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Adams Blackland Prairie Farm is a family farm established in 1986 on the rich, deep blacklands of Northeast Texas, about 65 miles east of Dallas. We raise beef on polyculture pastures consisting of native and introduced annual and perennial grasses and legumes providing year-round forage. The unique blackland soil provides for the special quality and full flavor of our beef. We believe healthy soil is the basis of animal and plant health, and ultimately, human health. All animals in our grazing program are raised on grass from birth. Key factors we use in the production of well marbled, grass fattened beef are high quality forage, stress reducing techniques and animal maturity. It is our goal to be humane, responsible, environmentally sustainable farmers. This is the beef we raise for our family—we love it and you will, too. Beef is available throughout the year, pre-ordered, as whole, halves, and split halves. Also available are fresh eggs and raw vetch honey from our farm. Adams Blackland Prairie Farm, Kelly and Wesley
Adams, 921 CR 3690, Ladonia
TX 75449. (903) 367-7405. Akin Sustainable Farm, located seven miles from the intersection of Hwy 171 and Hwy 31 in Central Texas, humanely raises grass-fed and -finished Angus beef. It is processed by our local abattoir and priced competitively with meat of similar quality. Frozen individual cuts are priced by the pound. A full half beef is priced by hanging/carcass weight and can be cut to your specifications if ordered ahead. On this special order a deposit will be deducted from the total when paid. Delivery can be arranged, or a discount on your purchase is available if you pick up at the farm. Please e-mail or call ahead. Our family has been in the Texas cattle business since the Civil War. Starting in 1866, our great-grandfather drove wild Longhorns from south Central Texas north to the markets/railroad, as far as Salt Lake City. Much has changed since then, but our cattle are still 100% grass-fed and pasture-raised, as nature intended, with no growth hormones or antibiotics which must be used on grain/corn-fed beef in crowded feedlots. Pastures are pesticide and herbicide free. Aerated compost tea made from the natural products is sprayed and natural pest control such as Trichagramma wasp is used. Akin Sustainable Farm, Pat Akin, 877 HCR 3345, Hubbard TX 76648. (254) 576-2922; cell: (254) 707-3277. E-mail: patsyakin@gmail.com. Alexander Family Farm, located in Garfield, Texas, raises pastured poultry (broilers, layers, Peking ducks, pheasants, and turkeys) Joel Salatin-style and sells them fresh in large quantities in the spring and fall by subscription. The poultry is available frozen the rest of the year. Brown eggs are sold year round. In addition, pastured beef is processed in the fall and sold by the half, whole, or by individual cuts. Select cuts are available frozen throughout the year. (Shipping is not available at this time.) We raise our animals on pasture because we live, work, and play here, and we want our food, farm, and family to be clean and healthy. We believe that diverse, small-scale agriculture that is environmentally friendly and does not use antibiotics, chemicals, or pesticides can heal our land. And the best place to raise a family is on the farm! The Alexander Family Farm is located just 5 miles east of the new Austin/Bergstrom International Airport. Alexander Family Farm, Kim Alexander, 3700
Victorine Lane, Garfield
TX 78617. (512) 247-4455. Always Grass-Fed Beef, LLC. is located on our family farm 45 miles east of Austin, TX. Our mission is to produce the best tasting, most tender, most nutritious dry aged beef available, through carefully selected genetics, pampered handling, and the feeding of animals from birth to market on nutrient dense grasses and legumes. Using NO synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides on our forages results in a flourishing diversity of soil microbes which improve nutrient cycling and deliver more trace minerals through the food chain to you. Research indicates that grass finished meat has superior ratios of Omega 3 to Omega 6 fatty acids, linked to reduced risk of heart disease, and superior levels of CLA, linked to reduced cancer risk. Animal health and well being are further enhanced through soil and forage testing, organic amendments, and daily moving animals to fresh, clean paddocks. Every animal marketed is free of hormones, steroids, chemical wormers and antibiotics. We sell whole, halves, or quarters. See our website pricing page for more details. We deliver to the Elgin/Manor/Bastrop area. Make an appointment for a farm tour. You will become a believer in the meat we’ve raised to feed our grandchildren. Always Grass-Fed Beef, LLC., Mike and Linda
Wright, 1340
CR 307, McDade TX. 78650. (512) 273-2731 or cell: (512) 431-6578.
Anala Goat Company provides raw goat's milk, raw cow's milk, raw goat's milk chevre, feta, kefir and whey. Member only pre-orders delivered to seven Houston area farmers' markets weekly. Anala Goat Company, Roy and Linda Atkinson,
6631
River Road, Richmond TX 77469. (281) 343-5991. Ann and Weldon Warren's Holy Cow Beef, Pasture-Raised & Pasture-Finished Dry-Aged Beef. We operate an Angus cow/calf operation that produces the highest quality “home-grown, pasture-raised & pasture-finished” beef available to your dinner table. We are located some 70 miles west of Ft. Worth. Our goal is to continue as a sustainable steward of God’s natural resources. We raise our animals from birth to finishing for retail consumption by family, friends and savvy consumers. We harvest each animal when it develops adequate back fat and intramuscular marbling; this is normally achieved before 30 months of age. We are continually improving our genetics to produce bigger rib eyes, better marbling, and natural tasting beef. Our management style avoids grain, corn feeding, stress, and the feedlot environment. We employ rotational pasture grazing on native Texas grasses, winter annuals and select introduced grasses. Fortunately, our animals benefit from the distinctive flavoring provided by the high mineral content of the rocky soils of the Palo Pinto hill country of Young County, Texas. We use NO growth hormones, antibiotics or pesticides. These animals are “finished” in the most natural and low stress conditions possible. Our beef is Dry Aged (hanging in a freezer before processing) for 14–21 days to provide a hearty, brown-roasted beefy flavor, then vacuum packed for optimal storage and “wet aging” in your own fridge by you if desired. Savor the healthier flavor and enjoy the wholesome and nutritional advantages of Holy Cow Beef’s naturally finished beef. We sell by the cut with a 10-pound minimum order when delivered within 30 miles of Graham and a 20-pound order (multiple 10-pound group orders work well) within 75 miles of Graham, TX. Shipping is available; contact us for details. Farm fresh eggs are available when supplies are adequate. Our beef is sold at the Sunshine Natural Living Market and Abundant Health Naturally health food stores, and through the Debbie Seelig and Cross Timbers Food Co-ops. (See Texas–Beyond the Farm for details.) Ann and Weldon Warren's Holy Cow Beef, 2491 Finis Road, Graham TX 76450. (940) 521-0595. E-mail: holycowbeef@yahoo.com Annette & Ken Nordsieck–Health & Wholeness Enterprise is located approximately 50 minutes east of Austin, TX in Paige, halfway between Elgin and Giddings off Highway 290. We raise pastured broilers and beef as close to Joel Salatin style as possible (no hormones, antibiotics, or chemicals). Broilers are available fresh on processing days and available frozen year-round. Our beef is sold by the split-quarter (rather than front or hind quarter), half, or single cuts. A deposit is required to secure your beef order. Shipping is not available at this time. We are both retired from corporate America, but both our families descend from midwest farmers—I guess the farming is in the DNA. We moved out of Austin, TX by God's design and He led us into this enterprise to restore our health. We believe in going back to God's original design, the design of nature to participate in restoring the land and helping people re-gain and maintain HEALTH. We offer health coaching, plus health equipment, and whole food supplements (i.e., juicers, rebounders, bread-making classes and equipment, AIM BarleyLife, Goji Juice, ASAP Silver Solution, etc.). Annette and Ken Nordsieck–Health &
Wholeness, Annette and Ken Nordsieck, 1245 Antioch Road, Paige
TX 78659. (512) 253-7773 or Aquilla Hill Angus Farm is a working cattle ranch located in Covington, Texas about 40 minutes south of Fort Worth. We specialize in producing registered Angus cattle on natural grasslands without using growth hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or commercially produced fertilizers and feeds. We offer home delivery of our product to the DFW metroplex area and south along I–35 towards Austin. We breed Angus for its superior marbling characteristics, then raise these animals on grass pastures to insure a heart-healthy product chalked full of CLA, Omega-3-Fatty Acids, Vitamin E, HDL and Beta-Carotene. Our natural approach to raising cattle consists of open range feeding on Bermuda and wild rye grasses, all natural fertilizers such as compost teas, humate and molasses applications as well as humane treatment of our cattle to lower stress and stress-related diseases. This method of cattle farming is safer for the environment, animals and our customers. We complete the beef experience by dry aging our carcasses 21 days and delivering whole or half sides to those who want a healthy cut of beef on hand when they need it. Aquilla Hill Angus Farm, Bill Morgan or Blaine
Morgan, 465 HCR 1450 N, Covington
TX 76636, (254) 854-3086. Here
at AY RAAM Farms, we are working to establish the finest in all AY RAAM Farms, Rachel Pierson, Aaron Pierson,
Kingsbury,
TX (mailing address: PO Box 1882, Wimberley TX 78676).
(512) 644-7652. Bandera Grassland produces grassfed Texas Longhorn beef. Cattle are raised on our sustainable family farm and seasonally finished on lush grass and legume pasture. Nutritional analyses rank Bandera Grassland beef lower in cholesterol and fat than salmon and chicken. Our beef is dry-aged 21 days for tenderness and robust flavor. Whole carcasses, sides and quarters are available. Please visit our website for more information. To arrange a ranch tour, contact Debbie Davis at debwd@dwdlonghorns.com. Don Davis operates the Grassfed Livestock Alliance (GLA). The GLA supplies locally produced grassfed meats to the Southwest Region of Whole Foods Market. Its goal is to provide a fair market for family owned and operated farms that put their reputation into the quality of beef they produce. Animals marketed by the GLA are raised using the American Grassfed Association protocol. The GLA requires traceability from birth to harvest without administering antibiotics or growth hormones. Confinement and feeding animal by-products are also prohibited. Cattle are handled with utmost care using the highest standards of animal husbandry and humane treatment to insure a consistent, tender and healthy product. For information about joining the GLA, email dwd@dwdlonghorns.com. Bandera Grassland, Debbie Davis, PO Box 122, Tarpley
TX 78883. (830) 562-BEEF / (830) 562-2333. Bard Farms raises miniature Hereford and Lowline Angus grass-fed cattle. Breeding stock and meat are available (meat in late spring). Animals are grass-fed—no chemicals or drugs. Miniatures are best on grass of all cattle—most marbling, most tender, and bred to do well on grass. Bard Farms, Robert Bard, 3059 West Line Road, Whitesboro TX 76273. (903) 564-7878. E-mail: Icok@direcway.com Betsy Ross Grass-fed Beef, located 1-hour northeast of Austin in Granger, uses no hormones, no antibiotics, and no grain feed. Ever. We select from the best performing breeds, manage them daily from birth to market, and test regularly for the presence of CLA's and Omega-3's. And we have them! What makes Betsy Ross Beef unique is our focus on maintaining balance in our soil biology and growing a healthy variety of high-quality grasses and forage for our beeves. We start right at the soil, strategically applying compost teas (www.compostteatexas.com) to restore the natural balance of microbes, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, nematodes, and other biological components to our soil. This ensures that our forages are of the highest quality, delivering all the nutrients to the beeves, and ultimately on to you, our customer. Remember, healthy soil = healthy forage = healthy livestock = healthy people! Betsy Ross Beef is guaranteed to be tasty and tender and is supplied year-round, state-inspected, and frozen fresh. We deliver weekly to the Austin and Georgetown areas, sell over the Internet to any location in-state, and are carried by several retailer locations in the area. (See Texas–Beyond the Farm for details.) Try us - it is an experience you won't want to miss. Betsy Ross Grass-Fed Beef, Betsy, Kathryn and
Joe David Ross, 410
CR 493, Granger TX 76530. (512) 862-3240. Big Oaks Ranch runs a small herd (10) of Black Brangus mama cows. Calves are weaned in the summer and finished on grass for slaughter at 18–20 months of age. Our target goal is to produce and market INTEGRITY BEEF, grass-fed for healthy, tender, tasty meat that is free of supplemental hormones and antibiotics. This requires a good team and close on site management of genetics, health, quality grasses and legumes. We are achieving this goal through the organic planning; genetic testing, selective breeding, and grass farming. INTEGRITY BEEF means Organic Grass-fed Beef that is consigned, slaughtered & custom packaged. The customer observes and directs their grass-fed beef as it is cut and packaged at the Clower Meat Market. The Big Oaks Ranch Goat herd has grown to over 100 head. They eat weeds, briars, and brush; they keep the trees pruned, and provide organic fertilizer everywhere they graze. Customers came to buy the goats for breeding and meat. This led to the target goal of Grass Fed Bohr-Cross Goats. In the spring of 2004 Carletta purchased a Bohr buck for breeding. The fall and spring kidding has produced our first Bohr-Cross goats. We are screening these kids, selecting the best does for herd nannies to selectively breed the Winter of 2005–6 to our new registered boar buck 'Herr Lonesome.' They graze free-range and are ready for sale by private treaty purchase or consignment by the head or by the pound. Big Oaks Ranch began raising chickens in the fall of 2001. Soon we were receiving calls requesting "yard eggs," laid by free-range/pastured hens that graze the pastures and fields freely. The eggs are of superior quality and free from added hormones, feed fillers, antibiotics, herbicides and pesticides. The hens roost and lay the eggs in mobile coops with laying boxes that are cleaned every day. The chicken litter is recycled through the ranch compost pile. The coops are moved every 2–3 days. This maintains a clean and healthy environment for the animals and is a natural and organic means of fertilization. Big Oaks Ranch, Danny and Carletta Burrows,
6001 CR 267-D, Kilgore
TX 75662. (903) 643-0530 (ranch); (903) 557-1016 cell
Danny; 557-1018 cell Carletta. E-mail: info@bigoaksranch.net.
Broken Arrow Ranch is America's largest provider of free-ranging venison, antelope, and wild boar. All products are harvested and processed under full government inspection. Located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, Broken Arrow Ranch harvests axis deer, fallow deer, sika deer, and South Texas (nilgai) antelope using highly refined field harvesting techniques which avoid stress, and utilizes a unique field processing facility to allow immediate processing of the meat in a sanitary environment. The animals we harvest are truly free-ranging and subsist on a totally natural diet of native grasses, forbs, and browse. Our customers are America's finest restaurants and discriminating consumers who really care about the quality and safety of the meat they consume. While our principal sales are to fine dining restaurants, we also offer our products to individual consumers through internet sales from our website. We ship directly from our processing facilities to your kitchen and guarantee safe arrival. Broken Arrow Ranch, Inc., Mike Hughes, 104
Highway 27 W, Ingram
TX 78025. (830) 367-5875. E-mail: sales@brokenarrowranch.com
Burgundy Pasture Beef is a dry-aged gourmet beef that is 100% pasture-raised — without the use of hormones, antibiotics or grain feeding. Cultivated rye grass and alfalfa is used for winter feeding for a year-round supply of fresh beef. Beef artisans and ranchers Jon and Wendy Taggart home deliver beef to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas. All products are sold by the individual cut. Now open— "The Burgundy Boucherie" —a pastured meats butcher market in Grandview, Texas, offering pastured beef, pork and lamb, free-range chicken and eggs, and raw milk aged cheeses. All available for home delivery in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, Express frozen shipment packages, or in-store shopping. Burgundy Pasture Beef, Jon and Wendy Taggart,
800 McDuff Avenue, Grandview
TX 76050. (817) 866-2247. E-mail: burgundy@alltel.net
Cherokee Point Ranch is family owned and operated. Our all natural grass-fed beef are born and raised on our ranch. They are raised on mother's milk, native and improved grasses for their entire life, from birth to processing. Our cattle are rotationally grazed on 240 plus acres of pastureland. This rotational grazing assures that they are always foraging on fresh tender grasses. They are always on pasture—never penned or in a feed lot. A diatomaceous earth, kelp and sea salt mix is fed free-choice as a dewormer/mineral mix to insure all micro-nutrients are available for them to have a clean healthy digestive system. Maintaining healthy soil is the primary key to insuring healthy grasses and livestock. The use of natural fertilizers—compost teas, humate and natural molasses applications—is our method of soil enrichment. We manage the grazing pattern of our livestock to enhance the growth of the pasture, the health of the land, and the nutritional value of our product. "We do it the Natural Way" Cherokee Point Ranch, Brian and Dorothy Spaniel,
310
Frank Holy Road, Ennis TX 75119. (214) 991-2418 or (972)
921-7888. Coyote Creek Farm - Certified USDA Organic - offers grassfed beef , organic eggs, and Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill is offering organic poultry feed. We start with our soil. We are stewards of 90 acres of rolling black prairie land which is certified USDA Organic. To our piece of earth we spray high quality aereted compost tea 4–6 times per year to keep a healthy herd of micro-organisims growing to cycle the precious nutrients into our grasses. Then we feed the biology in the soil with hydrolyzed fish, molasses and humic acid twice each year. From that point on Mother Nature takes over. We harvest our grass with South Poll cattle. See our website for more information on this breed. They are high in conjugated lineolic acids (CLA) and Omega-3, both of which are known to help prevent cancer and heart disease. We sell our limited production of beef by subscription. You may purchase a half or whole beef. Some customers join with neighbors to buy their beef. We deliver the steer to the processing plant where you pick it up after it has been fully dry aged, cut and wrapped in cryovac packaging. Our cattle are never fed any hormones, antibiotics or steroids. We practice humane treatment of all our animals. We now have Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill. We will be offering organic poultry feeds to the public in January of 2007. We will custom grind bulk orders, and we will also place 50 lb babs of our organic poultry feeds in your local feed store or farm co-op. You will find our organic eggs at Whole Foods Market in April of 2007. We are proud of our family farm and dedicated to developing the highest quality meats and eggs. We raise "solar-powered" animals as opposed to feedlot petroleum based animals which take about 30 barrels of petroleum products to get to your table, and often travel over 2,000 miles to get there. We are serious about getting food to tables within 100 miles of our farm. Call us and come by for a visit. Coyote Creek Farm, Jerry, Amy or Rob Cunningham,
13431
Klaus Lane, Elgin TX 78621, Jerry: (512) 940-5663; Amy:
(512) 626-5538; Rob: (512) 567-6865. Cross Timbers Ranch is a small ranch located in Robertson County, Texas. We grow our food and animals in a synthetic chemical-free and environmentally responsible manner. Our beef is pasture raised and finished. They are moved frequently for good grazing of a fresh grass/legume mix. A DE, kelp and salt mix is fed free choice as a de-wormer/mineral mix. No growth hormones, antibiotics, chemicals, pesticides or animal by-products are used. Our beef is sold frozen by the split half (1/4),
half, whole or variety pack (on a limited basis). We only sell what
we breed and raise on the ranch. Cross Timbers Ranch, Don Hobart, PO Box 1072, Franklin TX 77856-1072, 979-777-1877. Website: http://www.ctrtexas.com Dalusa Ranch is an 80 acre ranch located about 70 miles east of Dallas near Emory, TX. We are a small operation, but offer 100% organic grass-fed beef that is raised just as God intended: no hormones, antibiotics, pesticides or chemicals are used on the property. We rotate pasture grazing on native Texas grasses. We have two natural ponds for water use. We feel our cows are the most content cows in east Texas! Our start in organic grass-fed beef came from necessity due to illness, and we want to help others to eat healthily. We understand firsthand the importance of chemical-free, natural fresh foods. Our beef is dry aged for 21 days to provide tender tasty beef, and wrapped in cellophane to help avoid contamination of beef with dioxins and phthalates from plastic wrapping. People with severe allergies can appreciate the benefit of our cellophane use. We sell by the cut on site or can offer pick-up in Dallas at a site near Walnut Hill Lane and North Central Expressway. Currently (June 2008) we also have a 1-year-old organic grassfed bull and heifer for sale. Dalusa Ranch and Gardens, Stephanie McCarter,
2755 Rains
County Road 1490, Point TX 75472. (903) 598-6822. Darby Farms is an East Texas based beef and dairy farm located near Gilmer Texas, which is approximately 100 miles east of Dallas. Cody and Rachelle Darby, along with girls Brynn and Josey, run approximately 200 beef cows that are all bred to registered Black Angus bulls. The beef cow herd is rotated on Bermuda/Bahai grass-based pastures. Their high quality diet results in an incredibly healthy and nutritious beef. We are committed to raising our animals humanely and naturally. We never implant our cattle with hormones and none of the animals are ever fed animal by-products or given antibiotics. This is our promise to you and we feel you should have a choice. Our beef is processed and vacuum packed at a local USDA inspected facility and the resulting beef is all natural, minimally processed with no artificial ingredients. We are proud of our natural beef and are honored to be able to offer it to our customers. The beef can be purchased by the whole, half or quarter. We also have some smaller packages available for those who have limited freezer space. Shipping or delivery is available. Darby Farms Natural Beef, Cody and Rachelle
Darby, 9713
Giraffe Road, Gilmer TX 75644. (903) 725-7051. The ranchers of Davis Mountains Organic Beef L.L.C., located in Fort Davis, TX, rely on specific breed selection, strict land management practices, and a carefully monitored finishing process to produce great tasting beef. Our beef is certified 100% organic—free of hormones, antibiotics or preservatives. Everything that goes into our beef is "organic"—the grassland, the water, the feed, etc. Independent agents certify our land, animals, processes and packaging facility and certification inspections are performed annually. To order the best tasting beef you're likely to come across, visit us at our website or a Texas Central Market. Davis Mountains Organics Beef, Jackie Romano,
PO Box 1095, Fort
Davis TX 79734. E-mail: jromano@dmorganicbeef.com
Dewberry
Hills Farm—the Omnivore's Delight! From birth to processing, we take responsibility for every step of our broilers' lives. Our birds are raised on fresh green grass in movable chicken pens. They are never fed hormones or antibiotics or anything we would be afraid to eat ourselves. The taste and nutritional value of both our boilers and our eggs is absolutely wonderful. Our clients tell us that our birds are the best chickens that they've ever had the pleasure of eating. We feature a select number of ducks and
heritage turkeys seasonally. Please contact us soon if you
are interested in a 'real' turkey for the 2008 holiday season. Located just 50 miles from Austin and Bastrop, we have a home delivery service with a minimum order. We invite our clients and friends
to visit us by appointment on our farm to see how their food is
raised. Warning: all drop-in visitors will be put to work! Dewberry Hills Farm, Jane or Terry Levan, 5619
FM 1624, Lexington TX 78947. (512) 253-0008. E-mail: acrs@bga.com Dominion Farms is a family owned and operated farm and is based on the Biblical principle of stewardship. We are located 75 miles north of Dallas in Denison, Texas. We raise the area's healthiest pasture raised beef, pork, chicken, and eggs. Our animals have a choice of many fresh grasses. Chemicals, antibiotics,preservatives and hormones are never used while raising our livestock. Our animals are always assured the healthiest growing environment with lots of sunshine, free space to roam, and fresh forages, and water. Our chickens produce full flavored eggs that are high in Omega 3 fatty acid and CLA, yet are low in cholesterol. Our broilers are lean and tasty and offer a healthy alternative to commercially grown poultry. The taste and tenderness of the meat is second only to the healthfulness of the product Our meats are low in saturated fat and free from unhealthy byproducts. We raise all our animals as stress free as possible. Dominion Farms, Jerry Bynum, 813
Well Road, Denison TX 75020. Double Bar A Ranch. Rolling hills, friendly faces, wide-open spaces. Camping, permanent access easements, grass feed. Your family will become a part of the Ranch with visits and e-mail updates. You may also own animals at the ranch. Chickens, beef, hogs, vegetables, pecans, pralines, pecan pies. Come join our family. Double Bar A Ranch, Jon Gammon, PO Box 557,
Ben
Franklin TX 75415. (903) 325-4448. E-mail: embarnes@neto.com
Drop Horn Cattle Company is owned and operated by the Homeyer family. We are located 60 miles south of San Antonio. We raise and buy commercial cattle for breeding and for selling grass fed beef. We have been practicing Holistic management since 1982, the practice that uses pasture rotation, monitoring, tools such as fire, herd impact, and just working with nature. We also have had the opportunity to learn first hand from Bud Williams the low stress handling techniques of moving cattle. Our feeders are fed only on grasses and forages and are vaccinated only for black leg and brucellosis. We also feed a mixture of mineral, salt and diatomaceous earth (for de-worming). If we have to treat a feeder for an illness, they are taken from the feeder herd. We feed our animals until around 22-24 months of age. We sell whole, halves, and quarters and will deliver within a 60 mile radius of Karnes City. We believe we have been given the talents from God to raise animals that are chemical free, pasture fed, and unstressed. We invite visitors to the ranch. Drop Horn Cattle Company, Bil, Cam and Lee
Homeyer, PO Box 596, Karnes
City TX 78118. (830) 780-3421. Edelen Farm, 3 E Brand Beef, produces grassfed beef, pastured poultry and honey. The beef and honey are available year round, and the poultry will be available starting in the spring of 2000. Edelen Farm, Greg and Lauren Edelen, RT 1, Box 228A, Alice TX 78332. (361) 668-8615. (409) 774-4307 (in Bryan, TX).
Family Farms Naturally – it's not just a name, it's our lifestyle and philosophy. We have always used organic and natural methods (composted manures, cover crops) to produce some of the finest quality, healthy, grass-fed beef and chevon in Texas – naturally! No Mystery Meat Zone! Our beef stock is from closed herds, no imports, no auctions, no mystery beef on the ranch or mixed in with our processing; each order is custom processed, TDA inspected and numbered. When you order BeefNaturally, ChevonNaturally, or NaturalSteakBurger, you can be assured it's fresh, inspected and processed humanely in an ultra-clean environment. We're custom growers for the professional chef and now for the backyard grill maestro as well as for families who enjoy healthy (ideal Omega ratio), nutritious and delicious gourmet quality meats and produce – naturally. Family Farms Naturally, J.R. (Jim) Suda, 407
Old Srpingtown Road, Suite 120-301 (package/mailing address), Springtown
TX 76082. Glory Farms raises grassfed beef and pastured poultry on certified organic hay. We are a small, family farm selling to local residents. Glory Farms, Robert D. Shipley, 104 CR 523,
Fairfield
TX 75840. Glueck Farms raises predominately Black Angus calves that are low-stress weaned and then placed on good pasture. Cattle are always handled slowly and led by voice command to prevent stress. Less stress means better producing animals. Pastures of bermuda and native grasses are rotated frequently to provide good grazing. Fields are planted in hybrid sudan, redtop cane, wheat, oats, peanuts, or turnips to provide a variety of supplemental grazing. Sometimes fields are allowed to grow up in native crabgrass which makes excellent grazing for calves. When grazing is not good, calves are fed alfalfa hay and natural processed cottonseed pellets as supplements. Meat is processed in an inspected plant and then frozen. Grass-fed beef is available by the side or whole. Cisco, Texas is located 90 miles west of Ft. Worth and 50 miles east of Abilene on I–20. Highways 6, 206, and 183 intersect in Cisco. Glueck Farms, Herman Glueck, 918 County Road 169, Cisco TX 76437 (254) 442-1975. E-mail: cglueck@txol.net Good Earth Organic Farm is a member-supported farm located in Northeast Texas, about an hour from the Dallas area. We offer our members Grade A Raw Goat Milk, lamb, chevron (goat meat), eggs and chicken. All our livestock and poultry is raised on pasture. No pesticides, no herbicides, no hormones, no feed lots, no cages/feedlots, no preservatives. Our farm is open for members to pickup Sunday through Friday and we offer drop offs in the Dallas area. We accept new members based on availability - see our website for more information on becoming a supporter of our farm. We are members of the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, American Homestead Foods Certified Family Farm, Katahdin Hair Sheep International, and the American Dairy Goat Association. Good Earth Organic Farm, Lynn Magedson, 8629
FM 272, Celeste
TX 75423. (903) 496-2070. E-mail: mail@goodearthorganicfarm.com
Goodgrass Lamb offers lamb and mutton raised exclusively on forage and available only in season. Lambs are born in November and raised over winter on clovers, brassicas and hay, fattened in the spring on cool-season grasses and clovers, and usually ready for harvest starting in May and available until July or early August. Healthy ewes that fail to raise a lamb are taken out in March for mutton; there are never very many of these. We feed no supplements or grain, we do not medicate or implant our sheep. We do not use herbicides or pesticides. We use some conventional phosphorous fertilizer each year and are not organic. Whole lamb or mutton are available for custom slaughter. The rest of the crop is processed and available in retail cuts at local farmers markets or at the kitchen door. Call us. Goodgrass Lamb, John and Camille Bock, between Willis and
New Waverly in Montgomery County, TX. (936) 344-6450. Grass Fed Cabrito farm is located 75 miles north of Houston, TX in industry-free Huntsville. This farm has been in our family for 100 years and is pesticide-free. The goats eat bermuda grass, clover, vetch, ryegrass, weeds, brush, lower tree limbs and hay baled off our land fertilized with organic compost. The soil is sandy loam with some clay. The farm is stress-free because it is surrounded by National Forest. All the goats are Boer-Crosses and raised off mother's milk and the land from birth without antibiotics, grain, or hormone implants. Goats are purchased for $100, which includes delivery to a local slaughterhouse in Bryan, TX that will custom process your meat. I will include a simple crock pot recipe with your purchase. Grass Fed Cabrito, Barbara Sloan, 472 FM 2929, Huntsville TX 77340. (936) 295-0686. E-mail: bas@wt.net. GrassRoots Meats is committed to supplying all natural, grass-finished, hormone and antibiotic-free beef and lamb to health and quality conscious individuals who desire an enjoyable and flavorful alternative to standard commodity meat products. From birth until market our animals breathe fresh clean air, graze on lush green grass, and drink crystal clear water. Our business is built on the foundation of placing God and family first, and maintaining honesty and integrity throughout all phases of our operation. We like to think of our customers as friends and partners, and we want you to feel comfortable about buying your meat from someone you know and trust. Your comments and questions are welcome. GrassRoots Meats is located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado, but we also have grazing leases in Oklahoma and New Mexico. Our meat is available year round, and is shipped in thermal lined freezer boxes. We can ship quite reasonably throughout the entire United States. Your meat will arrive still frozen and ready to put into your freezer. Our meat is dry-aged and USDA inspected. Select the individual retail cuts that you want or choose from one of our many packages. The meat is vacuum packaged, in stock and ready to ship, but halves and wholes are available by advanced order only. For more information, or to order our delicious meat, visit our website or e-mail us. For references be sure to check out the testimonials posted on our website. GrassRoots Meats, PO Box 429, Pagosa
Springs CO 81147. Greener Vision Farms would like to share our vision with you: farm fresh eggs from well-loved chickens, and local fresh produce and honey. We are located in downtown Kempner, Texas and convenient to the Killeen, Copperas Cove, and Lampasas areas (less than an hour from Temple, Leander, or Georgetown). Our signature product is farm fresh eggs. Our chickens are encouraged to roam free on 30 acres. Their houses are towed to new locations every six months to minimize impact on the land. They are fed scratch grains, non-medicated vegetarian chicken feed, and day-old-bread. No routine antibiotics are used. Our store is a separate property with
2 acres cultivated and organically managed, though not certified
organic. We use no chemical fertilizers or poisons. We hope to
produce as much as possible of what we sell. We only sell produce
from other growers if we can tell you exactly who grew it and how
it was grown.
The store will be open seasonally (check website for days and hours),
but eggs are available year-round. Just call or email and
we’ll arrange to meet you with some. Greener Vision Farms, Michael and Heidi Phillips, 115
Peach Street, Kempner TX 76539.
(254) 630-8494. The Greer Farm practices sustainable agricultural practices. We are not organic, but are as close to it as we can practicably be. We have large, lush blackberries and wonderful blueberries. Our cattle are grass-fed Maine-Anjou. We raise the original French fullblood red and white cattle. We sell beef by the split quarter. Our cattle are raised in a stress free environment on lush pastures. We strive for our cattle to have good pasture year-round. We use a local butcher and the beef is dry aged for a minimum of 21 days. Our website has more detail. We have free range chickens and have farm fresh eggs available. We also have fresh vegetables in season. Greer Farm, Sid and Eva Greer, 1444
County Road 1125, Daingerfield TX 76538. (903) 645-3232. E-mail: info@greerfarm.com. Homestead Healthy Foods has a number of products available, including pastured beef and chicken, smoked beef, and summer sausage. Beef is available in individual cuts. The chickens are fed a supplemental feed ration that contains organic flax oil, a source of omega-3 fatty acids. They also forage on grass. Meat is delivered to Austin, Texas, once a week, and shipping to other locations is also available. Call for details. We have a Cooking Guide that includes some of our favorite recipes for grassfed beef. Homestead Healthy Foods, Richard and Peggy Sechrist, 1313 West Live Oak Street, Fredericksburg TX 78624. (830) 997-2508 or toll free (888) 861-5670. Website: http://www.homesteadhealthyfoods.com
HooFin Wings Ranch is located in the Texas panhandle near Wichita Falls on the Red River. We farm wheat and raise purebred Murray Grey cattle. Murray Grey's are a breed that originated in Australia and are known for their high meat to bone ratio. This means more of the animal you buy is meat and not bone. Murray Grey's are a medium-framed breed cow that finishes well on grass. They don't need copious amounts of grain to finish such as the larger feed lot cows. Our cattle are never put into feed lots to finish them. They stay on natural pasture grasses so you get NATURALLY BETTER BEEF. Our beef animals have NO growth hormones or antibiotics. They are all pasture raised on native and winter grasses and are usually harvested in the winter/spring of the year. Our rotational grazing program assures they are always getting fresh tender grasses. Any of our beef animals that may need doctoring are taken out of our beef program and sold in the sale barn or used in our herd. Only hormone and antibiotic-free animals make it into our beef program. You won't be eating these chemicals if you buy our animals. We sell by the quarter, half, and whole animal. Your beef is vacuum packaged and ready for your freezer. If you are interested in purchasing purebred registered Murray Grey's, we have those also. For more information about these cattle, the meat packages, or detail on our operation, please check our web site. HooFin Wings Ranch, Jay Biedenharn, PO Box
136268, Ft. Worth TX 76136. Ranch address: Near Burkburnett & Wichita Falls, TX. Jolie Vue Farms is located in the bluebonnet hills of the original capital of the Republic of Texas, Washington County. It is northeast of Brenham, the county seat, east of Independence, and just south of Sommer's Gin. We produce meat chickens, beef, pork and free-range eggs. Pekin ducks and Rock Cornish game hens are available through the year in limited qualities. Our pastures offer a diverse and natural array of native grasses, clovers, and herbaceous vegetation for our creatures, all of whom are free-range within fresh, generous, rotating pastures. Items are available fresh or fresh-frozen, and can be picked up at the farm on select days or delivered to your doorstep. (Shipping costs additional to price.) Some products are also available at various retail outlets. See Texas–Beyond the Farm for details. E-mail, or call HoniAnn Boudreaux for further information on product and price. Jolie Vue Farms, Glenn and HoniAnn Boudreaux,
11000 Tappe Road, Brenham
TX 77833. Farm mailing address: 3320 Sunset Boulevard, Houston
TX 77005. (713) 839-8610. E-mail: boboud@aol.com JR Cattle Company produces purebred registered Texas Longhorn without hormones or antibiotics on a family ranch with native pastures. The cattle are all raised on the ranch in a humane, non-crowded manner. Texas Longhorns produce an extra lean meat since the cattle do not put on fat in the muscle as do the English breeds. Extra lean ground beef is available in one pound packages at $5.00 per package. Butcher calves are available for delivery to your packer at $2.50 per pound hanging weight. The goal of the management of the ranch is to provide an environment that will produce and maintain the maximum diversity of native plants and animals on the ranch while providing income and enjoyment for the owners and family. We have a strong belief that customers needs to know their food suppliers and the producers methods and practices so we encourage visits by potential customers. JR Cattle Company, Jeff McSpadden, Jr., PO Box 1551, Marble Falls TX 78654. (830) 693-8822. E-mail: jmcspadd@tstar.net. Lovejoy Farm is located in Bosque County near Lake Whitney in central Texas. We raise clean, pasture finished beef. Our pastures are free of chemical fertilizers and toxic sprays and have been for the past 7 years. We use a natural dry fertilizer and supplement by foliar feeding with liquid molasses and active soil amendments. We have selected Senepol as our beef breed for their well known resistance to flies and parasites, tolerance to heat, calm nature and tender meat. Our animals are raised on grasses, legumes, water and minerals. The mineral mixture contains diatomaceous earth to insure all micro-nutrients are available and the animal has a clean healthy digestive system. No growth hormones, antibiotics, or chemical wormers are used, ever! Our pasture finished beef is custom processed at a local USDA-inspected facility and cut and wrapped to your specifications. Our beef is sold by hanging weight in halves. Prices vary somewhat, so please call for a current price. Our clean grassfed hamburger is also available at Nature's Health Nook, Tin Top Village, HWY 22, Whitney, TX 76692. Lovejoy Farm, George and Henrietta Lovejoy,
465 County Road 3635, Clifton
TX 76634. (254) 622-8836. LT Beef is named for our brand, LT. This stands for Lauren and Tom, the cattle raisers, handlers and owners of our cows, for Lean and Tender, which accurately describes the beef we sell, and for Lindenau, Texas, where our cows live. We serve the San Antonio and South Texas market. We offer grass-fed, young, tender beef for sale by the quarter or the side. Our beef is raised naturally, never fed grain or other non-ruminant feed, free of growth hormones, synthetic parasiticides and antibiotics. Our cows and calves are always on pasture, never penned or in a feed lot and have good grass to graze through knowledgeable pasture management and rotational grazing. We can coordinate and sell a quarter, half, or whole beef to individuals, a group of family and friends, or a buying club. Our primary purpose is to make nutritious and delicious grass-fed beef available to our friends and neighbors in South Texas at a price that is fair and covers the costs of growing unsubsidized, sustainable beef. We also believe that it’s the right thing to do for the animals in our care. Visit our website for more information or to order. LT Beef, Lauren Bartholomew, San
Antonio TX. "My Rancher" Grass-Finished Meats is
located just east of Dallas on I-30. We sell grass-finished beef, all
natural uncured bacon and sausages, and pastured chicken.
Our beef is raised in accordance with BQA guidelines and we are
members of the American Grassfed Association. Contact us for our "TASTE OF MY RANCHER" $99 MEAT SPECIAL. Our uniqueness comes from grazing our beef with the D'mirgro Fortified Grass System that focuses on maintaining high-quality soils; this in turn lead to high-quality grasses/legumes and ultimately to tender, flavorful beef. Our beef is 100% grass-finished and raised from birth on our own pastures, or is raised according to our protocol by local producers. We can therefore certify our product as natural and free of hormones or antibiotics and can also certify that it is loaded with the nutritional benefits that grass fed beef is known for. Our animals are pampered with extra humane treatment and we welcome you to visit our ranch to see for yourself how a stress free environment grows fabulous beef. We know that a tour of our ranch will even make you feel relaxed! Store hours: Monday-Saturday, 9am to 6pm. Store walk-ins receive a 10% discount. My Rancher, 2393
East I-30, Greenville TX 75402. (903) 455-4040. Mule Creek Farm is a family owned farm that has been in business since 2002. We specialize in Heritage Breed Turkeys, Heritage Breed Chickens and Hereford Hogs. Our farm maintains a large flock of free range Delaware chickens for egg production, turkey eggs are available (very seasonal) for those wanting something less traditional. Free range Grass Fed turkeys are available in the fall and free range chickens are available winter, spring and fall. There is a limited number available each season, so advance reservations are appreciated. Frozen products maybe available year around. We offer garden fresh naturally grown vegetables in season. In our garden we use no pesticides and only natural fertilizer. Grass fed Pork will be available starting February 2008, arrangements can be made for custom processing (advance notice is required). We use Hereford hogs in our pastured pork operation. Mule Creek Farm never uses feed that has growth hormones, antibiotics or steroid. We feed our poultry and pork a well balanced specially blended feed along with fresh air, sunshine, grass and bugs. We pride ourselves on offering an excellent product a reasonable price. Shipping on all our products will be available soon. Mule Creek Farm, William Blevins, PO Box 1581, Hawkins TX 75765. (903) 521-4150. E-mail: mulecreekfarm@earthlink.net. Mustang Creek Farm is the name of our place in North-East Texas. We grow a variety of plants which nourish our cattle, sheep and goats. With rotational grazing as a pasture management tool it’s the animals who take care of the pastures. Naturally, we have to decide which one of the over 70 paddocks needs to be grazed at what time, for how long and by which species or combination of species. This gives us good control on our pastures without using pesticides or commercial fertilizers. At weaning time, the calves, lambs and goat kids form their own herds which are given first choice when it comes to pasture selection. That’s the key to good growth, tenderness and marbling in beef. Knowing that everything on our farm grows from what nature provides, without the help of the chemical or pharmaceutical industry, gives us the assurance that the meat from our animals can only be very healthy. All meat which we sell as “grass-fed” meat, comes from our animals which were born and raised on our farm. We do not buy stocker calves or lambs to feed them grass and hay for a period of time and sell them as grassfeds! Mustang Creek Farm, Myriam or Luis Frick, 11776
FR 410 S, Bogata
TX 75417. (903) 632-4865 (home) or (903)
249-2411 (cell). Nature's Way Family Farm is located in
central east Texas. We I
plant a large garden in the spring.
I use compost, and other organic amendments, but I am not certified
organic. We sell our products Our products may or may not be available all year round. We mainly farm for family use, so please call if you are in our area to see what is available. Nature's Way Family Farm, Chris Ludwick, 104 CR 523, Fairfield TX 75840. (903) 389-4806. E-mail: nwffarm@valornet.com. Olde World Farms is a family farm owned and operated by John and Karla McLaughlin. Olde World Farms raises Grassfed Beef and Lamb and Pastured Chicken and Pork. All our animals spend their lives on pasture. Our beef and lamb only receive hay and natural minerals as supplements to their grass-based diet and are never fed grain. In addition to pasture, our chickens and pigs only receive our own blend of feed and minerals. None of our animals ever receive antibiotics, artificial hormones or steroids or animal by-products of any kind. Our animals are humanely raised, and are never kept penned or in confined, unsanitary conditions. For our beef, we select only medium-framed British breeds. The cattle are ultrasounded to determine tenderness before harvesting to ensure the cuts are of the highest possible quality. Our beef is dry-aged for 14 to 21 days, producing a tender and richly-flavored meat. For our lamb program, we raise Katahdins. Katahdins, a type of “hair sheep,” do not produce wool and since they don’t produce wool, they lack lanolin glands in their skin, resulting in a mild, delicately flavored meat which is generally preferred by our customers. Our Tamworth pigs are a heritage breed known for their ability to survive and prosper on pasture. Their red skin gives them an advantage in the heat and humidity of Southeast Texas. Their affinity for acorns gives them a unique flavor that can’t be matched. The laying hens and broilers are raised on pasture in portable coops that are moved throughout the pasture to provide access to fresh grass and tasty insects. Our meats are available at the farm by appointment or at the Houston Bayou City Farmers Market which operates every Saturday ("rain or Shine") from 8am to noon. Olde World Farms, John or Karla McLaughlin,
25040
Gay Lake Road, Montgomery TX 77356, (936) 597-3999.
PaiDom strives to grow and market the finest quality, drug-free and grass-finished meats. In their fourth year of operation, PaiDom provides pastured lamb, beef, poultry. Shipment via UPS 2-day air is available for orders of 50 pounds. Variety packs are available that combine different types of meat. Visit our website or call for more information. PaiDom, Alan Birkenfield, HCR 1, Box 56, Nazareth TX
79063. (806) 945-2218. E-mail: carnivore@paidom.com Pecan Creek Farm is located 25 miles east/northeast of Austin, Texas near beautiful Lake Granger. We offer farm eggs produced from pastured chickens. They are free to roam all over our 18 acres of grass all day, every day. We only confine them at night to protect them from predators. Eggs are available year-round. We also have pullets available in the spring from fall hatches. Pecan Creek Farm, Bill and Joan Cabaniss, 1215 CR 415, Taylor TX 76574. (512) 365-5840. E-mail: bill@cabaniss.org. Pendleton Ranch, Gainesville, TX breeds and raises grass fed Texas Longhorn beef. No steroids, pesticides, growth hormones are used at our ranch. The meat is processed at one of two excellent USDA meat processors in our county. The meat is available through our local Gainesville, TX health food store, The Nutrition Cupboard. Pendleton Ranch, Craig & Vicki Morrow,
3200
CR 218, Gainesville, TX 76240.
(940) 665-9943.
E-mail: craig@pendletonranch.com. Prairie Oasis Farm is a family farm located 6 miles west of Weatherford in Parker County, approximately 30 minutes from Fort Worth. We have raised grassfed products since 1994. We offer pastured poultry—Chickens and Holiday Turkeys—and Grassfed (not grainfed) Gourmet Beef and Lamb that all graze in native prairie grasses. There are no chemicals on our pastures and we do not give our animals any medications/antibiotics/hormones. Pastured poultry is sold fresh from the farm in the spring and fall. (Call for availability between seasons.) holiday turkeys are also fresh from the farm in November (just before Thanksgiving). Grassfed gourmet ground beef is sold by the pound and the grassfed lamb is sold by the half and whole in late spring and late summer. Prairie Oasis, Allen Boone, 1020
Fox Road, Millsap TX 76066.
Re-creation Ranch. Our all-natural lean beef is the product of 20 years of development by crossing Limousin, a beef bred in Europe for its tenderness, leanness, and carcass weight, and the Texas Longhorn, which by natural selection provides excellent maternal instincts and foraging habits of natural vegetation. This combination produces a more nutritious, tasty, lean and wholesome beef. We raise our beef on our rotationally grazed pastures for their entire life, from birth to processing. While not certified organic, we raise them in a manner that exceeds organic standards. We use no growth stimulants, antibiotics or feed supplements. Our animals are selected for processing as they mature to a preferred age and size. We sell our beef directly to the consumer, working from a list of buyers on a first come first served basis. Processing is done by a local custom processor to our specifications and sold by the portion of the processed animal, i.e., 1/2,1/4,1/8, etc. Yield is normally 300 to 350 pounds carcass weight. Example: If a carcass produces 80 pounds. of ground beef and customer orders ¼ beef, they receive 20 pounds of ground beef. Prices range from $4.50 per ¼ to $4.95 per 1/16. Plus shipping and handling if desired. We also sell animals live for those who wish to buy and handle processing themselves. We encourage customers to visit our ranch and see how our animals are raised. Re-creation Ranch, Jim or Rosanne Smalley,
1090
FM 1534, Peoria/ Hillsboro, TX, 76645. (254) 580-9668. Rehoboth Ranch is located 45 miles northeast of Dallas. We raise beef, lamb and poultry on pastures untainted by pesticides, herbicides, and synthetic chemical fertilizer. No hormones/steroids or antibiotics are given to the animals. Beef and lamb are raised and finished on grass—no feedlots or grain. Chickens and turkeys are raised on pasture in moveable pens, free-ranging during daylight hours. Ground beef and chicken are available year-round at the ranch. Beef and lamb cuts are available seasonally. Turkeys are available for Thanksgiving. Call for availability. Rehoboth Ranch, Robert Hutchins Family, 2238
County Road 1081, Greenville
TX 75401. (903) 450-8145. Rockin L Dorpers. We started raising sheep in northeast Texas about one and a half years ago. We chose Dorpers because they are hair sheep and shed, therefore no shearing. They lamb every 8 months, the meat is better with no strong "lamb taste." Carcass weight is 57– 58% compared to 51% for most other breeds. They grow very fast.The Dorpers raise good lambs on forage where most sheep barely exist. We raise our lambs on grass and sometimes have to feed a little hay. we supplement with a mineral mix of Sea Salt, Sea kelp and Diatomaceous earth. We worm with Garlic Barrier. We believe Grass Fed to be much better than "Organic" as organic tells you what they don't use, nothing about what they do use. We leave the rams in year round so usually have butcher lambs for sale. We have breeding stock for sale also. Fullblood rams, percentage & purebred rams. We usually have ewe lambs for sale, both percentage and purebred. Our ewe lambs are at least 6 months old and ready to breed. Or possibly bred. Visit our website or give us a call. We are at Mt Vernon, on Interstate 30, 100 miles east of Dallas. Rockin L Dorpers, Art & Linda Fredrickson,
2724 Hwy 37 N, Mount
Vernon TX 75457. (903) 537-3194. E-mail: rockinl@mt-vernon.com
Rockin L Lowlines. When I was diagnosed with CIDP and was not able to work much we looked for an alternative to our Dorper sheep. We found that for small acreages the Lowline beef cattle are perfect. Lowlines require much less work than the sheep and are very easy to manage. They are more like pets than cattle, and kids love them. They don't require a lot of feed and they return much higher profits than full size cattle or sheep. They are also more ecologically friendly because they are easier on the pastures than full size cattle. Lowlines finish well on grass and they are great for natural, health conscious programs. We sell our Lowline cross steers for meat. Do you have a small acreage? Lowlines qualify you for an agricultural tax exemption if you only have 3 or 4 acres. This alone will save you enough to pay for them. Along with feed efficiency and ease of handling you get the advantages of premium prices. At the 2006 national lowline sale 54 head, (40 fullbloods and 14 percentage females and 3 percentage bulls) averaged over $5500 per head! Lowlines are a joy to work with and very rewarding financially, and the fact that they are the best beef on the market helps. Rockin L Lowlines, Art & Linda Fredrickson,
2724 Hwy 37 N, Mount
Vernon TX 75457. (903) 537-3194. E-mail: rockinl@mt-vernon.com The Rocking S.O.B. Ranch—oh, that stands for Sandy or Billye—is located in Eastland County. Our animals are all grass fed; of course, with no antibiotics or hormones. We sell beef by whole or half or have individual cuts available. We also have free-range eggs. Contact us by e-mail or phone. Some of our products are also available through Owens' Organic, Nature's Medicine Shoppe, and Honey Bee Natural Foods, all in Brownwood TX. See Texas–Beyond the Farm for details. Rocking S.O.B. Ranch, Sandy Doss, PO Box 617, Rising Star TX 76471. (254) 643-3700. E-mail: rocksob@txol.net. Ross Valley Ranch, members of the American Grassfed Association, features certified Red Angus cattle with pasture to plate genetics. Our dry-aged beef is offered as split halves, halves, or whole, processed to your order. It is priced under "Preferred Angus" at retail stores and available year-round. We only sell what we breed and raise. Ross Valley Ranch, Lloyd and Marie Robinson,
PO Box 1, Bryson
TX 76427. (940) 392-2123. Physical address: 1167 Ross Valley
Road. Sand Creek Farm & Dairy is a family farm nestled in the rolling hills near Cameron, TX. We milk Jersey and jersey cross cows on a grass based, grain-free, rotational grazing system. Our cows are tested and free of BLV (bovine leukemia virus), TB, Brucellosis, BVD (bovine viral diarrhea) for your protection and ours. Our pastures are organically managed for forage quality and mineral content to provide nutrient dense milk. Dairy Items: Whole Milk, Skim Milk, Raw Milk Cheeses, Ice Cream, Yogurt+, Butter, Whey. All dairy products are raw, non-pasteurized, non-homogenized, pastured, grass fed diet, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, humanely raised. + Note: yogurt is pasteurized by process Meat Items: Pastured Broilers and Pastured Pork—Soy-free, mixed whole grain non-certified organic feed, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, humanely raised. Pastured Lamb and Beef—Hormone-free, antibiotic-free, humanely raised. Other Items: Pastured Eggs—Soy-free, mixed whole grain non-certified organic feed, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, humanely raised. Honey— Filtered and bottled, no added ingredients, all natural. By Texas law, raw milk products must be picked up on the farm under threat of prosecution from the State. Therefore many families around the State have formed groups to come to the farm to pick up their items. They come weekly, monthly and every other month. Ask us if there is a group near you. A limited number of Farm Memberships are offered each year giving members a discounted price on milk and eggs at the farm. Meat items can be purchase by the quarter, half or whole for discounted prices. Sand Creek Farm, Ben and Alysha Godfrey, 1552
CR 267, Cameron TX 76520. (254) 697-2927. E-mail: alysha@sandcreekfarm.net
or ben@sandcreekfarm.net
or alysha@texasbb.com. Shades of Green Farm, located near Bastrop in the Austin area, began raising pastured meat chickens in early 2008. We began farming to produce food that meet our needs for healthy nutrition, our values for the humane treatment of animals and our goal to support sustainable agriculture. We believe it is possible to feed the people without killing the planet. Eat local! Healthy food comes from healthy land. We enhance the biology of the fields by composting, rotating pastures, growing the farm slowly, allowing the land to ‘rest’, and living small and gently in our home. While not yet certified organic, our fields have not received chemical treatment for years. Our chicken feed comes from Coyote Creek Organic Feed Mill in Elgin. We raise strong birds from French breeding stock, who take full advantage of the open-door, free ranging life they have out on our fields. Chicks are raised with great care and appreciation, from the baby brooder through each pasturing stage—their health and happiness matter. They have a pretty fun life here—come and visit! Our USDA-certified meat chickens are offered via direct farm to consumer sales, at Bastrop Farmers' Market, through stores and restaurants—folks love the texture and flavor! Sold live or dressed (fresh only within 24 hours of processing, fresh-frozen thereafter). Some deliveries may be arranged. Call or email for more information. Shades of Green Farm, Julie Assata, Susan Beckwith,
PO Box 866, Bastrop
TX 78602. (314) 623-9428. Shudde Ranch Beef is natural beef, 100% grassfed on oats, summer grazer and Bermuda grass. We use no pesticides, no antibiotics, no horm |
