Question 1

Is your meat humanely raised and slaughtered?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. Respect for the animals who feed us is paramount in our philosophy and farming practices. We are less than 14 miles away from the state inspected slaughtering facility, and we are grateful for the humane treatement our animals recieve there.

Question 2

Is your meat organic?

Accepted Answer

No, our meat isn't organic.

Our beef is 100% grass-fed and our pork and chicken are fed a non-GMO grain ration specific to their dietary needs. All our animals are on pasture anytime there's pasture in Maine to be on.

Question 3

What does grass-fed mean?

Accepted Answer

Grass-fed means that none of our beef critters receive any type of processed grain. They are strictly on a grass diet; pasturing in the summer and on our own hay and haylage (fermented hay) in the winter months.

Question 4

Does your meat have PFAS?

Accepted Answer

To the best of our knowledge at this point, no.

Neither Old Crow Ranch nor any of our leased land (where we graze our cattle and make their feed) were ever part of the state of Maine sludge spreading programs. We have consulted the maps the state of Maine has released and all our land is in the clear. We are over the same aquifer as a spreading site here in Durham. We had our well tested, our water is PFAS free.

Question 5

Where is your meat cut?

Accepted Answer

The majority of the pork and and all the beef available in the Old Crow Ranch Farm Store and all the custom cutting that we have done is processed at Southpaw Packing Company in Windham (you might know it as the Windham Butcher Shop).

We hire Farmer's Gate Market in Leeds to make some of our delicious pork into sausage and other value added products.

Question 6

What is the difference between a "side" and a "half"?"

Accepted Answer

There is no difference. Same same!

Question 7

How do I order meat?

Accepted Answer

You may order Old Crow Ranch meats by the cut on our "Farm Store" page or in larger quantities on our "Order Wholesale" page.

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