Healthy Animals

Herd Genetics

Animal Husbandry

Grass Finishing

We use no growth hormones but instead promote natural growth by selecting Sires from heirloom British breeds, such as Angus, Red Devon, and Polled Hereford. Our animals eat only grasses, no grain or other feeds laced with antibiotics, so they are high in CLA and Omega3 fatty acids (both anti-oxidants), while being absolutely free of antibiotic residues. We handle our animals with the calm dignity that keeps them from becoming stressed. With solid genetics, well-managed soils & grass, and intensive care and attention, our animals remain healthy without the need for antibiotics or other artificial man-made chemicals. Customers bring our products straight from the farm to their table, comfortable in the knowledge that industrial processors, who often add nitrites and other foreign substances, have not adulterated them.

Our grass-fed, natural beef is a result of carefully selected herd genetics , that:

• enjoys animal husbandry based upon intensive personal care and respect with no force-fed hormones and no antibiotics
• is finished only on lush natural grass pastures with no grain or other supplements
• is processed calmly with artisan skill in a small and clean rural abattoir with no need for irradiation and no antimicrobials
• produces cuts that are dry-aged, safe, and nutritious

Contrast this with the beef produced by the industrial beef conglomerates who control 98% of the US beef production, where:

• animal husbandry consists of force-fed hormones and constant antibiotics in a mechanized process
• finishing is accomplished in confinement feed-lots by feeding grain that is produced under significant chemical fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide loads, combined with feed supplements containing antibiotics such as Rumensin to inhibit rumen gas build-up and bloat from the grain and Tylosin to reduce liver infections caused by bacteria from Ph imbalanced rumens, ionophores, synthetic estrogens to promote growth such as Revlar which are banned in Europe, liquefied fat, and other protein supplements
• processing is accomplished in an industrial slaughter-house with minimum wage labor on a disassembly-line where the emphasis is on speeds reaching over 400 animals per hour and requires irradiation and hot steam chamber antimicrobials at the end of the line to ensure the meat is "safe"
• cutting these tens of thousands of wet-aged carcasses produces co-mingled meat containing high levels of saturated fats

Michael Pollan describes the very eloquently in his bestselling novel titled The Omnivore’s Dilemma.