Grass fed beef
We plan to be able to market grass fed beef in the near future, and are looking into regulations and processing options.
In the meantime if you are looking for (and have the freezer facilities for) a whole or half beef we may be able to connect you with local farmers in the area that you can buy from. They are not going to be Dexters but will be healthy pasture raised cows or steers. Contact us at
ziggy@sunrisefarmnc.com for details or to be added to our mailing list for notification when we are able to offer packaged meat.
Why would I want to buy local Grass Fed Beef(other than the fact that many studies have shown it is healthier):
Support farmers in Polk County and help save our environmnent.
Beef that is slaughtered from local pastures more sustainable than feedlot-finished, mass-marketed meat. Sustainability means that the best interests of the farm family, the community, and the environment are being taken care of. If farmers in Polk County can make a living we will keep more open spaces and reduce the amount of land being sold for subdivision development.
Why pay (in more ways than one) for a large corporation to buy the farmer's product at a low price, only to ship it in oil burning trucks to a feedlot (possibly hundreds or thousands of miles away) where it is finished, then trucked again to a processing plant, packaged, trucked to your large chain store's distribution center, and then yet again to your local store.