BQA Certified - Beef Quality Assurance is a program that trains farmers and ranchers on best practice cattle management techniques to ensure their animals and the environment are cared for within a standard set of guidelines and regulations across the U.S. beef industry.
Natural - A product containing no artificial ingredient or added color and is only minimally processed.
USDA Organic
Grass Fed - Animals spend their whole lives eating grass or forage.
Grain Finished - Animals spend the majority of their lives eating grass or forage and then are finished on grain.
Direct Marketing - Business sells products or services directly to the public, e.g. by mail order or telephone selling, rather than through retailers.
How to Order Beef: Call and place an order and on-farm physical store-front
Connecticut Department of Agriculture Grown Map
The Connecticut Department of Agriculture in coordination with the University of Connecticut developed an extensive listing of farms selling meat directly to the public and we want to make you aware of it. This listing is broken out by each county. Please refer to this listing of local meat in Connecticut if you are interested.