Star Grass Farm

03/13/2026

Great to see other producers working to keep their chickens on grass! We appreciate Prudent's commitment to supporting local producers like us and the local food system as a whole. If you've never used Prudent's service, give it a try!

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01/24/2026

Deep Winter in Mid Winter

Greetings Star Grass Customers. I hope you are well bundled or otherwise warmed on such a cold day. Days like this are hard to get through everywhere and are certainly no less so on the pasture. At least the sun is shining. That always helps. I'm always kind of amazed at the hardiness of all of us on days like these. It truly can be a harsh world out there.

I have sent current winter egg share customers an invoice for the second half of the winter egg share season. Thank you so much for your support of this farm. Looking forward to spring along with all of you!


Deliveries will continue on Tuesdays (generally morning delivery for Ames, afternoons for Des Moines). The remaining delivery dates for this season are:

2/3/2026
2/17/2026
3/3/2026
3/17/2026
3/31/2026
4/17/2026

THANK YOU!!!

01/06/2026

Good morning Star Grass customers. Today's egg delivery schedule will be impacted by my participation in jury duty this morning. My intention is to still make delivery today, although the time will depend on what happens at the courthouse. I will keep you updated, however deliveries may be delayed until this evening. I apologize for the change in the delivery schedule. If a later delivery time will not work for you, please reach out and we will determine a delivery that works for you.

Thank you

11/22/2025

We Are Grateful For You

Hello Star Grass customers. Just a quick note to say that we are thankful for all of you! That's it, that's the message.

We are thankful for your support of the idea that getting more of Iowa's livestock back on grass is the right thing to do. We are thankful that you believe in the vital connection between humans and our food. We're thankful for the opportunity to be a part of Iowa's deep connection to thousands of years of nurturing the abundance of our world.

THANK YOU!!!

10/23/2025

Winter Egg Shares - Last Chance!

Hello Star Grass customers. Winter Egg Shares will begin next Tuesday, October, 28th. Thanks to everyone who has already signed up. Now is the time to sign up if you want to enjoy farm fresh pastured eggs all through winter.

There are only a few spots remaining for this Winter Share season. The Winter Shares will be sold in the same way as the Summer Shares. We'll collect half of the cost of the share now, and the other half will be billed in mid-January. This year's shares will again occur over 13 deliveries (2 dozen L/XL each delivery), every other week, beginning on 10/28/2025 and ending on 4/17/2026. Deliveries will occur on Tuesdays (morning delivery for Ames, afternoons for Des Moines). The delivery dates for this season are:

10/28/2025
11/11/2025
11/25/2025
12/9/2025
12/23/2025
1/6/2026
1/20/2026
2/3/2026
2/17/2026
3/3/2026
3/17/2026
3/31/2026
4/17/2026

Most shares have sold. Please order now to secure your share. Signing up for a share ensures your access to farm fresh eggs from pasture raised birds all winter long. Our birds enjoy a natural diet supplemented with a NON-GMO feed which keeps them happy and healthy!

Buying our eggs is one small step towards getting more of Iowa's livestock back on grass, which is right where we believe they belong.

THANK YOU!!!

10/10/2025

Sign up for Winter Egg Shares!

Greetings Star Grass Customers. I can't believe it, but here we are. Fall has finally arrived, bringing with it the end of the 2025 growing season. This coming Saturday, 10/11/25, will be the final Ames Main Street farmer's market for 2025. This will also mark the end of the Summer Egg Share for 2025. Thanks to everyone who purchased Summer Egg Shares.

The time has come to sign up for the Winter Egg Shares. Enjoy farm fresh pastured eggs all through winter - delivered right to your door. The Winter shares will be sold in the same way as the Summer Shares. We'll collect half of the cost of the share now, and the other half will be billed in mid-January. This year's shares will again occur over 13 deliveries (2 dozen L/XL each delivery), every other week, beginning on 10/28/2025 and ending on 4/17/2026. Deliveries will occur on Tuesdays (morning delivery for Ames, afternoons for Des Moines). The delivery dates for this season are:

10/28/2025
11/11/2025
11/25/2025
12/9/2025
12/23/2025
1/6/2026
1/20/2026
2/3/2026
2/17/2026
3/3/2026
3/17/2026
3/31/2026
4/17/2026

As usual, there are a limited number of shares available. Please order early to secure your share. Signing up for a share ensures your access to farm fresh eggs from pasture raised birds all winter long. Our birds enjoy a natural diet supplemented with a NON-GMO feed which keeps them happy and healthy!

Buying our eggs is one small step towards getting more of Iowa's livestock back on grass, which is right where we believe they belong.

THANK YOU!!!

07/28/2025

Invoices Due Today!!

Please note, our web address has changed slightly. Going forward please use https://stargrassfarm.square.site

Good evening, Star Grass customers.

Thanks to everyone who signed up for the second half of the Summer Egg Share. If you haven't signed up yet, you still have time to get on the list for next Tuesday's delivery.

***There seemed to be a problem with the website as multiple people were getting an error message when trying to purchase their egg share. I have sent invoices to everyone who signed up for the first half of the Summer Egg Share. Please pay now to ensure delivery on Tuesday. If you've decided not to participate in the second half, please reach out and let me know.

For those of you who haven't yet tried the egg share, we have three different options for you to purchase a share of our eggs. Earlier this year we billed customers half of the share cost at the time of sign up and now it's time to bill for the second half.

Please make you payments for the second half of the Summer Egg Share by July 27th, 2025.

Your 3 options for Egg Share this year are:

- Purchase the second half of the Market Egg Share (24 dozen) for $87.5 and receive one dozen of our farm fresh pastured eggs each week at the Ames Main Street Farmers Market, from Saturday July 26th, 2025, to Saturday October 11th, 2025. No need to worry about eggs selling out before you get to market. Your share will be there to pick up whenever you get to the market. Purchase multiple shares if you would like more than one dozen per week.
Of course, customers that would rather get eggs as needed, but want to ensure they are at the market when they get there, can always order online for pick up at the market.

- Employees of Iowa DHHS can purchase the second half of the Lucas Egg Share for $95 and will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered to the Lucas building from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

- All customers will be able to purchase the second half of the Home Delivery Egg Share for $107.50. Home Delivery Egg Share (24 dozen) customers will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered Tuesdays from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

As always....
All customers can always order 5 dozen or more eggs as needed for home delivery any time through the website. Remember, orders of 5 dozen or more include delivery at no extra charge!

If you'd like to purchase two or more dozen at a time and don't mind picking up from the farm, reach out via text or email and we'll arrange a time for you to pick up.






Order shares anytime between now and April 27th!!!

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07/24/2025

Love them eggs!!

Please note, our web address has changed slightly. Going forward please use https://stargrassfarm.square.site

Greetings Star Grass customers.

Wow, what a lot of rain! We've been, at times, so dry recently that I'd almost forgot what normal rainfall looks like. The rain hasn't impeded progress on the farm, which is great. We're in the process of growing some of our capacity to more easily manage a larger flock. Installing a larger feed bin will allow us to purchase more feed at a time. Buying in bulk will save some on the cost of the feed and also save manual labor of moving and stacking 3000+ pounds of feed every few weeks. While the source of the feed will change, you can be sure that the new feed will be the same high quality, NON-GMO mash that our birds are used to receiving.

A special thanks to my neighbor Bob Carney. He helps me out with so much. I'm sure he's often thinking "What the heck is this guy doing?" - but still helps me anyway. Here he is offloading the feed bin. Neighbors are great and we're lucky to have so many!

Many thanks to everyone who signed up for the second half of the Summer Egg Share. If you haven't signed up yet, you still have time to get on the list for next Tuesday's delivery.

***There seemed to be a problem with the website as multiple people were getting an error message when trying to purchase their egg share. I have sent invoices to everyone who signed up for the first half of the Summer Egg Share. Please pay that at your convenience. If you've decided not to participate in the second half, please reach out and let me know.

As with the first half of the Summer Egg Share season, we'll have three different options for you to purchase a share of our eggs. Earlier this year we billed customers half of the share cost at the time of sign up and now it's time to bill for the second half.

Because it helps us review our seasonal demand and gives our customers some flexibility in the event of changing needs, we really like this system and hope that you do as well. Please make you payments for the second half of the Summer Egg Share by July 27th, 2025.

Your 3 options for Egg Share this year are:

- Purchase the second half of the Market Egg Share (24 dozen) for $87.5 and receive one dozen of our farm fresh pastured eggs each week at the Ames Main Street Farmers Market, from Saturday July 26th, 2025, to Saturday October 11th, 2025. No need to worry about eggs selling out before you get to market. Your share will be there to pick up whenever you get to the market. Purchase multiple shares if you would like more than one dozen per week.
Of course, customers that would rather get eggs as needed, but want to ensure they are at the market when they get there, can always order online for pick up at the market.

- Employees of Iowa DHHS can purchase the second half of the Lucas Egg Share for $95 and will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered to the Lucas building from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

- All customers will be able to purchase the second half of the Home Delivery Egg Share for $107.50. Home Delivery Egg Share (24 dozen) customers will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered Tuesdays from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

As always....
All customers can always order 5 dozen or more eggs as needed for home delivery any time through the website. Remember, orders of 5 dozen or more include delivery at no extra charge!

If you'd like to purchase two or more dozen at a time and don't mind picking up from the farm, reach out via text or email and we'll arrange a time for you to pick up.



Many thanks to all of you!!






Order shares anytime between now and April 27th!!!

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07/11/2025

Eggs and rain a plenty!

Please note, our web address has changed slightly. Going forward please use https://stargrassfarm.square.site

Greetings Star Grass customers.

This has been one of the most normal spring and summer seasons I can remember for quite a while. Many beautiful days and evenings and plenty of rain. Sometimes the timing of the rain is all wrong, but it's really all about perspective! The guy in the picture above was thought the timing was perfect.

So many thanks to everyone who participated in the first half of the Summer Egg Share. The upcoming July 15th delivery date is the halfway point for the Summer Egg Share and it is time to renew your shares. New Egg Share slots are open as well, so if you'd like to start getting the freshest, best tasting eggs on the planet - Sign up today. Egg production has been good, and we anticipate plenty of production as we head into Fall.

Thanks to all who have participated in the Egg Shares for the first half of the summer season! Today is the first day to sign up for eggs for the rest of the summer. Please let us know if you'd like to continue your share or if you'd like to join us for the second half of the season. Purchasing today ensures you are added to our delivery route or to the list of share pick-ups at the farmers market.

As with the first half of the Summer Egg Share season, we'll have three different options for you to purchase a share of our eggs. Earlier this year we billed customers half of the share cost at the time of sign up and now it's time to bill for the second half.

Because it helps us review our seasonal demand and gives our customers some flexibility in the event of changing needs, we really like this system and hope that you do as well. Please make you payments for the second half of the Summer Egg Share by July 20th, 2025.

Your 3 options for Egg Share this year are:

- Purchase the second half of the Market Egg Share (24 dozen) for $87.5 and receive one dozen of our farm fresh pastured eggs each week at the Ames Main Street Farmers Market, from Saturday July 26th, 2025, to Saturday October 11th, 2025. No need to worry about eggs selling out before you get to market. Your share will be there to pick up whenever you get to the market. Purchase multiple shares if you would like more than one dozen per week.
Of course, customers that would rather get eggs as needed, but want to ensure they are at the market when they get there, can always order online for pick up at the market.

- Employees of Iowa DHHS can purchase the second half of the Lucas Egg Share for $95 and will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered to the Lucas building from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

- All customers will be able to purchase the second half of the Home Delivery Egg Share for $107.50. Home Delivery Egg Share (24 dozen) customers will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered Tuesdays from July 29th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

As always....
All customers can always order 5 dozen or more eggs as needed for home delivery any time through the website. Remember, orders of 5 dozen or more include delivery at no extra charge!

If you'd like to purchase two or more dozen at a time and don't mind picking up from the farm, reach out via text or email and we'll arrange a time for you to pick up.



Many thanks to all of you!!






Order shares anytime between now and April 27th!!!

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04/27/2025

Ready for Market?

Please note, our web address has changed slightly. Going forward please use https://stargrassfarm.square.site

Greetings Star Grass customers.

Wow, less than a week before the first Ames Main Street Farmers Market! It never ceases to amaze me how fast the restful winter flies by and we are again greeted with the hope and bustle of Spring. We are certainly ready for the 2025 market season to begin and hope that you are as well. It will be great to reconnect with you all and will also be exciting to have access to all the great food that central Iowa's growers will be hauling in. For us, the first market of the season will bring carrots harvested and stored from last October, fresh asparagus and of course, farm fresh pastured eggs.

Special thanks to everyone who participated in the Winter Egg Share. The final winter share delivery was completed Tuesday 4/22/25. We do plan to offer the winter share again at the end of the 2025 market season.

Thanks to all who have already signed up for egg shares for the summer season! Today is the last day to sign up for eggs all summer, so please let us know if you'd like a share. Signing up today ensures you are added to our delivery route or to the list of share pick-ups at the farmers market.

This year, we'll have three different options for you to purchase a share of our eggs. Over the winter we billed customers half of the share cost at the time of purchase and the other half at the mid point of the season. It worked great because it provided a way for us to help gauge our seasonal demand while also allowing for some flexibility if a customer's needs changed or if we'd have had something interrupt our production. We'll do the same for the upcoming Egg Share season with half due by April 27th, 2025 and the other half billed July 20th, 2025.

Your 3 options for Egg Share this year are:

- Purchase a Market Egg Share (24 dozen) for $175 and receive one dozen of our farm fresh pastured eggs each week at the Ames Main Street Farmers Market, from Saturday May 3rd, 2025, to Saturday October 11th, 2025. No need to worry about eggs selling out before you get to market. Your share will be there to pick up whenever you get to the market. Purchase multiple shares if you would like more than one dozen per week.
Of course, customers that would rather get eggs as needed, but want to ensure they are at the market when they get there, can always order online for pick up at the market.

- Employees of Iowa DHHS can purchase a Lucas Egg Share for $190 and will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered to the Lucas building Tuesdays from May 6th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

- All customers will be able to purchase a Home Delivery Egg Share for $215.00. Home Delivery Egg Share (24 dozen) customers will receive two dozen eggs every other week, delivered Tuesdays from May 6th, 2025 to October 7th, 2025.

As always....
All customers can always order 5 dozen or more eggs as needed for home delivery any time through the website. Remember, orders of 5 dozen or more include delivery at no extra charge!

If you'd like to purchase two or more dozen at a time and don't mind picking up from the farm, reach out via text or email and we'll arrange a time for you to pick up.



Many thanks to all of you!!






Order shares anytime between now and April 27th!!!

Click here for an update from Star Grass Farm!