Braun's Market

06/03/2026

🌟 Big News, Big Lake! 🌟

Braun’s Barnyard is excited to be at the Big Lake Farmers Market today, Wednesday June 3rd, from 3:00–7:00 PM!

If you’ve been wanting to try our farm-raised meats, stock your freezer, or simply support a local family farm, today is a great opportunity to stop by and visit us. We’ll have a selection of our locally raised products available and would love to meet both new and returning customers.

We’re proud to bring quality, locally raised meat from our farm to your family’s table.

📍 Big Lake Farmers Market
101 Lakeshore Drive
Big Lake, MN, 55309
🕒 Wednesdays 3:00–7:00 PM

If you’re in the area, stop by, say hello, and check out everything the market has to offer. We look forward to seeing you there!

05/27/2026

05/13/2026

Grilling season is officially here… and if you ask us, summer meals just taste better when they come from the farm. ☀️🥩

There’s nothing fancy about it; just simple meals, good meat and being together.

One of our favorite things about this time of year is seeing customers stock up for cabin weekends, graduations, lake days, bonfires and busy evenings when everyone finally makes it home.

So if your freezer is looking a little empty after winter, we’ve got you covered.

This week at Braun’s Market we’re fully stocked with:
🔥 Steaks
🔥 Burgers
🔥 Brats
🔥 Chicken
🔥 Pork chops
🔥 Snack sticks & more

Raised locally. Frozen fresh. Ready for summer.

📍 Braun’s Market
10 1st Street
Pease, MN 56363

Wednesday & Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-6
Saturday: 9-4

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Especially this hard working, field door-dashing mom that keeps our lives together!

05/09/2026

There was a time when keeping a freezer stocked with locally raised meat was just part of life.

Families bought beef, pork, and chicken from nearby farms, filled deep freezers for the months ahead, and knew exactly where their food came from. Meals weren’t built around convenience — they were built around quality, hard work, and feeding your family well.

Somewhere along the way, that connection to our food started to disappear.

At Braun’s Market, we love seeing families return to that way of living.

There’s something deeply comforting about opening your freezer and knowing:
🥩 The quality of the meat inside
🐄 The farm it came from
👨‍🌾 The people who raised it
🚜 The care that went into every step

When you shop at Braun’s Market, you’re not just supporting a store.

You’re supporting:
• Local farm families
• Early mornings and late nights
• Chores in every season
• Kids growing up learning responsibility and hard work
• Small-town agriculture and rural communities

Our beef, pork, and chicken are raised just a few miles from our store and frozen at peak freshness so your family can enjoy high-quality meat whenever you’re ready to cook it.

In a world where so much food travels across the country before reaching your plate, we’re proud to offer something simpler:
Food raised close to home by people who genuinely care about how it’s produced.

We know there are easier ways to do things. Bigger ways, too.

But we believe there’s value in doing things intentionally, raising food carefully, and helping families reconnect with where their meals come from.

And every time you choose to fill your freezer with locally raised meat from Braun’s Market, you’re helping keep that tradition alive. ❤️

📍 Braun’s Market
10 1st Street
Pease, MN 56363

Store Hours:
Wednesday: 9-5
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-6
Saturday: 9-4

05/08/2026

DYK the majority of meat sold in grocery stores and traditional meat markets has already gone through multiple temperature changes before it ever reaches your kitchen?

Most consumers picture “fresh” meat being processed nearby and immediately placed in the meat case — but in reality, conventional meat often travels through a long supply chain involving warehouses, transportation trucks, distribution centers, backroom coolers, display cases, your shopping cart, your vehicle and eventually your refrigerator at home.

Even when handled properly, every temperature change impacts meat quality.

Repeated freeze/thaw cycles and prolonged refrigeration exposure can:
👎 Reduce moisture retention
👎 Affect texture and tenderness
👎 Increase drip loss during cooking
👎 Diminish flavor quality over time
👎 Increase oxidation and discoloration
👎 Create more opportunity for bacterial growth if temperatures fluctuate improperly

At Braun’s Market, we intentionally do things differently.

Our beef, pork, and chicken are raised locally — right here on our farm just a few miles from the store — not shipped across the country through multiple warehouses and distribution systems.

Once processed, our meat is frozen at peak freshness and stays frozen until YOU decide it’s time to cook it.

That means:
🐄 Less handling
🚜 Less transportation
❄️ Fewer temperature fluctuations
🥩 Better texture and flavor retention
🌱 Confidence in knowing exactly where your food came from

When you buy from Braun’s Market, you’re not buying meat that’s spent days or weeks moving through a massive supply chain. You’re buying locally raised food from farmers you know.

For us, “farm fresh” means more than a label — it means preserving quality from our pasture to your plate.

And we’re incredibly thankful for every family that chooses to support local agriculture and fill their freezer with intentionally raised meat. ❤️

📍 Braun’s Market
10 1st Street
Pease, MN 56363

Store Hours:
Wednesday: 9-5
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-6
Saturday: 9-4

05/07/2026

One of the questions we hear most often is:

“Why is your meat frozen instead of displayed in a big refrigerated meat case like other meat markets and grocery stores?”

The answer comes down to quality, transparency, and the way we believe food should be handled.

Other local meat markets and grocery stores rely on large refrigerated display cases designed to keep meat looking “fresh” for extended periods of time. But something many consumers don’t realize is that the bright red color of meat in those displays doesn’t always mean it’s fresher.

Many commercial meat operations use modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), which uses gases like carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide to help preserve color and extend shelf life. Carbon monoxide in particular binds to the natural pigments in meat and helps it maintain that bright cherry-red appearance much longer than it naturally would.

While these practices are approved and commonly used in the industry, they can make it harder for consumers to judge freshness based on color alone. Meat may continue looking “fresh” visually even as quality naturally declines over time.

We choose a different route.

The vast majority of our beef, pork, and chicken is locally raised on our farm with care and frozen at peak freshness to lock in flavor, quality, and nutrition — not left sitting in a large open cooler waiting to be sold.

Keeping our meat frozen allows us to maintain tighter control over product handling while reducing waste and preserving quality.

For us, “farm fresh” isn’t just a trendy phrase. It means transparency, intentional practices, and giving customers confidence in the food they bring home to feed their families.

We’re incredibly thankful for every customer who supports local agriculture and chooses to fill their freezer with intentionally raised meat.

📍 Braun’s Market
10 1st Street
Pease, MN, 56363

Store Hours:
Wednesday: 9-5
Thursday: 9-5
Friday: 9-6
Saturday: 9-4

05/06/2026

We had the opportunity to sit down with This is Princeton, MN to record a podcast about our store and farm. Take a listen and let us know your thoughts!

Where does your meat actually come from?In this episode, we sit down with Tim and Renee Braun from Braun’s Market in Pease, Minnesota. They share how they we...

05/02/2026

Renae’s set up with our farm fresh beef, chicken & pork at the Princeton Farmers Market until noon today, Saturday May 2nd!

04/30/2026

We will be closed from about 1:15-2:45 today (Thursday). Renae is sick & Clayton + Mary are attending an event at Henrik’s preschool.