Rainy Cow Chaos, Beer Can Chicken, and a Local FFA Superstar

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July 6, 2025

Happy Sunday from Together Farms!
Last night’s Burger Night had everything: rain, a crowd, a new calf, and yes, even a cow trying (and failing) to jump a fence. It was a classic episode of "As the Farm Turns."

A mama cow got tangled in the fence trying to reach her baby on the other side, right as our local vet just happened to be pulling into the farm. Andy (who does not run) got his cardio for the day. The cow was freed (thanks to some heroics and a wire cutter, not a gun like I briefly feared 😅), and all was well.

The best part? Most of our guests didn’t just witness the drama - they helped! And that’s what makes Burger Night such a unique and unforgettable place to be.

We’ve had more calves born today, so if you visit, expect to be surrounded by cuteness and country charm. But don’t wait - this kind of summer magic only lasts for 12 more weekends!

Meet Sami Risen: The Heart Behind Our Rise’n Shine Chickens

Speaking of local animals raised with love...

We’re thrilled to introduce, or reintroduce, Sami Risen, our youngest daughter Adeyle’s best friend since 2nd grade. If you’ve visited the farm before, chances are you’ve seen Sami helping out or hanging around (she was even in last week's recipe email group shot (front row, center)!).

Sami is an active member of the Mondovi FFA and has been raising meat birds as part of her SAE (Supervised Agricultural Experience) project. Her birds are raised just down the road, on real pasture, with sunshine, room to roam, and all the attention they deserve.

She’s raising a special breed called the Jackie, which is:

A crossbred, slow-growing red broiler
Raised to market weight over 11–13 weeks (vs. 6 for conventional chickens 🤯)
Full-bodied with a rich “country chicken” flavor
Friendly, curious, and pasture-raised from start to finish

These aren’t factory birds, they’re part of Sami’s FFA journey and raised with real care. And yes, you can taste the difference.

See all of her chicken here!

July Bundle of the Month = Sami’s Chicken + More

Sami’s whole chicken is included in our $99 Bundle of the Month, which is already ~20% off and includes a variety of summer-friendly meats.
Even better:
💥 Subscribe for 5% more off + FREE meat for life
📦 Local delivery every Monday
🚚 Shipping to the Midwest every Tuesday

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🍗 Recipe of the Week: Beer Can Chicken

This week’s featured recipe is perfect for Sami’s chicken.
It’s simple. It’s juicy. It’s fun. And it looks amazing on your grill.

Beer Can Chicken hits all the right notes:

Crispy skin, juicy interior
Infused with beer, broth, cider—or whatever you're drinking
Practically cooks itself (especially if you use our favorite cast iron holder)

Get the full recipe here:
👉 Beer Can Chicken Recipe

Want to make it even easier?
• Cast Iron Beer Can Chicken Holder
• Traditional Beer Can Roaster
• PS Seasoning Beer Can Chicken Rub

Why Burger Night Is More Than a Meal

If you’re hungry now, come out today! We’re open Sundays from 12–7pm, and it’s so much more than a meal. It’s an experience. It’s real.

You’ll:

Hear frogs and watch swallows feed their babies
See pigs soaking in the sun and mud
Watch calves wobble on new legs
Eat food raised on this farm (or just down the road)
Feel like maybe, just maybe, life can be simple again

Today’s Highlights:

✔ Perfect weather
✔ Free Bingo at 3pm (Jackpots = $6,000 and $400)
✔ Kids Bingo with prizes
✔ Olson’s Premium Ice Cream scooped all day
✔ Fries & a pickle with every burger
✔ Calves. Everywhere.

There’s no Netflix show with a better storyline than real life on a working farm. And probably no other “burger farm” like this in the Midwest.

Hope to see you for Season 7, Episode 46.
(Title TBD… but it’s bound to be a good one.)

With love and so much gratitude,
Stephanie Schneider
Your Farmer & Friend at Together Farms

Week 19: A Cool Down + Extra Sunday fun again! 🧄🍄🎸

Just riding this weather rollercoaster the best way we know how!

Week 18: 🍎💚 + Extra Labor Day Sunday Fun!

Burger Night is open, rain or shineThursday & Friday 4pm-8:30pmSaturday noon-8:30pmSunday noon-8:30pm THIS WEEK ONLY Can you believe it? It's Labor Day weekend! That also means it's Week 18 of the 2025 Burger Night season and there are only 23 in total, so, you know, [sniff], plan accordingly. The GREAT news is that the weather is going to be cooperating with us ALL weekend (sounds like any rain that shows up Friday will be scattered and no big deal). So, in addition to celebrating the unofficial end of summer, I think we should also celebrate the end of this TERRIBLE summer weather. Goodbye. 🥵 Farewell. 🌧 Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. 👋 Ugh, this was a tough weather year if you were an outdoor venue. But, it appears that things may be changing for the better now and we can end this season on a high note?! 🙏 Might I suggest we celebrate with some awesome burgers, great music, cold beer, crisp cider and tons of fun?! Whaddya say? To make the holiday weekend even better, we've extended our Sunday hours and added live music!! 👇 Hope you can join us! We don't care how you get here, just get here!!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Burger of the Week: AppleJacks 🍏 🌶 Avenue Orchards Apple-Jalapeno jelly🍏Apple slaw🧀Pepperjack cheese🥓Smoky bacon🍔100% grassfed beef patty🍞A toasted brioche bun* Pairs perfectly with a crisp cider and we have lots of great ones to choose from! We even just got Pumpkin Spice in! *We did do this BOTW last year (you LOVED it) and I do have a picture but we changed the bun, so I didn't want to cause any mass hysteria or confusion, hence the fake picture. (Note that we have about 15 other main meal options on the menu, not just whatever the BOTW special is; you can see the menus on the website.)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, Aug 28th Trivia at 6:30pm: Mixed Bag Lucky SevenThey Call Me DannyPicture: Tom Cruise MoviesAudio: Song includes a ProfessionOne-Word TV ShowsAlso a Bible Book Remember, we give prizes to 1st place, 2nd place and Last place! So bring your friends and let's have some Thursday night fun. Note the EARLIER START TIME! 6:30 now instead of 7p. Grab your friends (different ages/generations is always a wise choice) and play trivia with us at 6:30pm Thursdays!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday, Aug 30th LIVE MUSIC with Sherry Lynn 5:30-8:30pm Enjoy the acoustic sounds of Sherry Lynn as she brings to life the music of artists like Fleetwood Mac, Carole King, Alison Krauss and the Chicks. With sweet vocals and piano, guitar & ukulele in hand, Sherry takes you on a journey through folk, pop, and country classics you’ll love singing along to. Join us Friday as Sherry Lynn brings 30+ years of music, from folk to country to classic pop. Piano, guitar, ukulele + a voice you’ll love. 🎵------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday, Aug 30th LIVE MUSIC with Jack Willems 5:30-8:30pm From backyard campfires to viral TikTok fame (3.5M views on “Wagon Wheel”), Jack Willems brings his Midwest brand of rocking country to the farm. With a guitar, a strong voice, and infectious energy, Jack gets the crowd singing along to high-energy country and campfire favorites. Jack brings a Midwest brand of rocking country to the farm. High energy, sing-along favorites, and a setlist made for a summer night. Catch him Saturday at the farm! 🎵 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, Aug 31st Sunday is going to start out like any Sunday: Open at 12 and bingo at 3, but then things get even cooler with live music starting at 5, as soon as bingo ends, and then with our hours staying open until 8:30p....it's going to be a good time!! BINGO with Steph 3-5pm Free Bingo for the folks over 21 and free Kids Bingo for the folks under 21! I'll be calling this one fast because we gotta be done so Dave can play! Cash jackpots are currently at $300 and $7,000. ✨ Remember, if you wanna win, you gotta play! ✨ LIVE MUSIC with Dave "Dusty" Engedal 5-8pm 🎸 Join us for this special performance! We had Dusty earlier this summer for the first time and people LOVED his genre of music, which, upon reflection, I guess is pretty rare with most of the musicians we have since they tend to be on the younger side of things. So if you prefer to hear not pop, not modern music (maybe next week we'll talk about the definition of "music"), and just have a gay old time, come down Sunday! (I just had a birthday so now that I'm older I get to talk about "kids these days", "what even is music now" and use old-timey definitions of words while singing the theme song to The Flintstones in my head...you better hurry to Burger Night before I start yelling for everyone to Get Off My Lawn! 😂.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday, September 13, 2-4p 🌿 Plant Walk at Together Farms with Temperance Herbals Come explore the farm with herbalist Amanda Talford of Temperance Herbals and discover the incredible plant allies growing all around us. Learn to identify local wild plants, their roles in regenerative farming, and how they’ve supported humans and ecosystems for generations. No-fee tickets are $20 on the farm until Sept 7th! Or, order online. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 24th 🍻 Beer Dinner with The Brewing Projekt and Chef Andrew! Online tickets via Volume One will be live soon but can be purchased on the farm now for $60 (early bird price plus no fees). Don't like beer? Give it to your plus 1 (I don't think they'll mind and if they do, the person on your other side would love to become friends) and then you can drink anything you'd like! 🙂 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Farm Store Updates All things apple are on sale (online too)!! We've got jams and jellies, cookbooks, felt fun and more.....stop in and check it all out. We also just got in some great new items that you're going to love if you're already thinking about Christmas or even just your next date night. ❤ Apple Sale --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love you, mean it! 💚Your farmer & friend, Steph p.s. Only 5 more weeks after this one so don't delay because you never know what the weather might do for the rest of them. Bill left us an updated ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google Review There is a special place in my heart for Together Farms. Been coming here since the beginning and what this wonderful family has built here is nothing short of an oasis. Incredible burgers and food with top notch ingredients, a selection of grass fed meats that would make any chef salivate, walking trails, animals, a top notch beer selection (with good ciders as well, my wife likes), games, trivia, music, the list goes on... If I didn't live a thousand miles away, I'd be here all the time. If you live in Eau Clair or thr Chippewa Falls area, visiting is a must. Love this place

Week 16: It's a big dill! Time changes 🥒💚

Burger Night is open, rain or shineThursday & Friday 4pm-8:30pmSaturday noon-8:30pmSunday noon-7pm It's Week 16 of the 2025 Burger Night season. And we have yet to figure out what the weather is going to do. But, maybe it doesn't matter since we've only got 7 weeks left?? We do know what the sun is doing though and it is setting earlier and earlier every day so we have some time updates: The kitchen will be closing about 8:30p now (when it gets dark) and TRIVIA will be starting at 6:30p and starting next week music will be starting at 5:30p both nights (it was starting at 6p on Fridays). You'll also start to notice the transition from summer to fall on the drink menu with a few new additions like Ciderboys Pumpkin Spice and Lazy Monk's Oktoberfest! 🍁🍺 A fan-favorite Burger of the Week returns! If you’ve ever “accidentally” eaten half a jar of pickles in one sitting, refuse to let good pickle juice go to waste or have strong opinions about crinkle-cut vs. spear, get ready because our Kinda a Big Dill Burger of the Week is back: ✔ TF dill pickle queso✔ Pickle de gallo✔ Crispy tempura pickle chips✔ 100% grassfed beef patty✔ Uncured applewood smoked bacon✔ Toasted, buttery brioche bun It’s briny. It’s crunchy. It’s ch eesy. It’s bacon-y. It’s everything your dill-loving heart desires This week’s burger is dill-icious! 🥒💚 But wait there's more! We also have the Mission A-corn-plished BOTW from last weekend too! 🌽 (Note that we have about 15 other main meal options on the menu, not just whatever the BOTW special is; you can see the menus on the website.)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, Aug 21st (NEXT week) Trivia at 6:30pm: Parks & Rec You've got time to study (aka watch TV)! Remember, we give prizes to 1st place, 2nd place and Last place! So bring your friends and let's have some Thursday night fun. Note the NEW & EARLIER START TIME! 6 :30 now instead of 7p. Grab your friends and play trivia with us at 7pm Thursdays!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday, Aug 16th LIVE MUSIC with Caleb Horne 5:30-8:30pm Caleb has been playing music and entertaining crowds in the western Wisconsin area for 2 decades. Caleb is a multi-instrumentalist based in the vibrant Wisconsin music scene. When he's not playing with groups Thistledown and The Woodland Spring, Caleb can be found playing solo shows. Armed with his 6 string guitar, Caleb's solo shows include a variety of country, bluegrass, acoustic pop and rock music, along with crafted original music Bluegrass, country, acoustic pop & rock from one of the area's favorite musicians. 🎵 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday, Aug 17th 3 - 5:30pm: Free Xtreme Bingo for the folks over 21 and free Kids Bingo for the folks under 21! Cash jackpots are currently at $1200 and $6,000. ✨ Remember, if you wanna win, you gotta play! ✨ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, August 20th Wine dinner! 6 plates + 5 wines. Tickets are finally available and going fast!! You can buy on-farm too if you'd like to avoid some fees. Wine Night Tickets Farm Store Updates All things dill are on sale (online too)!! We've got dips, positive pickles, ranch seasoning, dilly beans, so many fun pickle making kits from fast vinegar to fermented.....stop in and check it all out. Dill Sale---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The weather may try, once again, to rain on our parade, but farms still don’t stop when it gets hot and stormy and neither do we. I mean, don't get me wrong, we think about it, but alas, we forge on! Love you, mean it! 💚Your farmer & friend, Steph Sabrina left us a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Google Review Don’t let the summer pass without going to this wonderful establishment where good food and entertainment is rememberable. Together Farms brings together families and friends. There is great music, games for adults and activities for children to stay occupied and happy. Also an amazing store to take home all kinds of goodies! I bought priceless feather earrings! The owners support local artist too. You can also take home farm raised meats, gifts and more. I will add that in the past my friend had her wedding here too! Again I recommend this place and we love it so much!