Dear Friends of North Mountain Pastures, We just got seven new beef cows! This is exciting because it is our first foray back into beef cows (other than our few jersey oxen including Mace Windu with the horns in the photo above). Here’s how it’s gone down. History of beef in the Meat CSA When we first started the Meat CSA in 2009, we were raising the chickens and pork, and buying the beef for the CSA shares. We were farming on rented land in those days, with no startup capita

Good morning friends and local food eaters, Pay by the month options are now open for July to November CSA season! Sign up for the CSA now Top Ten Reasons to join the Meat CSA: 1. Eating “clean” meats free of growth hormones, pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics, and preservatives reduces the amount of toxins you and your family are exposed to. Every day, we are exposed to way more chemicals (and simultaneously less nutrients due to plant breeding and soil depletion) than our ancest