Farmer Partners

Featured Farms

• Mosefund Farm, New Jersey

  

  G.C. Andersen is one of most experienced purveyors of rare Mangalitsa pig in the United States. After traveling and working on farms in Europe, Andersen has dedicated his time to revitalizing old world farming traditions and techniques at Mosefund Farm.

  The Mangalitsa pig is the curly-haired descendant of pata negra, Spain’s coveted black-footed Ibérico pig. Famous for their lush texture and fatty, sweet meat, the pigs were introduced to the United States in 2007. New Jersey’s Mosefund Farm has been raising these hogs using traditional European farming methods, letting them roam free over fifteen acres for most of their lives.

• Becker Lane Organic Farms

  

  Jude Becker is a 6th-generation pig farmer and owner of Becker Lane Organic Farm in Dyersville, Iowa. The farm is Certified Organic, which means the pigs are raised on organic feed with no antibiotics or hormones, are never mutilated (as is common practice in the industry) and are pasture raised outdoors. The result is a “cleaner”, better-tasting meat. The meat has a darker, well-marbled appearance that points to the ideal conditions the pigs are raised in. Jude says, “The Other White Meat campaign of the ’80′s is a misconception. The darker the meat, the better it tastes.”

  Jude met Olli a year ago. “I was impressed by Olli’s deep experience and understanding of European style cured meats. They [Olli Salumeria] are a perfect fit for us at Becker Lane.”, Jude says. “The product is incredible and really does justice to our pork.”

• Eco Friendly Foods

  

  EcoFriendly Foods was founded by Bev Eggleston, a protégé of Joel Salatin, a renowned agricultural lecturer, advocate and pioneer of small ethical family farming and raising pasture-fed animals. All of our animals are raised humanely on small family farms throughout the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Their sustainable farming model is good for the farmer, the animal, the consumer, the environment and ultimately, the planet.

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