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The Yardstick of a Farm

we can look at a group of growing calves -with their fat, sleek mothers looking on as they enjoy a romp in the grass between milk binges -and we can know that the living things in the space are flourishing because of our care and our partnership with nature. The evidence is there, as well, as we notice individual butterflies, birds, wildflowers, and the like growing in number and evidence of health.

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What is, and what isn't, pasture-raised?

from the start we saw that in order for us to have a farm that functioned like an ecosystem, producing good and healthy outcomes for land, livestock, wildlife, and customers, the animals would have to move across the pasture and forest almost daily

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Reason #4 To Try Our Meat CSA

By letting us provide you a curated share of meat each month, we are taking out a fair bit of the daunting work of meal planning. After receiving an email at the beginning of the month with your share's contents, it's pretty easy to create a list of possible menu items. I'll even do it for you real quick:

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Reason #2: Only Happy Animals

We take pride in our animal husbandry, and are always working to improve the way our animals experience life around here. The animals here are always moving to fresh, clean, forage-covered ground. In general, animals don't want to stand around in a mixture of mud and feces. And they do want to express their innate foraging instincts in a healthy ecosystem filled with diverse things to eat and enjoy.

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