7 Sprigs o' Holly Farmstead

The next try was a flock of meat birds for our fledgling poultry enterprise. Could they really be raised in a 10 x 12 pen and moved to a new spot of "pasture" each day? Would chickens actually eat grass? Actually, yes! With all those birds in one spot for a day they completely denuded it, all the greens were eaten, and they left behind a nice layer of manure. A little rain and a little time and there was lush green grass coming up where sparse grass and weeds had been. Wow! We were actually starting to turn this clay into real pasture! We even decided to run them across the "lawn", too!

Next came more chickens, Nigerian Dwarf Goats for dairy, American Guinea Hogs for meat, Welsh Harlequin ducks for eggs and a few Jersey cows for A2 milk. We learned more about caring for animals as Nature intended, how good they tasted and how good they were for us, and about how out of touch with the animal modern food factories (er, farms) are. We were so enchanted by the wonderful order of Nature, its complexity and simultaneous simplicity, that we decided to make it a full-time enterprise, for our family and yours.

Pure Pastured® is the result of our desire to produce food as Nature intended: full of flavor and full of nutrition for our bodies. We want to share this with you! See what a difference pure pastured makes.