There is a lot of information out there on the web,
we thought we would share some of our favorite books and links with you.  
BOOKS
Nourishing Traditions by
Sally Fallon

The Untold Story of Milk
by Ron Schmid, ND
Click on the titles to go to
these books at Amazon.com
Links
These links contain facts on
the benefits of pasture
raised meats.
The link below is to an animated
film series exposing the ills of
industrial food production.
The following links have a vegetarian flavor to them.  We do not promote vegetarianism as
we raise and sell meat, however the facts presented in these links regarding the industrial
production of meats is very relative to our farming practices.  We are forever endeavoring
to provide our customers with a source of pasture raised meats as an alternative to
consuming industrial raised meats.  We hope you find these links informative.
Please consider carefully before viewing the link below, it is very graphic.
The video footage in this link is just one of the many reasons why
we raise our animals and have them processed the way we do.
Please browse our pages for details on our farm & store, ordering & shipping.
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We enjoy learning about all aspects of
agriculture, sustainable farming,
pasture raised foods, and the
environment (to name a few topics).
The books above are some of
our favorite "reads".
The Omnivore's Dilemma
by Michael Pollan
Green Mountain Grown
delivering pasture raised
gourmet meats right to your door!
In Defense of Food by
Michael Pollan
These links contain
important facts on meats
from industrial agriculture
(factory farms)
How Safe is our Meat?
by Anne Vassal
Better Beef
(Mother Earth News)
Math on the Range Living on Earth
(When you arrive at this page, scroll
down and click on "Math on the Range")
To Ship or Not to Ship?
This question was always a question for us...until recently.  
Ideally we'd love to see everyone raising most of their own food, yet that doesn't seem
very practical.  Next best would be: we'd like to see everyone buying their food 100%
locally.   The problem with that is it means individuals getting into their cars and driving
out to area farms or farmer's markets to buy their food, which is most likely further
away than the local supermarket.  It seems a bit hypocritical to us to advocate several
individuals driving distances to farms/farmer's markets to buy food, as opposed to
having (locally grown) food trucked in to a closer central location, or shipped to your door
by one carrier delivering several packages in the same area.  We are fortunate enough
where we live that most of our food resources (what we don't grow for ourselves) fall
within our normal paths of travel, so we aren't making special trips to secure delicious and
nutritious foods for our family...unfortunately that isn't necessarily the case for many
people who would like to purchase locally grown, natural foods.  FedEx, UPS and DHL
drive past our farm everyday, and sometimes more often than once or twice a day.  It
makes more sense to us to ship out our gourmet pasture raised meats, with a company
that drives past our farm daily (delivering and picking up many packages), than to expect
many people to drive great distances to our farm to pick them up.  Also, recently we came
across this interview (click the link below) which discusses the CO2 produced by feed lot
(grain fed) beef in comparison to the CO2 produced by grass fed beef.  Did you know
more CO2 is produced by a grain fed beef steer raised, processed and marketed locally
than by a grass fed beef steer rasied, processed then shipped quite a distance?  We
found this information to be very interesting, and pertinent in making the decision to
ship our gourmet pasture raised meats.  Click on the link below for more details.