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               "How we eat determines, to a considerable extent, how the world is used."  Wendell Berry

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 Beef    Cows are herbivores. They were made to graze for their food. They were not designed to eat or digest grain. Feeding grain turns the cows' stomach acid and alters the systems' Ph balance. We understand and know that feeding an herbivore grain makes them sick. We do not believe that it is in our healths' best interest to eat animals that are not healthy. Our cows are strictly grass-fed and finished using a management intensive grazing system, knowing the meat that is produced is safe to eat and nutritionally superior to that of cows finished on grain. Following nature's patterns, the cows prepare the pasture for the poultry because poultry prefer their forage to be shorter. It is more tender, easier for them to digest, and higher in protein than taller grasses.

Chevon (goat)     We own a small herd of Nubian and Nubian/Oberhasli goats. We breed the does late every fall to kid in the spring of the year. The kid's are then mother raised, on pasture, being sold at weaning or early in the fall for meat and dairy replacement. The kids are strong and healthy and are not fed unnaturally by bottle and milk replacers.

Lamb     Megan and Ryan have chosen to raise and finish the lambs on grass. Tunis sheep, are a medium-framed heritage breed, mild in flavor, that finishes well on forage alone. Lambs and cows are complimentary, in that, they do not generally compete for the same weeds and grasses. Adding the lambs to our rotational grazing system should continue to improve our pastures. The lambs have proven to be a wonderful addition to our farm.    

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