You can feel good about the meats you buy from The Butcher & Grocer, knowing these animals have had a healthy, happy, natural upbringing. Read on to learn more about the farms we source from and where you can find our products.
Pork
McDowell Farms
Winchester, Ohio (Adams County)
Chad and Renee McDowell have three children and operate their farm in Winchester, Ohio. Their Duroc/Yorkshire hogs are anti-biotic and hormone-free and are fed non-GMO feed. They are rated Step 3 by the GAP program.
Check out McDowell Farms Facebook page or their website to learn more about their Non-GMO Project Verified pork.
Beef
RL Valley Ranch
Athens, Ohio (Athens County)
RL Valley Ranch is run by husband and wife team Rob and Leah Phillips. RL serves as the finishing operation for The Butcher & Grocer’s beef offerings. The farm has been in the Phillips family for 5 generations.
RL Valley Ranch is a solar-powered farm where the beef cattle are given a highly specialized feed mixture of non-GMO grain that is grown on RL fields. The corn is processed on-site. The cattle are NEVER given hormones or antibiotics and are finished in a natural environment where they roam around and eat at the feed bunk whenever they feel like it.
Rob and Leah have created a great partnership with Jackie O’s Brewery in Athens, Ohio. Twice a week RL picks up a truckload of spent brewer’s grain, which is mixed with corn feed to create a tasty mixture that the cattle love.
Learn more about RL Valley Ranch on their website and follow them on Facebook.
Lamb
Raise Lamb? Contact us, we need a solid lamb farmer!
Poultry
Primaterra Farm
New Lexington, Ohio (Perry County)
Henry Jochem, a native of Columbus, Ohio and is a first generation farmer in New Lexington, Ohio. He supplies us with duck, goose, chicken & our turkey at Thanksgiving.
Primaterra also make some amazing sauerkraut that we offer in the shop.
Learn more about Primaterra Farm on their website and follow them on Facebook.