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Pastured Products Directory - Alabama


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:


Boutwell Farms is a USDA certified organic family farm. We specialize in grass-fed beef and pastured pork for restaurants and individuals in the Alabama, Georgia and North Florida areas. 

Our farm uses sustainable, environmentally friendly farm practices to produce high quality meats.  By focusing on our soil, grasses and legume pastures we are able to test our meat products for actual Omega 3, DHA, CLA, mineral and vitamin content. We offer gourmet dry aged beef for maximum flavor and tenderness. Our meat is vacuum-sealed for maximum freshness.

Visit our website, email your inquiries, or contact us by phone. You may need to leave a message as our farm duties often keep us away from the phone. 

Boutwell Farms, Melissa Boutwell, Clayton AL 36016. (334) 649-7690.
E-mail: sales@boutwellfarms.com.
Website: http://www.boutwellfarms.com/


Burt's Beef offers a grass-fed product—Burt's Beef Grass Fed—and a grain-finished product—Burt's Beef Farm Raised. We offer a guaranteed tender product with no growth hormones or steroids. We do not feed any antibiotics through our feed or minerals.

Our business hours are Monday through Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Central. We ship UPS.

Burt's Beef, Kathy Lacy, 1270 CR 256, Ft. Payne AL 35967. Toll-Free: (866) 407-2333. E-mail: burtsbeef@benttreefarms.com 
Website: http://www.burtsbeef.com


Foggy Bottom Farms in Estillfork, Alabama  provides healthy, nutrient dense foods, free of pesticides and artificial hormones, to clients who value the time and expense required to offer quality nutrition. We feature registered Dexter Beef Cattle. A limited supply is available as our herd matures.

Our mission is to educate our clients as we provide these superior foods for the ultimate benefit of their families and friends. Our goal is to fulfill our purpose and accomplish our mission profitably, with a commitment to excellence and integrity, in such a way that Foggy Bottom Farms becomes a sustainable model for future generations.

While we are achieving sustainability we supplement the farm's income through advanced website development, available from us at http://www.foggybottomwebdesign.com  We offer special pricing to members of the sustainable agricultural community and members of the Weston A. Price Foundation.

Foggy Bottom Farm, John Langlois, 4816 County Road 27, Estillfork AL  35745. (256) 776-1499. E-mail: john.langlois@foggybottomfarms.com. Website: http://www.foggybottomfarms.com.


Goose Pond Farm has been producing and marketing pasture-raised chickens, turkeys, eggsbeef, lamb and pork for the past 15 years. All our animals are raised on pasture, are healthy; and thus, are free of antibiotics, growth hormones, and medications.

If you're the kind of person who takes comfort in the thought that the meat you eat once belonged to an animal that led a free and happy life, you should feel quite smug about eating meats produced on our farm. While roaming over some of the most beautiful land in the country, our privileged animals get lots of cleansing sunshine, lush green grass, and fresh country air . It’s the quintessential free range, just like you would imagine it in your dreams. Our farm is made up of beautiful grassland and forest where we produce meats that puts the natural system to work. We are offering what more and more of you are dreaming of these days; high-quality, delicious tasting meats free of growth-promoting hormones and antibiotics, produced in a way that is humane and friendly to both earth and animals.

All meats are harvested seasonally to ensure the highest quality. Please call for scheduling and pricing. We do not ship.

Goose Pond Farm, Charles and Laura Ritch, 298 Goose Pond Road, Hartselle AL  35640. (256) 751-0987 (phone and fax)  


HappyChappy Ranch is a small family owned and operated beef cattle farm dedicated to the all grass fed practice. We overseed our summer pastures to maintain green pastures year around.

We sell by 1/4 and 1/2 beef. Buyer pays for processing, your processor or ours (within reasonable distance). We are located about 25 miles north of Birmingham. Come on out and look the place over!

HappyChappy Ranch, Fred Chapman, 8736 Bradford Trafford Road, Pinson AL 35126. (205) 681-5531 (If no answer, leave voice mail.)
E-mail fred_c@bellsouth.net


Hastings Farm is a family farm located in Bay Minette in southwest Alabama. We are located on the gulf coast between Mobile, AL and Pensacola, FL. I, along with my two sons Randy and Jody, raise all natural grass fed beef, lamb, and range-free chickens.

We use Rotawaka Red Devon, Murray Grey, and Angus Cross cattle and Katahdin sheep. The wonderful climate here allows us to use organic methods (no antibiotics, no hormones, no vaccines, and organic fertilizer) to raise these animals on lush nutrient-dense grass.

We offer individual cuts, along with 1/4, 1/2, or whole, processed at local USDA processing plants.

Give us a call and come by and visit as we are very proud to show how we are working with Mother Nature to produce gourmet meat. You can also find us at Farm Days in Pensacola, FL, every Saturday beginning May 2, 2009, 8am–12 noon, and Fairhope Farmers Market, Fairhope AL, every Thursday afternoon, beginning May 7, 2009, from 4–6pm.

Hastings Farm, Randall Hastings, 40701 Pine Grove Road, Bay Minette, AL  36507. (251) 937-8728. E-mail: rhastings4@yahoo.com


Irvington Cattle Company is a family owned beef cattle farm in South Alabama. We raise all natural beef which is never fed antibiotics, growth hormones, or animal by-products. 

Irvington Cattle Company beef is available as a whole beef, by the side, or in individual retail cuts. Our beef is processed under inspection at a USDA certified facility and comes pre-cut, vacuum packaged by individual cuts, and flash frozen. It is labeled for retail sale. 

Irvington Cattle Company beef is currently available at the Mobile Cathedral Square Farmer’s Market on Saturday mornings between 7:30–11:00 am, and at Ford’s Fuels in Fairhope, Alabama (251) 243-0453.  Michael’s Downtown Restaurant in Mobile at 101 North Conception Street serves our beef and will soon have a supply on hand for sale.

Irvington Cattle Company, 11680 Irvington BLB Highway, Irvington AL 36544. E-mail: jjohnson@jamesajohnsonpc.com.


JD Enterprises of Brevard, LLC is located in Madison County, Florida, near the Alabama border. The Platts are a fifth generation Florida Cattle Family that sold forage finished beef in the 1940s to local grocery stores, then sold calves commercially.

Now we are going back to our roots and finishing cattle on forages without the use of antibiotics, hormones or implants. We feed quality forges that have won The Southeastern Hay Contest in Moultrie, Georgia for the highest RFQ (relative forage quality) the past 3 years.

We have 100% forage finished primarily angus cross steers for sale. Will deliver to local slaughter house in Madison where the meat is vacuum sealed or paper wrapped per your preference. Available in whole or halves. 

Also available, free range chicken eggs. Contact Troy or Tracey Platt at (850) 948-6202 or via email at jdeofbrevard@earthlink.net for more information about the eggs.

Contact Harold Platt at (850) 971-5806 or Troy Platt at (850) 948-6202 for more information about the beef.

JD Enterprises of Brevard, LLC, Harold Platt and Troy Platt, 11061 W US 90, Greenville, FL 32331. Harold: (850) 971-5806;
Troy: (850) 948-6202. E-mail: jdeofbrevard@earthlink.net.


K & G FARM is located in the beautiful Broomtown Valley of northeast Alabama and has been in the family since 1832. Our farm is a sustainable, all natural beef cattle operation promoting a healthy environment for our livestock, family, friends, and customers. Our mission is to provide you and yours with an all natural, grassfed beef that will offer a satisfying, memorable, and healthy eating experience.

To ensure a quality product, our calves have been bred, born, raised, and finished on our farm. They have always been under our management, so we know that they have never had grain, growth hormones, antibiotics, or fed animal by-products. They have been raised as Mother Nature intended with clean air, sunshine, and fed on fresh pastures.

Our beef is processed at a state-inspected plant only when it is properly finished. It is dry-aged for full flavor and tenderness, quick frozen and cryovac packaged for maximum freshness. 

Our beef is available by the Half and Whole.

K & G Farm, Kennith & Gloria Moseley,11851 County Road 41, Gaylesville, AL 35973. Phone & FAX: (256) 643-5312. Cell Phones: Kennith - (706) 857-8455, Gloria - (706) 857-8300.  
E-mail: kandgfarm@windstream.net


Mountain Fork Farm is located in the mountains of North Alabama. We are a family operated sustainable farm raising pastured broilers, turkeys andlaying hens for eggs. We also grow heirloom tomatoes, numerous types of lettuce, greens and spinach, as well as, a wide variety of other vegetables. We continue to grow head lettuce, mesclun (fresh leaf lettuce mix), radishes and other vegetables throughout the winter.

Though we are not certified organic, we use organic and natural practices in all our growing. Similarly, our animals are raised on pasture and provided a choice of feed that does not include drugs or chemicals.

Our broilers and turkeys are custom raised and available on a monthly basis, so plan on preordering. We’ll be happy to help. Our produce is available either for pick-up at the farm or delivery in nearby towns. We send out weekly emails of what’s available.

Mountain Fork Farm, Melissa and John Larsen, 1557 Mountain Fork Road, New Market AL 35761. (256) 379-4762.
E-mail: mlarsen@ardmore.net.
Website: http:www.mountainforkfarm.com.


Narrow Gap Farm is family owned and operated in Barnett Crossroads, AL (near Brewton, AL), We raise all-natural, grass fed beef. Our beef is free of growth-promoting hormones and antibiotics and graze only grass and grass hay. Beef is sold as 1/4, 1/2 or whole. 

We have beef available all year. Prices vary with the market; please call for current pricing. Price includes processing and packaging. We use a local processor but will deliver to your processor (within reasonable distance) if buying a whole side.

Narrow Gap Farm, Kevin or Rachael Fillmore, 1199 Beasley Road, Brewton AL  36426. (251) 236-0683 or (251) 236-0684.
E-mail: rfillmore@escambiak12.net.
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/narrowgapfarm.


Native American Natural Grass-Fed Beef is a Native American-owned company dedicated to preserving the natural balance of the land. The beef is free of artificial hormones, pesticides, medications, and by-product feedstuff such as chicken litter. The animals are raised in clean, healthy conditions in accordance with recommended humane care and handling principles. “Our beef is predator friendly. To date, no predator has been killed or relocated to bring you our product.”

The steers are sold whole by their hanging weight. (If you have a friend who wants to go in halves with you, they can arrange to have your steer custom cut and wrapped, either in whole or halves.)

Native American Natural Grass-Fed Beef, Dr. Robert E. Steele and family, 194 Lake Gerald Circle, Delta AL 36258. (256) 488-5661 or
(256) 396-2058.


R & F Farm, located just over the Alabama border in Columbus, MS, produces true free-range, all naturally raised chickens. They are fed only an all vegetable diet free of any antibiotics or any medications. Our chickens have total access to free range. They are shut up at night in coops to protect them from predators. Before being processed they are fed a mix of wheat and corn to enhance the flavor and texture of the finished product.

Chickens are processed at a USDA inspected facility. We have whole birds from 3.5 to over 6 pounds available at this time. We will have cut up chicken available soon. These are and will be the best chicken you ever tasted. Also coming soon we will have free-range eggs.

You can call or e-mail us your order. We can ship anywhere in the United States.

If you are in the Columbus, MS area, we are open at our house Friday, 1–5 pm; Saturday, 10–5; Sunday, noon–5; and Monday, 9–5. We will be opening a store at our farm this spring and will have organic vegetables available during the growing season. We will also have homemade jams, jellies and salsas. These are the best jams, jellies and salsas made.

We look forward to providing the best chicken available to you and your family in the U.S.

R & F Farm, David and Helen French, 333 Hutcherson Road, Columbus MS 39702. (662) 241-6831. E-mail: r.f.farm@hotmail.com.
Website: under development.


R & R Katahdin Hair Sheep Ranch raises all-natural grass fed American lambs for meat.

We use only natural fertilizers to grow our own forage to grow out our lambs Our young lambs dress out 50% of their live weight.

When you purchase a grass fed lamb from our ranch you pay $3.50 per pound for the dress-out hanging weight of the lamb. This price covers the delivery from the Ranch to the new USDA-inspected D & W Goat/Sheep Processing Plant on Highway 84, Wicksburg, Alabama. The cost to have the lamb processed is $25.00 per lamb plus $0.60 per pound.to have the meat cut up and vacuum sealed.

We can have your lambs shipped overnight any place in the U.S.A. Shipping is extra .

For more information visit our website or e-mail. Thank you.

R & R Katahdin Ranch, Ron Prokop, 807 County Highway 181 West, Defuniak Springs, FL 32433. (850) 834-3333.
E-mail: Florida.katahdinhairsheep@gmail.com.
Website: http://www.katahdingrassfedlambs.com


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