Our standards in raising happy, healthy animals.
It is our absolute priority to treat our animals humanly. We care deeply about the pigs we raise and their well-being from the moment they were born and have implemented practices that embody our beliefs. All Three Daughters Farm's pasture pork and lamb products are raised to these standards, so you can feel good about enjoying every delicious bites.
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What is BioDynamic?
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Biodynamic is a holistic, ecological and ethnical approach to farming, gardening, food and nutrition. We view our farm as an integrated, whole, living organism that is made up of many interdependent elements: fields, forest, plants, animals, soils, compost and people. We work hard to nurture and harmonize all elements in a holistic and dynamic way to support the health and vitality of the whole. We listen to the land and encourage natural ecosystem. We bring together our in-house garden with our livestocks to bring plants, animals, and soils together.
We treat our animals with respect. We care for our animals in ways that support their health and the full expression of their nature. Animals are fed feed that is appropriate for their digestive system with sufficient minerals and are never fed any animal bi-products. Lambs and piglets are raised on their mother's milk and never on milk replacer. Tails are not docked, teeth are not clipped, and we do not de-tusk as each part of the animal serves an important natural function. All animals have access to the outdoor pasture and free range forage, along with plenty of space to move around. |
Our Approach to Pests and Disease ManagementWe focus on creating conditions that promote optimal soil, plant, and animal health, providing balanced nutrition and supporting healthy immunity. We find that when diversity is employed, pests and diseases have few places to thrive. When one does present itself, it is often pointing to an imbalance in the farm organism and can be seen as the nature way o trying to correct the imbalance. While we do utilize synthetic wormers as part of our routine preventative health practice for our herd, we also focus heavily on finding the underlying imbalance and find ways to adjust our management practices to bring our farm to greater health.
What we do
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