Certified Organic Meat
Considerations when ordering meat:
- We do not have freezer storage capabilities here. Please take this into account when placing your order. You will need to pick up your meat on the slaughter date or one day after.
- All our animals are fed certified organic grain and make use of as much range as is possible, for their health and for maximum farm fertility.
- Our birds are moved to new range every day. Our pigs move to a new paddock approximately every two weeks.
Meat Chickens
We will have two batches of 125 meat chickens available this year, to be slaughtered on July 26 and October 11. The October 11 batch is, unfortunately, all sold out. We use Kosher Kings, a barred rock/meat cross that performs well on fresh grass. Meat chickens average 6+ lbs and will cost $5.50/lb if you order 1-9 birds or $5.00/lb if you purchase more than 10 birds. They live in portable outdoor pens and are moved to new grass every day.
Due to a state regulatory technicality, our chickens, turkeys and geese are certified organic if you buy them before slaughter, but not after. There are no processing plants certified for resale of birds in Massachusetts, therefore consumers must purchase the birds live so we can have them processed at the plant on your behalf. We are totally comfortable with the cleanliness, efficiency, and humane technique used by our processing plant and stand completely behind their work. You end up with a cleaned, whole, bagged bird (with giblets and neck).
Pigs
Our pork is, unfortunately, sold out for 2009.
Lard
We sell locally and also ship frozen lard in recycled quart containers to customers. Lard costs $15.00/quart. We ship lard 2nd day FedEx in insulated boxes so that it arrives at your door still frozen. The boxes are sized to contain 1 to 4 quarts. We charge $5.00 for shipping supplies per box. The FedEx shipping charges vary by weight and location. Some rates from last year:
- 3 quarts to Pennsylvania: $22.10
- 4 quarts to California: $44.15
- 4 quarts to New Jersey: $13.14.
Turkeys
We will be raising 50 broad breasted turkeys on our farm this year. Like our chickens, these birds will live on range after brooding and be moved to a new location every day. The last month of their lives they will spend entirely free ranging with the geese- enjoying their reflections in the first floor windows when not out foraging and cleaning up the fields. Choose between a hen (approx. 18 to 24 lbs) or a tom (approx. 24 to 30 lbs) when placing your order. The turkeys will cost $4.50/lb and will be available to pick up on November 24.
Geese
Unfortunately, we are not offering geese this year.
Please feel free to use this order form to order your meat!