Grass Fed Beef from the Shenandoah Valley Virginia

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

Briarmead

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!

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!

11/11/2009 - NVPG
Thanks for the strong support; we have sold out of whole lambs (some cuts available via request), and Beef is sold through December. We are taking orders for January Beef delivery, so do feel free to order for January.

10/4/2009 - NVPG
NY Times - woman paralyzed by eColi in ground beef... read on:

"Ground beef is usually not simply a chunk of meat run through a grinder. Instead, records and interviews show, a single portion of hamburger meat is often an amalgam of various grades of meat from different parts of cows and even from different slaughterhouses... confidential grinding logs and other Cargill records show...the ingredients came from slaughterhouses in Nebraska, Texas and Uruguay, and from a South Dakota company that processes fatty trimmings and treats them with ammonia to kill bacteria. Using a combination of sources — a practice followed by most large producers of fresh and packaged hamburger — allowed Cargill to spend about 25 percent less than it would have for cuts of whole meat."

Would you pay 25% more to know where your beef comes from and how it is processed?

10/1/2009 - NVPG
Harvest season is upon us and the early fall orders have been fulfilled. Order your Beef, Lamb and Rabbit for the holidays.

8/20/2009 - Notting Hill
New batch of Black Star chicks arrived today; now begins the 22 week process of nurturing them into Laying Hens. A lot of work goes in to producing that first pastured Egg.

7/31/2009 - Fair Knowe
Harvested the Summer honey! Supplies are in high demand, please send us an email if you would like to get on the customer list.

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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.

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.

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

Whole (2 sides) is $2.99 per pound of hanging weight, or approximately $1,350.
Half (1 side) is $3.09 per pound of hanging weight, or approximately $695.

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

To start, Continue to Select Cuts

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.