![]() Caged commercial birds can only eat what is placed in front of them their feed often includes growth hormones, meat and bone meals, as well as antibiotics and chemicals. – Our free-range chickens’ diet is all natural and varied, no hormones or antibiotics are ever used. NO meat by-products, NO antibiotics, NO steroids, NO medicated feeds are ever used. They are given free range of pasture and supplemented with fresh vegetables and just enough grain to supply the needed protein for growth. They get the benefits of fresh air, sunshine and grass! All of our hogs are raised on pasture. We use the term “pastured” when referring to our pigs to help minimize confusion. – You hear a lot about “grass-fed and pastured” meat products these days and you may be a little confused. Our beef has a unique taste you will want to savor again and again! You will notice the difference from your very first bite. Our beef is dry-aged to intensify its flavor and tenderness. It varies depending on where the cattle have fed as well as the season of the year. 100% grass-fed beef provides a more complex and interesting tasting beef like a fine wine, grass-fed beef is nuanced. Sustainable management intensive grazing, practiced on our farm, helps keep cattle, air, land, and water healthy and can actually lower our carbon footprint. Our cattle eat grass and naturally fertilize the land to grow more grass, never adding extra carbon to the atmosphere. Feeding cattle a diet of grazed grass requires much less fossil fuel and impacts the environment in a positive manner. They are never given hormones to enhance their growth nor is grain ever a part of their diet. – Our cattle spend their entire lives in a pasture, in a stress-free environment, grazing in the kind of communal groups they prefer. – Our beef is lower in both fat and calories than conventional beef as well as being higher in Omega-3 fatty acids essential for enhancing heart health. – No antibiotics or hormones are ever used in producing any of our animals. HOW IS LOCALLY GROWN GRASS-FED BEEF, PORK AND CHICKEN BETTER? Our cattle have been specifically bred for our climatic conditions and are well adjusted to our humid summer weather. Fresh water is available in each paddock and is always in close proximity. Finally, that grass needs to be eaten by cattle well suited to thrive (called “make a living” by farmers) in an all-pasture environment.Cattle are not closely confined and always have fresh grass or hay available. Our elk are farm-raised but free to forage as they would naturally. ![]() Next we must figure out a way to have nutritious grass available for the cattle every day of the year. We follow our meat every step along the way and know everyone involved personally. The first, and most important aspect for us, is how the animals are treated. Producing grass-fed beef in a sustainable and humane, low-stress manner is different from traditional beef production in a number of important ways. ![]()
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