Why healthy GRASS should matter a lot to you.

Have you noticed that the words "grass" and "pasture" come up a lot on our website...in our videos...in our emails?

Grass-fed, grass-finished, pastured, pasture-raised...we're always focused on grass!

There's good reason for it: 

Every micro- and macronutrient that nourishes your body from the meat we produce comes directly from the food our animals consume.

Which means the animals (and you!) literally are the grasses we grow.

The way we see it, if we want to offer you the highest-quality meats possible—the ones with which you will build your very body—it is non-negotiable that our pastures be radically healthy.

That's why, while you may think of us as "meat farmers", we are actually something else:

We're grass farmers.

Our first obsession is always the quality of the grasses, leguminous plants, and forbs in our pastures, and the health of the soil that supports them.

Because those grasses and green plants literally become you, farm friend. 🤸‍♀️

That's why we have spent the past 15+ years fine-tuning our relationship with the unique grassland ecosystems we steward on our farm. 

And that's why we think it's important to bring you out to the pastures with us, virtually, as you get to know our farm. 

So you can see where you come from.

You ready?

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The video that inspired this series

A multi-year drought in the Shenandoah Valley and nationwide provided a striking snapshot of the deep benefits of farming the way we do; how the work we have done over the past 15+ years is supporting us (and you) during a challenging moment for local farmers; and why we take our commitment to healthy soils and grasses so seriously.

For context: "never stopped feeding hay" and "already feeding silage" refer to using stored sources of food to feed animals who would typically have been grazing fresh pastures at this point in the growing season. Due to the drought, many conventional pastures haven't yet this year grown grasses tall enough for farmers to stop using stored food typically reserved for winter.