was intense, highly athletic, and energetic. Stan realized that he needed a large flock of sheep to keep the dog happy. Much of his free time was spent herding the sheep with Hans. Simon as an infant in 1988 would often be in Stan’s arms while Hans would be running around the fields. Sometimes, baby Simon would become cold. However, you could tell despite his shivering and blue lips, he was a very happy and content child with his father for chores.
- The move to Hardwick in 1989 included a flock of Border Leicester and Scottish Blackface sheep born on Betty Levin’s farm. A barn and fenced pasture were set up a year before our home was ready for occupancy.
- Betty sold Stan three more border collies over the years that included Taran, Sweep, and Taff. Lenna was born in our house during a blizzard on 1/27/15. Abbie realized with some resignation, that for the rest of her married life, that sheep and border collies will be present. Simon’s son Rowan now age four enjoys the sheep flock very much. Evan's two year old daughter Juliana likes to touch the sheep.
- We sell grass fed custom frozen butchered lamb direct to customers. Please contact us if you are interested at mail@whitesfieldsfarm.com The meat is not cheap since there are significant expenses with raising, transporting, and butchering, processing, and packaging. Our lambs are not weaned. The mother’s diet is mostly grass. We receive compliments on the great taste and flavor and have repeat customers.
Betty Levin Memories
Memorial Service September 10th, 2022
In loving memory of Betty Levin by Abbie
Betty met Stan in 1983 at Codman Community Farms and introduced him to sheep. Betty provided Stan with his first border collie in 1986 named Hans.
Throughout the years Betty Levin was very positive, affirming, and supportive of Stan’s many farming endeavors. Most of our sheep and all our border collies in Hardwick had a connection to Betty’s farm. Betty was a trusted friend and mentor to Stan.
There were many visits, phone conversations, and emails over the years. Often, my family would visit Betty on New Years Day. My photos of Betty’s farm are in a public Google album. Betty appreciated my images. On January 2nd 2013, I shared with Betty a photo of ram Gilligan with his harem. She replied that “There is nothing more stunning than a sea of sheep in snow.”
My sons Simon and Evan have fond memories of playing with the border collie puppies in Betty’s home.
While we are here to grieve and mourn our loss, I want to share a message that Betty Levin's spirit and legacy is with us. I can see Betty smiling at our two-year-old grandson Rowan who is best buddies with a Levin Farm descendent Scottish Blackface ram.