Beechtree Farm, Hopewell, NJ.
Inspired after hearing talks by Jo Robinson at the Pennsylvania
Association for Sustainable Agriculture conference in 2003, we
began to expand our cattle operation of 20 years and selling our
grassfed beef directly to consumers from our 58 acre, preserved
farm in Hopewell, NJ.
We raise Devon and Polled Hereford cattle
on rotational pasture grazing plan. The Devon cattle are known
for thriving exclusively on grass while our Polled Herefords allow
us to crossbreed for first generation hybrid vigor. Our cattle
live an unconfined, humane life on pasture and hay in the winter
with access to shelter, minerals and salt. We also plan to sell
breeding stock to other graziers.
We are actively involved on a
local and regional basis in farmland preservation and encouraging
and promoting local, sustainable agriculture. Lucia is the chair
of the Hopewell Township agricultural advisory committee which
holds educational forums for local landowners farmers and consumers.
We returned to PASA this year to learn more techniques
for refining our pastured meat operation.
Our meat is sold frozen by the cut in our point
of sale room at Beechtree Farm. We take advance orders for 1/8,
1/4 or 1/2 shares in the fall. The meat is processed at a local
USDA certified facility.
Beechtree Farm, Lucia and Charles Huebner,
105
Crusher Road, Hopewell NJ 08525. (609) 466-0277.
E-mail:
beechtreefarm@mac.com.
Website: http://web.mac.com/beechtreefarm
Burningheart Organic Farm is a small
farm with a mission: to preserve the art of sustainable
farming. We use organic methods to produce healthy, happy, grassfed
lamb, chicken and eggs without the use of
antibiotics, growth hormones, anthelmintics (de-wormers), pesticides,
herbicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Our lambs and poultry are
on fresh grass everyday.
The soil is the foundation of our farm. Our
permanent pastures are managed to protect the long-term health
of the soil, and increase the nutrition in the pasture plants.
Permanent pasture has a diversity of plants not attainable with
tilled-soil methods, producing a higher level of nutrition in the
pasture and in the animals. Much of our pasture contains legumes,
such as white clover, which fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into
the soil at the root level—free and natural fertilization,
with no excess nitrogen run-off to contaminate surface water!
We keep a permanent flock of sheep
and breed our lambs here on our farm. Our livestock are treated
humanely and have plenty of space, eliminating stress
and illness. We feed organic kelp as a vitamin and mineral supplement.
Kelp, a sea grass, has the proper balance of minerals necessary
for excellent nutrition, and builds soil fertility. We participate
in the USDA voluntary scrapie flock certification program. These
sustainable methods help to promote public health, maintain strong
topsoil and produce some of the most nutritious, safe, and delicious
meat on the planet!
Lamb is sold by the whole or half share and
is available in the summer and autumn. Chicken and eggs are available
throughout the spring, summer, and autumn. Advance orders are necessary
and are taken by phone all year. Please call for current prices.
To Your Health! You can visit our farm at:
Burningheart Farm, David Becker and
Anna Welsch, 77
Ridge Road Hackettstown, NJ 07840. (908) 852-1525
or (609) 851-3718.
E-mail: burningheartfarm@mail.com
Cherry Grove Farm
is a multi-dimensional start-up farm in the rolling land west of
Princeton. Our mission is to produce very high quality local food
using sustainable low input agricultural practices. Last year on
our upper farm at 17 Carter Road we started an organic vegetable
and cut flower operation. Currently we are expanding into chickens,
pigs, sheep, beef cows and dairy cows.
On our grass-based main family farm at 3200
Lawrenceville Road, one mile east of Lawrenceville along Route 206,
we are now offering visiting customers fresh eggs from our
free range chickens. We are currently taking orders for pork from
our Heritage Breed Hereford Pigs (which produce incredibly tasty
bacon), for our all natural Katahdin Breed Lamb (to be sold by the
half or whole animal), and for our all natural Hereford Beef (in
either whole, half, quarter, or variety box quantities). The pork
will be available this spring; the lamb and beef will be available
in the fall of 2003.
Our grassfed animals will be processed at at
a local USDA certified facility that we have recently toured. We
believe it meets the highest standards possible. We use no pesticides,
herbicides, feed antibiotics, or growth promoting hormones.
Come and visit!
Cherry Grove Farm, Kelly Harding, 3200 Lawrenceville
Road, Lawrenceville
NJ 08648
(609) 219-0053
E-mail: cherrygrovef@aol.com
Website: http://www.cherrygrovefarm.com
Kezialain
Farm, located between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers in New
York, just 3 miles from the New Jersey border, has been in our
family for over 200 years.
We see ourselves as stewards of the land that
has supported us for eight generations, and raising 100% grass
fed beef cattle, certified organic by NOFA-NY LLC, is one
way we protect this land. Our fields have been certified for nearly
10 years, but this is the first year our meat comes from certified
organic cattle. We also sell what we call naturally raised meat,
from cattle that weren’t born under organic standards but
in every other way have been raised like our organic animals most
or all of their lives.
We sell our beef by the mixed quarter; in
20- and 40- pound variety packs; and 10 or 20 pounds of ground
beef. We’re flexible: if you want another combination,
contact us. Meat is available at the farm, let us know when
you can come. IMPORTANT: While our cattle are certified organic,
our meat is not. They’re processed in a small USDA slaughterhouse
that is not certified organic. We think that being trucked many
hours to the closest organic facility would be unnecessarily stressful
for our cattle.
Kezialain Farm, Martha Lain, Deborah Lain, 28
Keziah Lane, Westtown NY 10998. (845) 683-1363. E-mail: info@kezialain.com.
Website: http://www.kezialain.com.
The Mitzvah Meat and Mindful Meat food
co-op provides glatt kosher, halal and non-kosher beef and lamb that
has been grass-fed and finished, raised without chemicals, routine
antibiotics, or hormones, and slaughtered humanely. Our farms are
naturally or organically certified (NOFA), but all hold to the
same high standards of care of their animals stated above.
Our humane slaughter takes place in a small
USDA-certified slaughterhouse that allows for compassionate care
of each animal preceding and at the time of their slaughter, rather
than assembly line killing.
We provide 15-20 lb prepaid packages of frozen
meat through deliveries in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Massachusetts areas. We are also able to ship overnight to
anywhere in the country. Our packages typically have an assortment
of ground meat, chops, and roasts. Special cuts as well as fat,
hides, and organ meats are available by request.
Our meat is currently available only through
our website.
Mindful Meat, Mitzvah Meat, Maya Shetreat-Klein,
(718) 514-1576.
E-mail: mitzvahmeat@gmail.com or mindfulmeat@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.mitzvahmeat.com and http://www.mindfulmeat.com.
Neptune
Farm is located in southwest New Jersey, on
the Delaware Bay. We have been certified
organic by NOFA-NJ since 1992, and our farm also
conforms to European organic livestock standards. Our
Dorset sheep and Hereford cattle are on mixed grass and legume
pasture throughout of the year, and dine on our hay in winter.
Our animals are never confined, and always have access to shelter.
They are tested annually for scrapie and Johne’s.
All of our lambs are grass-finished, and never receive grain. Some
of our cattle are finished on grass, while others are fed modest amounts of
organic grain to maintain condition in the harsh winter months.
Our meat is
processed in a small, local USDA-inspected facility. We
no longer sell directly to the public, but you can taste our beef and lamb at the White Dog Café in Philadelphia.
Neptune Farm, Torrey Reade or Dick McDermott,
723 Harmersville-Canton Road, Salem
NJ 08079. (856) 935-3612. E-mail: farm@neptunefarm.com
Website: http://www.neptunefarm.com
Plaid Piper Farm has been in our family
for 7 generations. It was originally
purchased by a Revolutionary War soldier. It is located in picturesque
Sussex County, the last frontier of the Garden State.
We currently offer pastured chickens, eggs, pigs and turkeys.
We begin in the spring and are able to raise several flocks of chickens
throughout the summer and fall. They are kept in large pens that
are moved to fresh pasture daily and are given natural feed to
supplement what they pick up in the pasture. We raise
one flock of turkeys (ready for Thanksgiving) and one group
of pigs. New
for 2008—our 200th anniversary as a family farm—grass
fed beef.
All of our products are raised naturally without
the use of added antibiotics, hormones or pesticides. They have
free access to the outdoors, fresh air and sunshine and are provided
with species-appropriate feed, a natural vitamin/mineral supplement,
clean water, shelter from weather, and protection from predators.
We sell our products direct from our farm. Order your
product on our website, by email, or
call.
Plaid Piper Farm LLC,
Paul Dalrymple, 197
Wykertown Road, Branchville NJ 07826.
(973) 875-4535.
E-mail: Paul@plaidpiperfarm.com.
Website: http://www.plaidpiperfarm.com.
Pure Indian Foods is a small family-owned
business that takes pride in making an exceptional quality Ghee from
Grass-Fed cows. Ghee is butter with the milk solids removed.
Our family has been in this business in Northern India for 5 generations,
since 1889. We make our ghee fresh, with care, in small batches,
right here in the USA. We use Grass-Fed, USDA-certified Organic
butter for making our ghee, and we are in the process of applying
for Organic certification.
Ghee has been used for its health-giving and
healing properties for thousands of years. In Ayurveda (the “science
of life”), cow ghee is considered one of the most sacred
foods.
Ghee is the best cooking oil as it is stable
at higher temperatures, and it enhances the flavor of spices and
herbs. Ghee is free of casein and lactose and is suitable for people
who are allergic to dairy products. It keeps skin soft, and has
anti-aging properties. Ghee contains naturally occurring CLA, Omega-3,
Vitamins A, D, E & K2. It is free of harmful trans-fats.
Ghee is shelf-stable and we ship worldwide
by USPS, UPS, FedEx or DHL. We offer special discounts to
co-ops and buying clubs.
Pure Indian Foods, Sandeep and Nalini Agarwal, 3
Richards Road, Lawrenceville NJ 08648.
(877) LUV-GHEE (588-4433).
E-mail: eatwild@pureindianfoods.com.
Website: http://www.pureindianfoods.com.
Simply
Grazin' Organic Farm is New Jersey's original family-owned and
operated, certified organic, grass-fed livestock farm where our
name says it all! Our ruminants simply graze peacefully and grow
naturally with minimal interference from us, just like God intended.
All beef cattle eat organic pasture,
never any grain. Free-range veal, pork and poultry enjoy
organically managed pasture and certified organic feed. Chickens
are raised in portable outside pens that are moved each day to
provide fresh forage rich in Omega 3 and CL As. You taste the
difference!
Processing is done at a local family-owned,
USDA inspected, certified organic facility. Animals are treated
humanely, with as little stress as possible, and the processor honors
that tradition once they are placed in his care.
Products are sold wholesale, retail, and to
restaurants and large buying groups. We strive to keep our products
modestly priced, promoting family affordability as well as nutritional
value. Beef is sold in individual cuts, sides, or quarters. Pork
is sold by the cut or by the side, and chicken is sold whole or
in individual cuts. Individual cuts are vacuum sealed.
Come visit the farm and check out our website
and place your order right from home.
Simply Grazin' Organic Farm, Mark Faille and
Family, 1932
Route 206, Skillman NJ 08525. Voice: (908) 359-6555; fax:
(908) 359-9499.
E-mail: simplygrazin@embarqmail.com
Website: http://simplygrazin.com
Valley Shepherd Creamery, located in
Morris County, NJ, handcrafts many raw milk cheeses and offers
pasture fed lamb meat. Hundreds of dairy ewes are grazed
on the 120 acre farm and their milk is processed daily into 15 different
hard and soft cheeses offered at the farm, retail shops and many
farmer markets.
Lamb meat is available September–March
and can be purchased in frozen vacuum cuts or ordered custom cut
in advance. Cheeses are aged in the 100 ft. underground aging cave
in one of several specialty rooms available for public viewing during
the fall tours. Guided tours of the creamery, offered seasonally,
go into a viewing gallery overlooking milking and production areas,
lambing building and more—check the website for days/times.
The retail Sheep Shoppe is open year round for cheese tasting and
purchases and carries dairy, meat, wool and hundreds of farm gift
items. Many of the food products are also available at retail shops
nationally and at several NY/NJ farmer markets. Check all information
at web.
Farmers Markets: Wednesdays, Union Square, NYC;
Thursdays, Nyack, NY; Fridays, Rockefeller Center, NYC; Saturdays,
Abingdon Square, NYC, Inwood, NYC, Union Square, NYC, Bernardsville,
NJ; Sunday, Lawrenceville, NJ, Morristown, NJ.
Valley Shepherd Creamery, Eran Wajswol, 50
Fairmont Road, Long Valley NJ 07853. (908) 876-3200. E-mail:
info@valleyshepherd.com.
Website: http://www.valleyshepherd.com.
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