A major benefit of raising animals on pasture is that their products are healthier for you. For example, compared with feedlot meat, meat from grass fed beef, bison, lamb and goats has 2-4 times more omega-3 fatty acids (helps fight cancer!).   Meat and dairy products from grass-fed ruminants are the richest known source of another type of good fat called “conjugated linoleic acid” or CLA. When ruminants are raised on fresh pasture alone, their products contain from 3-5 times more CLA than products from animals fed conventional diets (high in corn). Grass-fed meat also has more vitamin E, beta-carotene and vitamin C than grain-fed meat.  

In 1991 Jesse, his brother Luke and their parents Steve and Sue, converted their 200 acre farm into a rotational grazing dairy.  With much thought and planning, they stopped growing corn, soy and other grains to instead, invest in a greener future!   At first the soils were not used to the cows' fresh manure, but over time the soil microbes adjusted and flourished!  Within a few years the microbes could digest the manure and turn into fabulous nutrients that have greatly improved the health and quality of the soil.  We farm with rotational grazing methods for the beef and dairy animals.  They receive NO GRAIN in their diets.  Healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy cows, healthy milk, healthy people!