Our Meat CSA Program for 2009 - 2010
| Your Package | Contents | Cost ( 6 Month Share) | Cost (1 Month Trial) |
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| Mixed Box #1 | beef; chicken; pork; lamb | ($5.50 per pound) | |
| Mixed Box #2 | beef; chicken; pork | ($5.50 per pound) | |
| Mixed Box #3 | beef; chicken | ($5.50 per pound) | |
| All Beef Box | beef | ($5.50 per pound) | |
| All Pork Box | pork | ($5.50 per pound) | |
All Chicken Box | chicken | ($3.50 per pound) | |
| All Lamb Box | lamb | ($5.50 per pound) | |
All Turkey Box | turkey | ($4.00 per pound) | |
| Specialty Box | goat; rabbit; goose; duck; guinea; hen; wild turkey |
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Introduction
We operate a 150-acre certified organic farm known as "Laura Leigh Organic Farms", and are excited to introduce you to our new Meat CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program.
Here is how the Meat CSA Program works, it's super-easy to sign up for and you will reap the benefits immediately! Have a look at our Box Plans above (no substitutions allowed), and choose what best suits your family. Get in touch with us and place your order, giving us the specifics of your needs, and we can then work out payment and delivery schedule details. Next, we ask that you buy two small coolers to keep the meat fresh/frozen. One cooler will stay with us, and we will exchange it with the other one each week when we deliver your meat order.
Care of The Animals
We grow only what we have orders for on our farm. Each animal is housed, fed and raised in a specific way, in accordance with its natural design and function. Our pigs have lots of space to root and dig and sleep in the cool mud on a hot day; our chickens can scratch and find lots of bugs and other critters to eat, while keeping our farm fly population down. It is interesting to see a cow laying down chewing her cud, while a chicken is up on her back, eating the pesky flies that are bothering her! Our goats have access to trees for foraging, and our sheep love our rolling pastures with their diverse grasses and legumes.
All of the animals have a bedding pack to provide warmth and comfort during the cold winter months, and they all have acces to fresh water through frost-free bowls. We grow all our own grains, meaning that they are openly pollenated; we never use genetically modified crops. We also grow all our own forage and usually cut it later in the summer; this allows the songbirds to make their nests and raise their young before we cut and bale.
We have two types of Share Purchases: a 1-month Trial Share, and a 6-Month Share. Each week we will deliver your fresh/frozen product right to your door, and we will try to have breakfast sausage, bacon, pork chops, steaks and small roasts, including a variety of other cuts of meat in your box. We never butcher a "cull cow" and sell her tough old meat; only our young calves raised each spring on our fresh pasture make the grade. All of our cows have access to fresh pasture all year long; you get the best of what Laura Leigh Organic Farms has to offer, your happiness and satisfaction with our product is our success.
Call us today to arrange a day we can start to deliver your LOCALLY grown meats at 902-676-2473, or send us an email.
Payment Plans
The cost of the 1-Month Trial Membership is payable upfront, and the cost of the 6-Month Membership can be averaged out over a 10-week period for easy budgeting. This helps us purchase certified organic non-GMO seeds and feed, cover our labour costs and animal care costs.
For more information
If you would like more information, please call us at 902-676-2473. We would be glad to take you on a farm tour to introduce you to all our farm animals so you can see where your food is coming from, and how it's grown/ raised. This is "by appointment" only, please mention your interest in this when you call.
Know how you're being marketed to by large grocery chains and major suppliers; ask questions, the quality of your food depends on the quality of life the animal enjoyed.....and that has a direct and profound effect on the quality of YOUR life and health!
Terms & Definitions:
 | Chemical Pesticides Used |
| Herbicides usedin the fields |
| Fungicides used in the fields |
| ChemicalFertilizers used in the fields |
| Genetically Modified Organisms |
| Genetically Modified Feeds |
| Growth Hormones |
| Drugs (including anti-biotics) |
| Animal By-Products |
- "Certified Organic": means the farm has gone through an inspection to verify that it does meet organic industry standards, and that is has the paper trail to prove if, if ever required for audition purposes.
- "Organic": means the farmer is using some "organic" practices but the operation as a whole has not been inspected. This in turn means that you have to take the farmer's word on how he/she is producing "organic" product.
- "Free Range": means the animal is not caged, but does not necessarily mean that it has access to the outside.
- "Pastured": means the animal has been outside on the pasture at some point in time, but may have finished out its days in a feed lot, being fed lots of grain to fatten it for market.
- "Grass-fed": means the animal is out on pasture and is not fed any (or minimal amounts of) grain, to sustain body score during the winter months. The bulk of its diet is understood to be grass and hay.
- "Grain-fed": all poultry is fed grain as part of their diet, but they are not vegetarians. It is important to ask what they are being fed for protein (we feed organic milk to our poultry, plus they have access to the outdoors for bugs, etc. and given "free choice".), since this affects the quality of the meat.
TO PURCHASE A SHARE IN OUR MEAT CSA PROGRAM:
If you would be interested in purchasing a Full or Trial share of our Meat CSA Program, contact us via the website, or else give us a call directly at 902-676-2473. We look forward to sharing healthy, ethically-and-locally-raised meat products with you - thank you for your support!
