Pasture-Raised Natural Meat
No routine antibiotics means not adding to antibiotic resistant bacteria
No medications unless an animal is ill or suffered an injury
Withdrawal times before slaughter strictly observed when medications are needed
No growth hormones
Access to outdoors, exercise, clean air, water and sunshine
Small herds are environmentally friendly with low stress on animals and the land
No manure lagoons
Pasture and hay diet utilizies marginal or non tillable land
The animals spread the manure naturally revitalizing pasture and cycling nutrients
Short transports to processing minimalizies stress
No chlorine, or chemical baths, no irradiation, gas treatments or saline injections
Local slaughter houses process meat from carcass to individual cuts which are then frozen before going directly to the customer insuring quality and freshness
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Conventional factory farms
Routine antibiotics and hormone use
Animals confined to a feedlot, hugh crowded herds, high stress on land and animals
Little or no green material in diet, grain is bulk of diet which is hard on a ruminates digestive system, grain production for animal feed contributes to environmental problems and world hunger
Manure lagoons often lead to ground water contamination
Long transports to processing facilities create high stress on animals which leads to dehydration and sickness
Meat is often treated with chlorine baths, saline solutions, gases and irradiation, all of which is currently FDA approved to prolong shelf life without freezing
Melody Springs Farm 