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Frequently
Asked Questions
What's available? Seasons or hours you're open?
Office phone number: 336.351.0935
Free range eggs are usually available year round. They're excellent
quality, have great flavor and therefore sell quickly. Please call
ahead to make sure we have eggs reserved for you.
Pastured beef, pork, roasting chicken and turkey are available throughout
the year. Please call to get additional information about slaughter
dates and to place orders.
Produce is available late Spring, Summer and Fall. Crops vary with
the seasons. Please call to find out what crops are currently available.
We also try to keep a list of what's currently in season listed
on our What's New page.
Help with driving directions?
For your convenience, we've linked to Mapquest.com for a map and
driving directions:
map
& driving directions
What does "pastured" mean?
Pastured (or grass fed) animals are raised on pasture, as opposed
to being kept in confinement and fed primarily grains. Pasturing
livestock and poultry is the traditional method of raising farm
animals, is ecologically sustainable, humane, and produces the most
nutritious meat, dairy and eggs.
What
is "Certified Naturally Grown"?
CNG is a grassroots certification program created specifically for
farmers that sell locally and directly to their customers. CNG's certification
standards are based on the National Organic Program but with some
variation, including improved livestock living conditions and more
explicit access to pasture requirements.
What is "free range"?
Free range is a method of farming husbandry where the animals are
permitted to roam freely instead of being tightly contained. Fences
are used of course, but animals and poultry have all the space needed
to live naturally. The principle is to allow the animals as much freedom
as possible, to live out their instinctual behaviors in a reasonably
natural way, regardless of whether or not they are eventually killed
for meat or used in egg production. |
