Below are some of the practices that we require and recommend.
Must be within 150 miles of St. Louis (special considerations can be made)
Animals cannot live in confinement.
This includes concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) and operations of any size where the animals live in confinement, not being able to access the outdoors.
Never use conventional herbicides or synthetic fertilizers on pastures or hayfields (unless required by a government-funded conservation program such as the Conservation Stewardship Program)
Antibiotics, parasiticides, and other pharmaceuticals are allowed to be used therapeutically and only in response to disease, infestation, or injury. No added hormones or synthetic growth promotants.
Animals are loaded on trailers and slaughtered without use of electric prods, transportation to slaughter house should be a clean environment with minimal travel time.
If providing grain or feed diet, feed should not contain domestic animal byproducts (includes but is not limited to: animal waste, meat, blood, bones, hair, hooves, and feathers), arsenic, or growth promotants.
100% grass fed/pasture-raised
non-GMO animal feed
Rotated daily
Rotated weekly
