 Maryland
Against the Wind Ranch Natural
Beef was developed in response to an ever-increasing demand
for a healthy, natural source of beef for private buyers. Our objective
is to produce wholesome, great tasting beef from animals raised
in natural and humane conditions. We raise our beef in our two locations:
Clarksburg,
MD and McDowell,
VA.
Our beef has been "Certified Humane,"
which means that it: *Meets the Humane Farm Animal Care Program
Standards, which include nutritious diet without antibiotics, or
hormones, animals raised with shelter, resting areas, sufficient
space and the ability to engage in natural behaviors. For more information
on the Certified Humane Program, please visit: http://www.certifiedhumane.com/index.html
Our Standards:
• Beef is “Certified Humane"
• Feed is free of animal proteins
• No use of hormones or steroids
• Cattle are pasture raised and grass-fed
• No unnecessary antibiotics
• All beef is dry-aged for 14–21 days
• Beef is processed only at USDA Approved Facilities
• Cattle are raised by the Chaney family
Our beef can be ordered by the Whole Beef, Half
Beef or Quarter Beef (split side) or in our NEW 20 Pound Natural
Beef Sample Boxes. All beef is sold frozen and vacuum-sealed. We
will provide handling instructions when you place your order. Beef
can be ordered locally (MD & VA) or shipped anywhere in the
U.S.
Against The Wind Ranch, Inc., John and Sarah
Chaney, 24235
Burnt Hill Road, Clarksburg MD 20871. (301) 775-9494.
E-mail: againstthewind@att.net.
Website: http://www.againstthewindranch.com.
Bluebird Meadows is
a supplier of pastured poultry products, including pastured broilers,
turkeys, and eggs from pastured hens. "Our birds
are raised like Joel Salatin's." Hogs and a limited
supply of duck are available as well.
Bluebird Meadows, Lamar and Judy Gehman, 39922
Williams Farm LN, PO Box 166, Loveville
MD 20656. (301) 475-5111.
C & J Farms, Inc. is located in lower
Sussex county, five miles west of Seaford, Delaware, on the Maryland
/ Delaware border. We raise black angus cattle that are grass-fed
and finished. We never feed grain or use growth hormones, antibiotics
or implants. We raise our cows on rotated pastures. Our pastures
are free of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides.
We are a family farm, committed to preserving
our land and also raising healthy, quality beef for others, as well
as ourselves. All of our beef is aged, vacuum packed and
frozen. This insures that our beef maintains its best flavor and
has a long storage life.
We offer beef by the sample pack (approx. 30
lbs.), by the 1/4, by the 1/2 or the whole.
We welcome calls and e-mail. Please do call
before visiting.
C & J Farms, Inc., Carlton and Jody Jones,
3174
Woodland Ferry Road, Seaford DE 19973. (302) 629-8194.
E-mail: jojo17117@aol.com.
At Good Fork Foods, we know our meat from beginning
to end.
Lovingly raised by Julie Bolton of Groff's
Content Farm in Rocky Ridge, Maryland, or similar farms in southeastern
Pennsylvania, our meat is organically raised, local and grass-fed
and finished resulting in tasty, lean meat. No hormones or antibiotics
are used.
Transported for less than an hour and a half, the animals are
slaughtered, butchered and USDA inspected at George Ruppersberger
and Sons in Baltimore.
A typical box of lamb contains 7-9 pounds. A typical box of beef contains 23-25 pounds. Boxes consist of a variety of mixed cuts
which are frozen and wrapped for freezer storage. Cuts are individually
wrapped, labeled and marked with weights.
Lamb boxes include: leg roast, loin chops,
shanks and ground lamb. (Some boxes may also contain: lamb breast,
shoulder roast, rib chops and stew meat.)
Beef boxes include a mix of the following cuts:
porterhouse steaks, t-bone steaks, sirloin steaks & tips,
round steaks & roasts, rump roast, flank steak, ground beef
and stew meat. (Some boxes may also
contain: shoulder steak & roast, chuck steak & roast,
ribeye steak, brisket, french roast, breast deckel, short rib & prime
rib.)
Good Fork Foods, Devora Kimelman-Block, 7981
Eastern Avenue, #216, Silver Spring, MD 20910. (917)
864-7965. E-mail: devora@kolfoods.com.
Website: http://www.kolfoods.com/goodforkfoods
Hedgeapple Farm offers
natural, grass-finished Angus beef year-round through their
on-farm market. Beef is available by individual cut as well as in
50 lb boxed assortments.
Quality carcasses result from careful genetic
selection, nutrition, and caring animal management. All animals
are born and raised on the farm. No growth implants used or antibiotics
fed. All animals are raised in conditions and using practices recommended
by the American Humane Association and under the national animal
care guidelines.
Hedgeapple Farm is part of the Jorgensen Family
Foundation, a tax-exempt beef research and education foundation,
operated for the benefit of Maryland Beef Producers. The farm is
located within the quaint Federal Historic District of Buckeystown.
The farm lies along the west bank of the Monocacy River and is fully
established in grass. The farm prides itself in using innovative
water and soil conservation and land stewardship practices. Visitors
are always welcome! Market hours vary so please visit the website.
Hedgeapple Farm, Ryan Barst Farm Manger, 3735
Buckeystown Pike, PO Box 237, Buckeystown
MD 21717. (301) 662-7638.
E-mail: sbarao@hedgeapplefarm.com
Website: http://www.hedgeapplefarm.com
Holterholm Farms produces
pasture-finished beef from Jersey and Jersey/Angus crosses.
The cattle are fed some grain until they reach 300 pounds, then
they receive no more grain until slaughter. Kelp is given as a natural
mineral source. No antibiotics or hormones are used.
The beef is available in November and December
in whole carcasses, halves, split halves, and quarters.
Holterholm Farms, Ron and Kathy Holter, 5619A
Holter Road, Jefferson MD 21755-8508. (301) 371-4255.
E-mail: rwholter@aol.com
Jehovah-Jireh Farm
is Washington DC Metro area’s local source
for delicious, pasture-raised chickens, turkeys,
lamb and beef, and fresh brown eggs rich in omega-3s. In addition to pasture,
the poultry are fed certified organic feed. We do not use antibiotics,
chemical wormers, hormones, vaccines, synthetic vitamins, etc.
We are a pasture based, sustainable, family
operated farm nestled in the beautiful, peaceful Monocacy Natural
Resource Management Area in southeast Frederick County Maryland
next to the Montgomery County line, near Sugarloaf Mountain. We
are approximately one hour from Baltimore, Washington DC, and Northern
Virginia; and 30 minutes from Gaithersburg, Frederick, and Leesburg.
As stewards of the earth, we see our responsibility
to utilize the resources of the soil, using organic methods that
produce the most healthy meat and eggs and at the same time improves
the soil for future generations. We view our role in providing
nutrient dense, healthy pasture raised meats and eggs as an important
part of your health care, just as important as the service of your
doctor in caring for your needs when you are sick. Our goal is
to provide food to help you stay as strong and healthy as you can,
so you need the doctor less.
Jehovah-Jireh Farm, Myron and Cathy Horst,
7033
Ed Sears Road, Dickerson MD 20842. (301) 874-6181
E-mail: mhorst@jehovahjirehfarm.com
Website: http://www.jehovahjirehfarm.com
Mountain Valley Acres is located in
southern Washington County, MD approximately six miles from Harpers
Ferry, W.VA, in the tranquil countryside of Pleasant Valley.
We offer
Cornish Cross broilers that are pastured in a portable shelter
and moved every day for fresh grazing. The chickens are
processed as whole birds, cleaned and bagged, ready to be picked
up the same day fresh, or next day fresh frozen.
Our birds average 5 pounds. The price for whole
birds is $3.25/lb. For an additional fee of $3 more per bird, they
can be cut up and vacuum packed. (Heavy
roasters, minimum of 5, are available with special order.) We require
a deposit of $2.00 per bird, with a minimum of $10.00 per order.
We also offer pork. Our pigs are fed a diet
of whole grains, grass, and produce, and are free from hormones,
steroids and soy. They are fed to a live weight of 250-280 pounds,
then sent to a small family-owned, USDA inspected butcher shop.
The meat is vacuum packed to ensure quality and can be kept in
the freezer for up to one year.
We offer whole pigs at $2.75/lb.
hanging weight. We require a deposit of
$50 for a whole pig, or $25 for a half.
Mountain Valley Acres, Darel or Melisa Myers,
2216
Rohrersville Road, Knoxville MD 21758. (301) 432-5841.
E-mail: dmmyers.4@juno.com.
Nick's Organic Farm
raises tender delicious angus grassfed beef. Our certified
organic herd grazes in the fertile Frederick Valley. Since 1979,
we have been committed to quality organic products and constant
improvement in our farming methods. We constantly conduct on-farm
research with federal, state and non-profit agencies to refine our
organic practices. We cooperate with USDA's Agricultural Research
Service to breed and manage our herd organically so that it has
maximum natural resistance to disease without the use of synthetic
chemicals. We also participate in a university study documenting
the nutritional advantages of grassfed beef.
Our organic beef are never fed grain, hormones
or antibiotics. We sell whole, half, split halves, and smaller quantities,
Soon we hope to offer specific cuts. Our beef is aged over two weeks,
and it is cut and frozen in a USDA inspected facility.
Available at our processor or from our farms
in Buckeystown or Potomac, MD, our organic beef is convenient to
Washington-Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Frederick-Hagerstown
customers. Our products are also available through the organic Mountains
to Bay CSA with several locations in central Maryland.
Visit our farms. Inquire about our apprenticeship
opportunities and organic CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture).
Nick's Organic Farm, Nick Maravell, 8565
Horseshoe Lane, Potomac MD 20854 (301) 983-2167 (main office),
2733 Buckeystown Pike, Adamstown MD 21710 (301) 874-3168.
Ruth
Ann's Garden Style Beef is produced on a 140-acre "all-grass"
farm about an hour from Washington, DC and Baltimore and 20 minutes
northwest of Frederick, Maryland. We are the third generation to
manage the farm, which has been in the family since 1938.
We practice management intensive grazing, a
pasture system that utilizes multiple smaller pastures with frequent
animals movements. This allows better weight gain and is more environmentally
friendly, resulting in a much healthier and nutritious pasture.
Ruth Ann's Garden Style Beef is:
- Naturally fattened, dry-aged beef grown on a succulent "garden"
of grasses, legumes, and forbes
- Healthy, tender grass-fed beef
- Tasty, with a bold, robust flavor
- Free from added hormones or antibiotics
- High in Omega 3 fatty acids
- High in CLA
- USDA inspected
- Aged for 3 weeks to promote tenderness (beef in grocery stores
is not aged)
- Sold in bulk packages as well as individual cuts, ground beef,
and patties
Ruth Ann's Garden Style Beef, Ruth Ann and Steve
Derrenbacher, 11051
Renner Road, Woodsboro MD 21798. (301) 898-7006 (Home and Fax).
E-mail: gardenstylebeef@msn.com
Shagbark Mountain Cattle is two farms
located in Circleville and Petersburg, WV. We raise Black Angus
and Simental cattle on over 200 acres of clover, broome and orchard
grass—naturally without hormones or chemical fertilizers.
Our mountain cattle are raised from birth to processing on our
farm. We market our grass-fed
beef from our office in Maryland, across the river from Harpers
Ferry, West Virginia.
Our meat is processed in a small family-run
butcher shop that has been in business since the 1800s. The meat
is USDA inspected and vacuum packed for freshness and freezer life.
Paper wrapped is available upon request.
We offer
whole beef at $2.85/lb., half-beef at $2.95/lb., and one-quarter
beef (split-side) at $3.25/lb, based on hanging weight, cut to
your specifications. This price includes processing. There is a
$35.00 delivery charge with two pick up locations for your convenience.
Limited supply available year round.
We are now offering pastured lamb. We have
a flock of St. Croix hair sheep that have lambed and are now available
either live or processed. Processed lamb is $5.50/lb. based on
hanging weight. Please call or e-mail us with any questions or
for more information.
Shagbark Mountain Cattle, John or Laura Sexton,
2725
Kaetzel Road, Knoxville MD 21758. (301) 834-9808.
E-mail:
pvplumbing@truevine.net.
Wagon Wheel Ranch raises beef, lamb,
pork, goat, and eggs free range on our pastures. We do
not use antibiotics or hormones.
Our pigs are raised in a wooded area with a
connected pasture where they eat weeds and grass, which give the
meat a better flavor. They are supplemented with some pig feed and
raw peanuts. The oil from the peanuts gives the meat that famous
Virginia ham taste. Because our pigs roam free they produce lean
pork.
Our sheep and goats only eat pasture and hay
in the winter. The sheep are hair sheep that shed their wool so
no shearing is necessary. Hair sheep are naturally parasite resistant
and do not require frequent drenching.
Our laying flock roam the farm during the day
and return to the barn at night for protection from predators. Their
diet consists of ground corn and bugs/insects, the diet Nature intended
so that they would have the necessary oil to produce eggs. Commercial
egg laying operations that confine their chickens use old restaurant
grease as a cheap source of oil. This makes the eggs high in the
bad cholesterol. In the winter we feed sunflower seeds as their
source for oil.
We raise small frame herefords and black angus.
The beef industry has bred to produce bigger cows that do not efficiently
convert grass to meat. Our cows are easy on their environment, and
are only fed hay in addition to pasture grass. Our cuts of beef
tend to be smaller than what is sold in the stores, but there is
less fat.
In the summer months all our animals have free
access to organic kelp and remond salt; in the winter months the
animals have access to minerals.
Wagon Wheel Ranch is located in Mt. Airy, Maryland,
an hour north of Washington DC, 45 minutes west of Baltimore, 20
minutes northwest of Columbia, and 15 minutes east of Frederick.
Wagon Wheel Ranch, Brian Schiner, 661 West Watersville
Road, Mt.
Airy MD 21771. (443) 271-6850. E-mail: bschiner@aol.com.
Website: http://www.wagonwheelranch.org.
West Wind Farm produces
grass-finished MOUNTAIN PASTURED BEEF. Our beautiful mountain
farm is located near Grassy Meadows in Greenbrier County, WV.
We market our beef in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.
(See website for more inforrmation about delivery locations.)
Our Black Angus steers are finished for 5–6
months on our farm's rich grass and clover pastures, supplemented
only with a natural kelp mineral mix. We feed no hormones, antibiotics,
steroids, animal byproducts, GM feeds, or grain. We lead the animals
to fresh pastures every one to three days. We do not send them to
feedlots. Our steers are processed by a respected, family-owned,
custom slaughterhouse in Lewisberg, WV. We believe in managing our
animals gently and our pastures organically, for the optimum health
of our environment, our animals, and our consumers.
In winter and spring, MOUNTAIN PASTURED BEEF
is available in 10–12 lb. mixed-cut sampler packets and/or
2-pound (8 patties) hamburger packs. In summer we invite advance
orders for custom-butchered halves or split halves (quarters) for
fall delivery. All our meat is USDA inspected, aged for at least
2 weeks, and flash frozen.
For ordering details, see our West Wind Farm
website: http://www.westwindfarm.biz
or contact Martha Holdridge:
E-mail martha@holdridge.org;
telephone (301) 229-2813.
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