Grass Fed Beef from the Shenandoah Valley Virginia

Grass Fed Products from the Shenandoah Valley - The Good is in the Green

Notting Hill

Pasture Raised Beef, lamb, pork and cabrito

Grass Fed	Pastured	Artisan
Beef Lamb Cabrito Milk	Chicken Pork Rabbit Eggs	Honey Cheese Sausage Paté

Quantities are
often limited --
be the first in line!

7/21/2010 - NVPG
Stumbled on this good Mainstream Media primer on the "High Cost of Cheap Food" - good to pass along to your skeptical friends.

7/5/2010 - Beatrix Farm
Hello Everyone, Our next On Farm Day 2010 for picking up fresh chickens will be Saturday, July 17th from noon till 5pm. Place your orders now to reserve your chickens. Dave & Regina Farinholt Beatrix Farm

6/1/2010 - NVPG
"Label Rouge" method pastured Chickens are the traditional way to grow poultry so that the birds are healthy and the meat is more flavorful and finer grained. These birds are available in limited quantities from Second Wind and Notting Hill.

5/17/2010 - NVPG
Relatively low-level exposure to common pesticides -- probably from residues on foods -- doubles kids' risk of ADHD, Harvard researchers find.

Kids with higher-than-average levels of pesticide metabolites were about twice as likely to have ADHD as kids with undetectable levels of pesticide metabolites, find Marc C. Weisskopf, PhD, ScD, associate professor of environmental health and epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues.

"This raises concerns that ubiquitous pesticides may be contributing to the national burden of ADHD, which already is quite high,"

3/26/2010 - Notting Hill
Notting Hill started lambing very early this year; we may have some true "spring" lambs available for Easter. Spring lambs are approx 30 lbs and sold live for $60 (no processing). Please contact us directly via email, if interested.

3/1/2010 - NVPG
Pastured Eggs now Available! US Grade AA Eggs from 100% cage-free and Pastured hens. Click on the Egg icon to order your fresh eggs. Available for pick-up at Briarmead farm in Front Royal.

2/11/2010 - Briarmead
At this time of year with much SNOW on the ground and this past season's beef and lamb entirely sold out, we look ahead to warmer weather and our next butchering date in May-June; place your orders now. We appreciate all of the feedback about this year's healthy and delicious beef and lamb. The beef has excellent, rich flavor that has made several customers comment on how it makes conventional feedlot beef taste oh-so-BLAND. Additionally, Briarmead lamb chops are planned as the centerpiece of a local professional chef's upcoming gourmet dinner; sure to please the palates of a group of discriminating guests. We'll let you know how that comes out in March!

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Grass fed beef from the Shenandoah valley in Front Royal VA Northern Valley Pastoral Guild beef is grass fed and grass finished in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Click here to view pick-up locations.

NVPG Beef is available by the side.

One side of beef is approximately 225 lbs. Hanging weight and will yield approximately 135 lbs. of finished product.

grass fed lamb Please click here to see an estimate of the distribution of cuts.

Whole (2 sides) is $3.09 per pound of hanging weight, or approximately $1,435.00.
Half (1 side) is $3.19 per pound of hanging weight, or approximately $717.00.

NVPG Beef is a Premium Grass-Finished Product offered at Industrial Beef prices.

When you order, please indicate in the 'Special Comments' section, when you would like your beef. The process is simple:

Tell us who you are (we will never sell your contact information).
Select the quantity of Beef you would like (Whole or Half).
Continue through the Cut Selection Process.
Note in Special Comments preferred pick-up timeframe.
NVPG will collect a deposit of $35 per side plus transaction fee.
Member Farm will notify you via email of the pick-up date 2 weeks in advance.
Member Farm will notify you of the location of the butcher.
The balance will be billed according to weight prior to pick-up.
Enjoy

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grass fed lamb We recognize that most of us wonder what to expect when ordering a whole side of beef. Click Here for a Beef Estimator and Cost Comparison (Excel Spreadsheet download)

Beef Facts

When ordering your beef, you will have a choice of Small, Medium, or Large. This approximates 200 lbs, 225 lbs, or 250 lbs per side hanging weight respectively.

The average American eats an estimated 65 lbs of beef per year.

A side of beef will require approximately 5 cu feet of freezer space, the size of a freezer on an average refrigerator.

An increasing body of scientific evidence points to the fact that a major benefit of raising and finishing animals on well managed pasture is a healthier product. Compared with industrial feedlot animals, meat from grass-fed beef has less total fat, less saturated fat, reduced cholesterol, and fewer calories; it also has more vitamin E, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and a number of health-promoting fats, including omega-3 fatty acids and “conjugated linoleic acid,” or CLA. These studies also confirm that the health benefits come directly from the grass eaten by the cows on pasture. Substituting “organic” grain for an “organic” product does not translate into similar results. The good is in the green.