Our Mission.
At Starry Nights Farm our mission is to produce top quality 100% grass fed beef and other pastured meats in a sustainable, humane way in order to deliver a delicious and nutritious product to our local customers, while respecting nature and building relationships with our customers.
Quality.
This is a top priority and by using the best and smartest farming protocols and taking care of our grasses, our land, and our animals, we ensure a good product for our customers. Our farm is USDA certified organic and we believe this is important for quality and health of our animals and our land. Our rotational grazing method also ensures good, strong grasses that will therefore translate into healthy and happy animals. We stand by our quality of fresh, healthy, delicious and tender beef and pork and anything less is unacceptable!
Connection.
We really want our customers to know us and to know our farm. Sadly, industrialization shattered the connections between eaters and growers.. Recently, there has been a growing consensus that there’s something valuable about reestablishing the connections between eaters and the land for the benefit of both the consumer and the producer, and we truly believe this.
We establish this connection with our blog posts, using social media (are you following us on Instagram yet?), newsletters, and a direct communication and friendly communication with our customers. We also welcome many customers at our farm for a tour and occasionally host farm events open to the public. We like to get involved in our communities and we are happy to call many of our customers friends.
Local.
We don't ship! we want to keep our business local. It is part of the "connection" we want to establish with our customers, and also buying local has benefits beyond mere convenience. When you support local farmers, you get a better level of service, as well as helping make your community a better place to live. This is in addition to the health benefits and access to unique products that you usually can't find with chain locations.
Humane.
We are proud to be Animal Welfare Approved by AGW. We treat our animals humanely and care for them very much. Our animals are always outside with fresh air and sunshine. We are also constantly watching weather forecasts to anticipate and manage any harsh weather (be it cold or hot) and move the animals appropriately to give them access to shade or shelter, if needed. We check them every day, twice a day, and make sure their water is working and they have plenty of minerals and feed in the pastures (or hay/ration in the winter). Our cows do the calving naturally, outside, but we are constantly checking for potential difficulties in birthing and intervene to help them, if needed. We respect and love our animals very much!
Environmental and Sustainable.
Beef gets a bad rap for being bad for the environment. Although to a certain extent, we agree, we know there is two sides of the story. CAFO's (or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) where animals are in confinement in a feedlot, are definitely responsible for loss of water quality, agricultural pesticide contamination, large emission of greenhouse gases, and the negative impact of soil quality through erosion, compaction, pesticide application, and excessive fertilization.
Lifetime-pasture farms, on the other hand, actually benefit the environment with minerals from manure helping regenerate the soil, reducing nutrient and chemical runoff of the soil, diversifying and invigorating grasslands, sequestering carbon, and supporting wildlife, especially birds and bees. And because there are no antibiotics, steroids, pesticides, herbicides or other harsh chemicals used in our organic, grass fed production, you don’t see any type of environmental destruction. We believe in and practice Regenerative Agriculture to help and save our environment!
Learn more about our family... and about our beef.
Quality.
This is a top priority and by using the best and smartest farming protocols and taking care of our grasses, our land, and our animals, we ensure a good product for our customers. Our farm is USDA certified organic and we believe this is important for quality and health of our animals and our land. Our rotational grazing method also ensures good, strong grasses that will therefore translate into healthy and happy animals. We stand by our quality of fresh, healthy, delicious and tender beef and pork and anything less is unacceptable!
Connection.
We really want our customers to know us and to know our farm. Sadly, industrialization shattered the connections between eaters and growers.. Recently, there has been a growing consensus that there’s something valuable about reestablishing the connections between eaters and the land for the benefit of both the consumer and the producer, and we truly believe this.
We establish this connection with our blog posts, using social media (are you following us on Instagram yet?), newsletters, and a direct communication and friendly communication with our customers. We also welcome many customers at our farm for a tour and occasionally host farm events open to the public. We like to get involved in our communities and we are happy to call many of our customers friends.
Local.
We don't ship! we want to keep our business local. It is part of the "connection" we want to establish with our customers, and also buying local has benefits beyond mere convenience. When you support local farmers, you get a better level of service, as well as helping make your community a better place to live. This is in addition to the health benefits and access to unique products that you usually can't find with chain locations.
Humane.
We are proud to be Animal Welfare Approved by AGW. We treat our animals humanely and care for them very much. Our animals are always outside with fresh air and sunshine. We are also constantly watching weather forecasts to anticipate and manage any harsh weather (be it cold or hot) and move the animals appropriately to give them access to shade or shelter, if needed. We check them every day, twice a day, and make sure their water is working and they have plenty of minerals and feed in the pastures (or hay/ration in the winter). Our cows do the calving naturally, outside, but we are constantly checking for potential difficulties in birthing and intervene to help them, if needed. We respect and love our animals very much!
Environmental and Sustainable.
Beef gets a bad rap for being bad for the environment. Although to a certain extent, we agree, we know there is two sides of the story. CAFO's (or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) where animals are in confinement in a feedlot, are definitely responsible for loss of water quality, agricultural pesticide contamination, large emission of greenhouse gases, and the negative impact of soil quality through erosion, compaction, pesticide application, and excessive fertilization.
Lifetime-pasture farms, on the other hand, actually benefit the environment with minerals from manure helping regenerate the soil, reducing nutrient and chemical runoff of the soil, diversifying and invigorating grasslands, sequestering carbon, and supporting wildlife, especially birds and bees. And because there are no antibiotics, steroids, pesticides, herbicides or other harsh chemicals used in our organic, grass fed production, you don’t see any type of environmental destruction. We believe in and practice Regenerative Agriculture to help and save our environment!
Learn more about our family... and about our beef.
