The following farms and ranches have certified that they meet Eatwild's criteria for producing grassfed meat, eggs and dairy products. Contact them directly for additional information or to buy their products:

A1 Country Girl Beef is a four generation farm raising grass fed beef for your freezer.

No foreign substances used in growth of animals or in processing of animals. No additives to tenderize beef during processing. Meat is properly aged and cut and wrapped ready for your freezer.

A1 Country Girl Beef, Charlene or Bob, 9717 Yale Road, Greenwood MI  48006. (810) 387-3729.

Beery Farms of Michigan LLC is an 80-acre farm on which I raise all-grass-fed beef and goats.

The farm is operated in the Argentine grazing style using a diverse array of perennial grasses and summer-winter annuals to meet the year-round forage needs of the animals. Like the Argentines, the paddocks are divided to provide both annual and perennial forages simultaneously for an always fresh high quality diet. By using stockpiling in the fall and early greening small grains in the spring, it is only necessary to feed hay and haylage during the most severe winter months.

The farm is in the third year transition to Organic Certification. It is located just south of Lansing and visitors are always welcome.

Beery Farms, Growers and Purveyors on Only Things Grass Fed.

Beery Farms, Maynard Beery, 849 N Aurelius Road, Mason MI 48854. (517) 676-4686.
E-mail: beeryfarm@aol.com.

Bluebird Meadows Farm is dedicated to raising grass-fed sheep and lamb. 

We have a flock of 100+ ewes, and they live on lush, green pastures throughout the entire growing season and on into December. During the winter we feed them high quality hay raised and baled by us on our farm.  They have most of their lambs on pasture in May, the very best time for a lamb to be born, and the lambs stay with the mother rotating to a new pasture every 1 to 5 days until fall. By keeping them on pasture with their mothers, we produce a very mild flavored, young, tender, lean lamb. 

We have the lambs butchered and processed by a local, family-owned processing plant, and it is USDA-certified to be sold either by the package frozen or by the whole or half lamb. If you purchase a whole or half lamb, it can be custom processed and cut to your specifications. We can ship frozen lamb, or you may also pick it up at our farm. We also attend the Hillsdale County Farmers Market, Saturdays, 8am–noon, mid-May through October.  

There is an old farmhouse on the farm, which we run as a bed and breakfast (see bbonline.com/mi/bluebird),. This offers a unique opportunity to experience the farm life. Some families like to come and spend the weekend on the farm and pick up their meat at that time. 

Bluebird Meadows Farm, Emilie Dasch, 8591 Blount Road, Hillsdale MI  49242. (517) 212-0747.
E-mail: ejdasch@frontiernet.net. Website: http://www.bluebirdmeadowsfarm.net.

Bluewater Beefmasters is a family-owned cow-calf-to-finish operation located in northern St. Clare County. All cattle are born and raised at the farm, maintaining a closed herd. Cattle live on rotated pastures in the spring, summer, and fall, and are fed hay during the winter. They are never fed grain. We use no antibiotics, steroids, or implants of any kind, and we strive for a stress-free environment.

Dry-aged grass-finished beef is available in the fall as supplies last. Please call for availability. Pick up only; we do not ship.

Bluewater Beefmasters, Roger and Debra Phillips, 8790 Oatman Road, Avoca MI 48006. (810) 387-3482.

Boughan Farms & Enterprise—better known as BF&E Organics—is located in the thumb of Michigan, approximately 20 miles north of Imlay City.

Our family has been farming here since the 1950s. We started working toward our organic certification in 1992, through OCIA (Organic Crop Improvement). We have a beef cow-calf operation with registered Shorthorn cattle. The cattle are born and raised on our farm until ready for market. We also raise pastured meat chicken and chicken eggs. All of our animal products are certified organic as well as 100% pastured. They are raised in a stress--free environment the way nature intended it to be.

We will have lamb ready to market for fall of 2010. Breed of choice is the Dorper, a very hardy breed and mild tasting meat.

Please e-mail us for current farmers market updated locations; we are currently trying a few different markets.

We encourage people to come to the farm. We feel it is important to know where your food comes from and we are dedicated to doing our very best in raising healthy, local, organic food.

BF&E Organics, Doreen WIlcox, 5119 Barness Road, Clifford, MI 48727. (810) 531-6823.
E-mail: bfeorganics@hotmail.com. Website: http://www.bfeorganics.com (coming soon).

CloverDale Farms is a small family owned, pasture based operation dedicated to offering the highest quality grassfed beef available. Belted Galloway cattle are the breed of choice here at CloverDale. The ability of this breed to thrive on lush pastures and convert this forage to muscle without the use of grain makes it possible to raise and finish these cattle on 100% grass alone.

Farm fresh eggs from our free range pasture fed chickens and pork from our hogs raised in the good outdoors are also available. The grain used to feed our chickens and pigs is also grown on our farm without the use of pesticides and herbicides.

The livestock on our farm are also raised without the use of antibiotics, chemicals, or hormones

Our grassfed beef and pork are available by the whole, half, and individual cuts. Please call for availability as we don't keep a large quantity on hand.

Clover Dale farms is not a super market selling a product that we didn't produce. When you purchase our products you know exactly where your food is coming from, how it was raised, and what was fed to the animals. Our customers are always welcome to CloverDale Farms to visit our operation.

CloverDale Farms, Travis and Trica Bartholomew, 11375 South 37th Street, Scotts MI 49088  49088. (269) 626-0030.
E-mail: travisbartholomew@att.net

Creswick Farms is "dedicated to raising healthy, happy animals—lovingly cared for just as Mother Nature intended—which provide high energy, nutritious and delicious food sources for health-conscious individuals."

At Creswick Farms, we guarantee our animals are raised without antibiotics or growth hormones. This promise is your assurance that our products meet a higher standard for natural: they are truly naturally raised. The animals enjoy non-herbicide/chemical fertilized pasture and are supplied free choice with organic minerals and kelp. Our meats are processed in a family-owned slaughterhouse and are vacuum-packed to preserve freshness and improve shelf life.

Many families rely on us for their Beef, Pork, Turkey, Chicken and Eggs, and a large portion of our clientele reside in the Detroit and Chicago areas. We are located within a 2 ½ - 3 hour's drive of each city. For these customers we also have scheduled deliveries and pre-determined meeting points.

We always welcome visitors at our farm as we enjoy showing customers how our animals are nurtured to nurture us in the future. We especially enjoy children, who enjoy learning about the animals and their relationship to our food sources.

Our normal hours are between 9 am and 5 pm. Please call or e-mail for informational brochure.

Creswick Farms, Andrea & Nathan Creswick, 6500 Rollenhagen Road, Ravenna MI 49451. (616) 837-9226.
E-mail: Contactus@CreswickFarms.com   Website: www.Creswickfarms.com

Earth Shine Farm is a small, sustainable, family-run farm that cuts no corners in providing healthy food, while treating our animals and the environment with the utmost respect.

Our Gourmet Heirloom Chickens are Barred Plymouth Rocks, the first breed admitted to the American Poultry Association well over 150 years ago. They look, behave, and taste like their ancestors did. In fact, they taste so deliciously different that one food writer claimed they shouldn’t even be called chicken!

We raise our chickens on Michigan’s Saginaw Valley pastures following the meticulous and humane French Label Rouge standards. They live on the natural delicacies they forage, along with certified-organic feed we grind fresh weekly to ensure maximum nutritional value. We set our birds out immediately, not even waiting a week before introducing them to grass, where they remain for a minimum of 84 days. They’re processed on-farm using the ‘air chill’ method that not only yields a superior product, but is also cleaner, less contamination-prone, and more environmentally sound.

Unless you’re over a century-and-a-half old (and if so, kudos!), we believe you’ve never tasted chicken like ours. Purebred Barred Rocks like ours are a rare bird indeed. They don’t grow on trees, but they sure love to roost in ‘em.

Visit our website and see what some truly great chefs and gourmands have to say about Earth Shine Farm Chickens. We ship fresh-frozen.

Earth Shine Farm, Frank & Laura Kay Jones, 9580 New Lothrop Road, Durand MI 48429. (989) 288-2421.
E-mail: earthshinefarm@gmail.com. Website: http://www.earthshinefarm.com

Welcome to East River Organic Farm. We are a diversified and certified organic farm in the middle of the thumb of Michigan, near Sandusky. We are certifed with ICO (Indiana Certified Organic).

We have a 30 member CSA that we use to distribute most of our organic vegetables. We also have grass-fed, organic Devon beef, organic pork, chicken, eggs and turkeys.

Please check out our website for more details and updates.

East River Organic Farm, Les Roggenbuck, 440 N Wheeler Road, Snover MI  48472. (810) 672-9430.
E-mail: les@midmich.net. Website: http://www.eastriverorganic.com.

Falis Farm raises all natural, chemical-free poultry and pork.

We take reservations for hogs in March (for 1/2 or whole hog) available in September. We also raise meat chickens available 3 times a year and brown eggs available year round.

Please call or e-mail for specific dates of availability and prices.

Falis Farm, Alan or Paula Falis, 15637 Nettney Road, Capac MI 48014. (586) 531-8740.
E-mail: paulaf564@hotmail.com.

Full Circle Organic Farm is an OCIA-certified USDA organic farm. We have organic certified lamb, and a CSA.

The CSA is 16 weeks of seasonal vegetables, herbs and fruits. (All fruits in the CSA are limited this year as stock is young—except raspberries and they will be in abundance!) If we have a bumper crop of tomatoes, there will tomatoes available to members for canning as a bonus. As we are dealing with Mother Nature, the ideal is within our reach, yet she does keep us humble.

Your weekly box will actually be a large reusable tote that is hand-assembled on the farm. We think they are quite useful and proud of the craft and reusable quality. The tote size is equal to about ½ to 1 bushel. (The volume is larger later in the season with melons). We also will attempt to have a small nosegay of flowers to brighten your day, but this will depend on how long we can outwit the weeder geese who have an incurable fondness for flowers. 

The cost for the full summer 16 weeks is $495.00. Pickup is on Tuesdays from 4-7pm. Pay in full by Feb. 1, 2010 for a 10% discount. Certified organic lambs can be reserved, please e-mail.

Full Circle Organic Farm, LLC, SuzAnne Akhavan-Tafti, 4545 Vines Road, Howell MI  48843. (517) 719-0073.
E-mail: chazmaven4545@yahoo.com.

Green Leaf Farms is a fourth generation family farm. Our livestock is raised to be naturally healthy. They receive no growth hormones, animal by-products, or antibiotics. Our beef are exclusively grass fed. This provides for a meat high in Omega-3 and CLA.

Our turkeys and chickens are free-ranging and taste like the ones grandpa used to raise. Our vegetables are all-natural—no man made fertilizers or herbicides or insecticides are used on our garden.

I invite you to visit our website for further information.

Green Leaf Farms, Dana Dvoracek, 04998 Loeb Road, Charlevoix MI  49720. (231) 547-4122.
E-mail: info@greenleaffarms.net Website: http://www.greenleaffarms.net

Guindon Farms is a fourth generation family owned beef farm. All crops and pastures are certified organic by OCIA and we are Certified Naturally Grown.

On Guindon Farms cattle are raised naturally without hormone implants or antibiotic feeds. Cattle are treated humanely and have access to pasture year around. Fresh water is supplied to all pastures in the summer to assure their comfort.

We offer grass-fed cattle which are finished on intensively managed, high-quality pasture and hay that is certified organic and we grow ourselves. During the winter months cattle are fed exclusively certified hay and baleage that is certified and grown on the farm. Our first certified calves will be born in spring of 2010. Our Limousin cattle are very efficient at converting pasture grass into muscle and have lent themselves well to producing a healthier carcass which is enhanced with the grass finishing.

All beef is humanely processed at Rainbow Packing, a local processing plant; they are a family-owned, USDA-inspected facility, where meat is cut to order.

We are committed to personal care of our cattle, our land, you our customer and to being a partner in sustainable agriculture. We encourage farm visits anytime.

Guindon Farms, Matt and Barb Guindon, 9111 Cty 416 H Road, Cornell MI 49818. (906) 384-6517.
E-mail: info@guindonfarms.com. Website: http://www.guindonfarms.com.

Imagine Cattle Company. Imagine eating your food the way nature intended it, without artificial hormones, antibiotics or chemicals injected into it. You can if you purchase your beef from the Imagine Cattle Company.

We are a family owned grass fed beef operation.  All cattle are born and raised right on our farm.  We use Angus and Belted Galloway for our breeding stock, and offer you the highest quality grass-fed beef available. Belted Galloway cattle are known for their ability to produces exceptionally lean and flavorful meat, while Angus is valued for their marbling. Our meats are processed in a family-owned slaughterhouse and are vacuum-packed to preserve freshness and improve shelf life.

Our meats are sold directly to our customers through referrals and an annual
newsletter. We are currently out of beef for the 2008 season, please contact us in the summer of 2009. 

Imagine Cattle Company, Greg or Dena Brown, 42810 Wear Road, Belleville MI  48111. (734) 216-4832.
E-mail: imaginecattlecompany@gmail.com.

Joe's Grass Fed Beef—Call, email or check our website for availability. These are finished animals with nicely marbled steaks. The ground beef cooking produces a delightful aroma and a taste that has to be experienced. — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsYmzLiORo.

$2.00/pound based on hanging carcass weight. If you have been shopping, you will recognize this as a good value price for an excellent product. You can expect these finished GRASSFED animals to have a hanging carcass weight of 650–950 pounds.We can have the processor separate into halves or quarters to split among family or friends; we can also accumulate individual orders if you don't have someone to split a whole beef.

Deposit of $100 by mail per animal ($50/half or $25/quarter), payable to Joe's Grass Fed Beef, and your steer will be delivered to Poole's Meat Processing in Standish, Michigan. Poole’s will dry-age the meat and package according to your instructions. They will charge you $30 to kill your steer plus 39 cents/pound based on the hanging weight to cut, wrap, and freeze. Final payment is requested the day you pick up your order or sooner. Poole's will expect their processing fees when you pick up your meat. 

Order before they’re gone, supplies are limited. Land line: (989) 777-9070 or cell: (989) 777-3020.

Joe's Grass Fed Beef, Edward Lysogorski, Mail: 6822 Dixie Highway, Bridgeport, MI 48722. Family-run farm: 2235 Setlak, Standish MI 48658. Phone/Fax: (989) 777-9070.
E-mail: eplyso@hotmail.com. Website: http://www.joesgrassfedbeef.com.

The Lake Village Homestead grew out of an environmentally oriented educational research program, originally motivated by B.F. Skinner's book, Walden Two. Presently this extended family co-op occupies a mile and a half of lake shoreline and approximately 300 acres. The 120 acres of lake- front is owned by a non-profit corporation dedicated since 1971 to living, teaching and modeling sustainable agriculture as well as preserving natural habitat.

Cattle, goats, chickens and hogs are free-ranging in various pastures. Goats receive some supplemental grain while lactating. Hogs and chickens have access to grain as well as pasture. Cattle graze in the warm weather and are fed hay in the winter. Animals are grown hormone- and antibiotic- free. All gardening and pasture management is done without chemical fertilizers and herbicides.

We offer grass-fed free-ranging beef, free-ranging pastured pork, eggs from free-ranging chickens, goat milk, cheese, honey, maple syrup, popcorn and vegetables in season. All products are available on the farm and may be obtained by purchasing food shares with discounts being offered to Associate Members.

Associate Membership: Individual $120/year; Family $200/year. Members are free to visit the farm as they wish, grow vegetables in the garden, walk miles of trails, lease horses for trail riding, as well as participate in farm gatherings.      

For more information, visit our website, or call (269) 808-2529 to make an appointment for your first farm visit.

We also offer interactive farm workshops for all ages and group sizes. Environmental and land preservation consulting is also available. Donations made to support our various programs are tax deductible.

Lake Village Homestead Farm, Tony Kaufman, 7943 South 25th Street, Kalamazoo MI 49048. (269) 323-3629. Fax: (269) 329-0788.
E-mail: info@lakevillagehomestead.org. Website: http://www.lakevillagehomestead.org.

Laura’s Little Beef Farm LLC is a family run operation at our home. My wife and I began this quest early in 2005. Our first order of business is to raise meat in a manner that we would be proud to provide to friends and family.

Preparing lush green pasture using recommended practices found in Jo Robinson’s book, Pasture Perfect and Allen Nation’s book, Quality Pasture really helped. We searched long and hard for feeder steer to start our herd. We invested in heifers and cows to start calving to build our herd along with steer so we could provide meat this year (2006). The steer we raise meet all of our requirements of no growth aids, steroids or antibiotics. They are raised on our beautiful green pasture which receives no chemical pesticides or fertilizer. When the pasture salad won’t support their needs we supply them with quality hay. All of our fencing is smooth, high tension wire so there are no barbs to stick the cattle, therefore reducing stress for our animals.

Your meat is slaughtered and dry aged then wrapped, labeled and quick frozen in a family owned, USDA approved slaughterhouse/ butcher shop close to our home. We are located less than an hour from northeastern Detroit. You are welcome to visit our farm, just give a call and make sure we’re home. Don’t be alarmed if you pull up to our pastures and you find us singing and talking to our animals. We have found this to be very beneficial to a calm, healthy animal.

We sell our meat by quarter, half, whole, or special steak/burger orders but we are not a supermarket or butcher shop. I would be happy to discuss your family's meat needs with you to see if we can help you fill them. We have customers that only want the steaks and burger from the whole animal but then want the rest donated to needy families, we do that.

Laura's Little Beef Farm LLC, Edward and Vee Laura, Owner-Operators, 1458 Mayer Road, Smiths Creek MI 48074. (810) 355-5073.
E-mail: ktfd45@msn.com. Website: coming soon

The Lavender Fleece is a small family farm that has been raising purebred, grass based Icelandic sheep since 1999. We are now offering on a reservation basis, pasture grown lamb by the 1/2 or whole.

During the winter our sheep eat hay produced from the fields surrounding our farm. We do not feed our sheep grain. Processing is done by an organic processor within 30 miles of our farm. Our sheep are rotated through lush hay fields that are not chemically fertilized and moved every few days through 12 different paddocks. No herbicides or pesticides have ever been used on our farm.

We also offer quality Icelandic sheep breeding stock. We sell pelts, raw fleeces, roving and yarns, all produced without chemicals. We also have a lavender display garden and offer lavender plants from April through May.

Additionally we raise Icelandic sheepdogs and take reservations before breeding a litter.

The Lavender Fleece, Laurie Ball-Gisch, 3826 N Eastman Road, Midland MI 48642. (989) 832-4908. E-mail: lavenderfleece@charter.net. Website: http://www.lavenderfleece.com.

Livingston Farms was established in 1902 and is a fourth generation farm that is highly diversified. We currently offer mint oils, mint compost, pure maple syrup, and beef. Here at Livingston Farms we strive to produce the finest products for our customers.

Our beef is all natural and grass fed. These animals do not get hormones, concentrates, or any other additives. In addition to being lower in overall fat and saturated fat than grain-fed beef, grass fed beef is higher in healthy omega-3 fats.

We currently sell our beef for $2.00/lb hanging weight. Our animals are sold to be butchered at the butcher of your choice. Contact us for more information about dividing animals into halves or quarters.

Visit our website, email, or call us for more details on all of our products and hours of operation.

Livingston Farms, Eugene A. Livingston, 2204 Livingston Road, Saint Johns MI  48879. (989) 224-6685.
E-mail: livingstonfarms@gmail.com.com. Website: http://www.livingstonfarm.com.

Lubbers Family Farm is a family owned grass based farm dedicated to healthful, flavorful, traditional foods. We raise beef, lamb and turkey on pastures that are treated with compost--NO pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers.

The cows and lambs are fed only grass--rotationally grazed on pasture in summer and hay in winter--NO grains. The turkeys are also rotationally grazed and, not being ruminants, are also offered organic grains. Antibiotics, growth hormones or synthetic chemicals of any kind are never used.

Our meats are sold directly to our customers through an annual newsletter. Call or e-mail us to get on the mailing list.

We also have a bakery on the farm owned by our son. His ingredients are local, organic and of the highest quality. He uses the old world art of fermentation, yielding breads that are delicious, healthful and digestible. His baker is called the Little Rooster Bread Company. He can be reached by calling 616-735-3805 or email him at info@littlerooster.net.

Lubbers Family Farm, Jeff and Karen Lubbers, 0-862 Luce SW, Grand Rapids MI 49544. (616) 453-4257.
E-mail: info@lubbersfarm.com. Website: http://www.lubbersfarm.com

Middlebrook Farm, located east of Chicago, in Harbor County Michigan, was established in 1844. We purchased the 22-acre property in 2005. In December 2007, we left the city to live on the farm full time. Our mission has been to return the land to the biodiversity of the past, and to raise happy, healthy animals using the pasture rotation method. With pregnant cows, a bull, steers, one llama, numerous cats and two bee hives, our lives are full.

We raise Lowline Angus for beef and breeding stock. We believe animals should be raised entirely on their natural diet. Our cattle graze pastures of grasses, clover and alfalfa. In winter, they eat lots of hay!. We use no chemicals on pasture, and our animals receive no added hormones or antibiotics.

Studies show that 100% grass-fed beef are lower in total fat and cholesterol. It is higher in omega-3s, CLA, vitamin E and beta-carotene. Good things come from pasture salad mix!

Our beef is USDA inspected, processed and frozen in individual packages. It is priced per pound. We sell direct to you from our farm store. Honey and eggs are also available.

We are happy to e-mail a price list. Call to pick up beef or to visit the farm. We deliver in the Chicago area. We'd like to introduce you to our "happy" cows!

Middlebrook Farm, Bob and Janet Schuttler, 6678 Forest Lawn Road, Three Oaks MI 49128. (269) 756-9778 or (269) 357-5162.
E-mail: janetschuttler@sbcglobal.net. Website: http://www.middlebrookfarm.net.

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At Mirror Lake Organics we raise purebred Scottish Blackface sheep on our family-owned and run farm in Lapeer, Michigan. SBF are known for their fine meat and durable wool.

Our lambs are raised on organic, pesticide-free pastures of alfalfa, fescue, bluegrass and clover. They don't need chemicals or hormones to grow strong and healthy, just good management and healthy pasture. Grass-fed lamb is lower in saturated fat and calories, higher in omega-3 fatty acids, CLA and vitamin E. We believe healthy, happy sheep make great tasting lamb. Mirror Lake Organics is 100% Mother Nature.

Fall is the time for freezer lamb. Our lambs are born early spring and are a good market weight by November. They are professionally processed at McNees Meats in North Branch, MI. We accept orders for whole lambs, cut any way you like, or we can recommend our favorites cuts. A whole lamb averages about 20 pounds after processing. Your order comes completely frozen and labeled.

We occasionally sell individual cuts from our freezer, like leg of lamb for a special occasion, just give us a call. We have Italian sausage made in links or ground which makes awesome low fat/ low sodium meat balls or a healthy breakfast sausage. We usually make this part of your order.

We charge $260 for whole lambs; this includes processing. We are a family of 4 and we go through about 4-5 lambs a year. Once you are hooked it will become part of your weekly menu. We have some great grilling tips and recipes, too. Email us and ask for our brochure and recipe pages. You can order a half as well. If you can't find a friend to split with, we probably can.

We also sell raw fleece, hides and horns. Fleeces range from 4–7 lbs each and are a very healthy and strong fiber. Call or e-mail us for more information. We charge $5.50 a pound plus shipping. We can ship anywhere and bill you through PayPal. All our fleeces are white. Our hides are professionally tanned and finish a beautiful white with a staple length of 6–10 inches; they make a striking and durable rug. We also sell ewe and ram horns. Send us an email for pictures.

We raise guard llamas and sell their fiber, too. All of our llamas are experienced sheep guards. We have a nice female for sale now.

Call us if you have any questions, just not during dinner.

Mirror Lake Organics, Paul Weideman, Lapeer MI 48446. (810) 338-7109.
E-mail: pmweideman@hughes.net. Website: http://www.mirrorlakeorganics.com.

My Pork by Lawrence Near sells freezer-ready quantities of top quality pasture-raised pork direct from our family farm. Since 2006, customers throughout West Michigan have come to appreciate all that My Pork has to offer.

No hormones or antibiotics are ever used. The genuine taste comes individually vacuum-sealed in family-favorite cuts. Receive an assortment of deliciously smoked bacon and ham, sausage, pork chops and more—all packaged, boxed and ready for pickup. You don't even need a chest freezer when you try a Small Section (50 pounds). All this and more from My Pork for one simple price/pound for each quantity.

So choose between a Large Section (200 pounds), Medium Section (100 pounds) or a Small Section (50 pounds) of My Pork and reserve with a deductible $69 Starter Payment during each year's Spring Order Season—March 1 through March 31. Orders fill up fast so you'll want to order early. Only a $69 Starter Payment is needed at time of order; the balance is paid upon receipt of My Pork.  You'll receive your complete order boxed up and ready to go by Thanksgiving—guaranteed.

Get all this and more from West Michigan's own pastured pork producer. Call today to learn more or write for more information. My Pork. Naturally Raised. Genuine Taste.

My Pork, Lawrence Near, 1495 West Woodrow Road, Shelby MI  49455. (231) 861-PORK (7675).

At Northstar Farms we offer pastured chicken, eggs, pork, and beef raised in a manner that allows daily access to fresh air, sunshine, and grass.

Our chicken is sold pre-ordered and whole for on-farm pickup on processing day. Our beef and pork is sold by the half or whole and is picked up at a USDA inspected plant, cut, wrapped, and frozen to your specifications.

All our animals are assured healthy and contented lives to allow the growth of healthy meat and eggs. We encourage customers to visit our farm to see for themselves how their food is raised. Please call to schedule a visit, request to be added to our customer list, or just ask a questions.

Northstar Farms, Kelly and Bridget Jablinskey, 4400 McKinley, China MI  48054. (810) 326-3964.
E-mail: northstar@aiis.net

Oak Moon Farm produces grassfed lamb and pastured eggs. Lamb is sold by the whole or half carcass.

Lambs receive no grain at any point in their development. Pregnant ewes may be given some grain during extreme weather conditions.

Oak Moon Farm, Jack Knorek, 22544 20 Mile Road, Olivet MI 49076.
(269) 781-3415. E-mail: knorekj@gmail.com.

Welcome to Old Pine Farm. We are a small farm located in the Chelsea/Manchester area. We produce great tasting, naturally raised, wholesome meats from animals raised on grass, organic feeds, sunshine, and clean water. We offer beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and emu.

Our steers are raised on natural hay and grass (no pesticides or fertilizers), our hogs are fed certified organic feed along with our lambs and free-range chickens. We offer quarters and sides as well as a meat CSA/co-op plan.

We support the Humane Farming Association and are very compassionate about our animals, and particularly their slaughter.

For more details, please contact us by e-mail.

Old Pine Farm, Kris H, 17121 Grass Lake Road, Manchester MI 48158.
E-mail: oldpinefarm123@yahoo.com. Website: http://www.oldpinefarm.biz.

Our Farm and Dairy operates a grass-based cow share program in which people interested in unprocessed milk can buy a share of the herd of cows we manage. All cows have been tested for Brucellosis, Jhones, and TB. We test owners' milk on and off site on a routine basis. We milk in a grade a comparable milking parlor and milk house. All milk is filtered and never touches open air or our hands, it goes from the cow, through stainless steel pipes and into a bulk tank. Owners organize themselves into milk co-ops and take turns coming out to the farm to get their milk. We have groups from all over Michigan.

Farm and cows are certified organic. Cows are treated holistically and no hormones or antibiotics are ever used. Cows get fresh, new grass daily using management intensive grazing method. We do feed minimal (4 pounds average) certified organic corn—a small amount of their total diet for a 1200-pound animal. In Michigan it is extremely difficult to raise pregnant dairy cows in the winter without it.

We also raise pastured, milk-fed pork available in the late summer and early fall. Our families have been dairy farming for four generations and we are proud to be able to serve our owners through our cow share program.

Our Farm and Dairy, LLC, John and Patti Warnke, 4633 N Essex Center Road, St. Johns MI 48879. (989) 224-7353.
E-mail: jljpw@aol.com. Website: http://www.ourfarmanddairy.com.

Providence Farms is a family-owned and operated farm dedicated to “old fashioned” pasture-based farming and animal husbandry. We raise 100% grass-fed beef, as well as pastured lamb, pork, chicken and turkey. We believe that healthy and delicious foods can, and should, be raised in ways that nurture our bodies at the same time they protect and enhance the environment.

Our guiding principle is that a diverse, rich, chemical-free pasture will raise the healthiest and most delicious meats you can find. Grass is the essential building block! We use no synthetic fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides on our fields. Likewise all of our animals are raised without antibiotics or hormones, and free from confinement. If nature doesn’t produce it, we don’t use it. As a result, you enjoy food that is more delicious, healthier, and kinder to the environment and animals. What a win!

We love what we do, and are proud to share our farm products with our wonderful customers. All of our meats are sold on a pre-ordered basis, so we encourage you to e-mail or call as soon as you can. We feel certain that once you’ve tried our pasture based meats, you will never again be content with the fabricated, store-bought substitutes.

Providence Farms, Mike and Teresa O'Brien, Saugatuck MI 49453. (269) 857-1215.
E-mail: providencefarms@verizon.net. Website: http://www.providencefarms.org

Sand Lily Farms is a 15 acre grass farm in South West Michigan near Lake Michigan. We finish Stocker Cattle on a diet of pasture/grass and a small amount of sweet feed used to help us move the cattle. We get the animals in the early spring and they are ready for pick up usually in September or October in Holland MI. The beef is dry aged and cut to your specifications. We sell a mixed quarter so you can get some of all your favorite cuts.

The sweet feed is a grain based product that is fed periodically to help us move the cows from one area to another. (We have sandy soils and the rotational periods must be longer.) It is necessary to cross a road to utilize all of our pasture and the sweet feed is used as bait to persuade the cows to cross the road. We do not use growth hormones or antibiotics.

We take a deposit for each quarter of beef of $100. Current 2007 prices are $3.00/lbs hanging weight.

We raise free range pasture chickens for $2.40/lbs. Call or write to reserve for the next batch.

Sand Lily Farms, Mark and Kim Ludwig, 5920 115th Avenue, Fennville MI 49408. (616) 240-7135.
E-mail: kiml@iserv.net. Website: http://www.sandlilyfarms.com

Sunshine Meadows Farm is a small, family farm utilizing organic practices in raising our food and animals. We have a mixed flock of chickens and sell brown, green, white and chocolate eggs in mixed dozens, year-round.

Our chickens enjoy spending their days out on pasture that is free from pesticides and herbicides, with lots of bugs and tidbits to eat. They choose to roost in their coop when the sun sets at night which protects them from predators. Grains that are free of by-products, antibiotics or hormones is offered free choice. Spring of 2008 we will be be transitioning to 100% organic grain to supplement their pastured diet. Fall of 2008 should see the addition of duck eggs, too.

Chickens eggs are $3/dozen. Also available from May-September 2008 is a variety of vegetables grown in an organic method.

Check out our web site for availability updates or feel free to call/email. Hours vary, so please call/e-mail first so we don't miss you! Closed Sunday.

Sunshine Meadows Farm, Lorij and David Schmick, 2610 Cook Trail, Ortonville MI 48462. (248) 464-1825.
E-mail: lorij@sunshinemeadowsfarm.com. Website: http://www.sunshinemeadowsfarm.com.

Uphill Farm is dedicated to raising and selling livestock and poultry that has been raised in an environmentally and animal friendly way. We are proud of the fact that we use no steroids, hormones, growth enhancers or antibiotics in our feeding program. Confinement housing is limited to a cozy hoop house for our layer hens during Michigan's frequently rugged winter weather. Broilers and turkeys are moved to clean grass daily; beef and lambs are rotated based on pasture conditions and are finished on grass. Hogs are fed corn along with their foragings for grass and soil.

We have personally tasted the difference in grassfed meats and are proud to offer these products of superior quality to our customers. Eggs from our pastured hens are available year round. Meats must be pre-ordered. We are adding a produce CSA in 2003 featuring produce raised without chemicals, and many heirloom varieties.

Availability: Broilers (processed on the farm) June through September. Turkeys: November. Beef, hogs and lambs: October through November. Please call. We will be happy to answer your questions!

Uphill Farm, Jeff or Bev Berens, A-5935 136th Avenue, Holland MI 49423. (269) 751-7639.
E-mail: uphillfarm@juno.com

Utopian Marketplace welcomes you to a relaxed, hometown atmosphere offering: wholesome groceries, grass fed beef-chicken-dairy, high quality nutritional supplements, wheat and gluten free products, natural fiber clothing, personal and home care products, fresh organic fruit and vegetable juices, West Michigan local music, a unique variety of locally handmade crafts and fair trade gifts, juice bar and take-out menu, and 81 self-dispensing bulk bins.

Utopian Marketplace, Susan Smith or Bear Yovino, 8832 Water Street, Montague MI 49437. (231) 894-9530.
E-mail: service@utopianmarketplace.com. Website: http://www.utopianmarketplace.com.

Wagbo Peace Center provides pastured poultry, which is available by pre-order, whole and freshly processed. Orders are taken for July, August and September harvests. ("We are sold out for 2000." ) The chickens are on fresh grass and are not fed GM feed, hormones, or antibiotics. The birds are processed on the farm, with an MDA licensed portable facility.

The Wagbo Peace Center is a non-profit, experiential education center that teaches sustainable agriculture and non violence, located in northwestern lower Michigan.

Wagbo Peace Center, 5745 North M-66, East Jordan MI 49727. (231) 536-0333.
E-mail: wagbo@torchlake.com

Windswept Farm Katahdin Sheep. Our grassfed lambs spend their lives grazing clean, chemical-free pasture. They receive no grain, no growth hormones and no antibiotics. Of course, winter in Michigan means snow-covered pastures, so the ewes get alfalfa hay. Lambs are born in early spring and become interested in feed other than mother's milk just in time for the spring pasture. They spend the warm summer months grazing and are finished by fall.

The meat from our Katahdin lambs is incredibly mild, lean and tender. Dressed weights run between 48 and 65 pounds. Meat is cut and wrapped to your specifications. Local delivery (within 50 miles) can be arranged. For smaller amounts, or for specific cuts, please contact us. Visitors are welcome.

Windswept Farm Katahdin Sheep, 3649 E. Sherwood Road, Williamston MI 48895. (517) 468-2246. E-mail: weaver3@shiatel.tds.net

ZM3 Farm offers a variety of naturally raised, grass fed, free range chickens and eggs.  Our heirloom chicken varieties are sold live. The hybrid chickens can be purchased whole, dressed and vacuum packed or live if desired.

Our grass pastures are clean and chemical free. The chickens are also given a natural, unmedicated soy-free feed.  

The chickens are unvaccinated and do not receive growth hormones or antibiotics.

ZM3 Farm, Mike & Mikann Thompson, 8641 Brooks Road, Brown City MI 48416. (810) 346-2249.
E-mail: ZM3farm@yahoo.com. Website: http://www.geocities.com/ZM3farm