Frequently Asked Questions
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How do I choose how my meat will be packed?
After your meat is butchered, (1) call the local butcher to complete your order. You will provide your cut preferences. After you have ordered once, (2) you have the option to change future orders or keep the same preferences.
For simplicity, we include the butcher's charges with the price of our meat. Please keep in mind the butcher is a separate business from ours. Unfortunately, we do not control these prices.
Currently, including taxes, the cost is around $.87/lb for beef, around $1.60/lb for lamb, and around $1.60/lb for pork (including cured cuts).
What is special about ordering 1/4 beef?
Please note that if you order 1/4 beef, the butcher has to cut the entire 1/2 of beef the same way and divide it between 2 customers. You will need to agree with another customer about how your meat is cut up when ordering 1/4 beef. You can discuss details with your butcher.
What packing choices do I have?
You may choose from roasts, steaks, and ground meats. Let the butcher know how many steaks you want per package and how many pounds you want your roasts to be. Check out Meat Cuts for more information on “standard cuts” for each type of meat.
Feel free to deviate from this however you like. Also, here are additional resources you may find helpful when choosing your cuts.
A quarter beef is around 150#. A half is double that. A family of 4 may typically consume 1/4 beef in 6 months, eating it 2 times per week.
How many pounds is 1/4 beef? How much do I need?
A whole lamb is around 55lbs, hanging weight. One half pig is around 80lbs, hanging.
What about your other meats? How many pounds are they?
We make a trip over to North Bend each year for buyers from the “west-side”. People are expected to help with the gas expense. Please inquire about this when you order if you are interested!
Do you deliver?
Do you take credit cards?
We accept credit card and ACH (direct bank to bank transfer - you save the information the same way you save a CC and it saves us on fees!)
YES! We welcome visitors – in spring we have baby lambs, in summer our rotational grazing is in full swing, and many of our animals are harvested in the fall. Please contact us if you are interested in visiting and we will find a time that you can stop by.
Can I visit your farm?
Customers who order from us can purchase the specialty cuts from their animal here at our farm. The cost is $3.00 per pound. Please include this on your order form if you are interested in this.
Can I order specialty cuts like heart, liver, tongue?
Because of government regulations, we do not sell our meat as individual cuts. We’ve looked into meeting their regulations to sell by the cut. However, not only would the price go up dramatically, but also they would do things to the meat that we think would affect the flavor and probably make it less healthful (like spraying chemicals on it). We would also have to transport our animals for harvesting. This would cause our animals to be out of sorts and thereby affect the meat’s tenderness. We have actually found that there is nothing more convenient than choosing cuts of meat out of your own freezer.
Can I buy individual cuts?
The meat can easily keep in a deep freezer for an entire year or more without loss of quality.
How long can I expect our meat to keep?
Our pork is non-GMO pork! We are so glad to be able to sell this to our customers. It is more expensive, but it is worth it to us. We want to consistently provide meat that is raised in a way that is sustainable for the environment we all enjoy, and trustworthy as well.
Are your pigs fed GMO corn?
What do your animals eat in the winter?
We “stockpile” our own pastures in the fall to feed our animals through the winter. This means we try to balance our animal-to-pasture ratio so as to have enough to “save” some mature pasture and have our animals graze it during the winter. We do feed some hay during the winter months, but this hay is almost always cut from our own pastures. This is why we take extra effort to manage our grass well!