6,500,000 lbs of beef recalled? Not here!

Your food dollars speak volumes when you choose to support healthy, happy animals raised and processed humanely by our local small businesses, or neighborhood farmers who take pride in the food they grow to sell and feed their own families.

This most recent recall proves yet again bigger is not better. No single corporation should be big enough to CONTAMINATE 6.5 million lbs of beef, in addition to all else they’re selling. Spread that out among family farms in each of the states where the salmonella beef was sold and eaten, and how much more of an impact would that make in MANY local economies instead of just one big mechanized, industrial corporation in Arizona?
Small is beautiful, sustainable, and just around the corner. And when farmers are able to establish a customer base who are lost when the chickens stop laying, they can scale up without worrying whether they’ll be able to sell their eggs come fall and winter when the shorter day length causes production to plummet, and the chickens are more expensive to feed.

It’s all about the relationships we’re forming as we see just how far local can take us. Maybe we can rely on each other, so we can make a living doing what we love, and you can eat our salad and burgers without questioning whether it’s going to put your young daughter or elderly mother in the hospital.

And we will be confident keeping our laying chicken numbers up through the most expensive months because you’ve been there steadily through the year (and we’re ready to take an extra dozen come Spring’s surplus!)