| Proffitt Family Cattle Co. Mission Our mission is to produce high quality beef grown in a natural way. To provide our animals with an environment that lets them live their entire lives as nature intended, by allowing them to forage exclusively on pasture. On our farm we let the cows and pasture land sustain each other with only rain and sunshine. There are no chemical inputs on our pastures. Our animals are never given hormones, antibiotics, or treated with chemicals of any kind. |
| Your ranch direct source for pasture finished, dry-aged, 100% grass fed beef. USDA processed, 100% grass finished, no hormones, no antibiotics. Beef From Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 704-751-6455 |
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| Farm News from Shelley (4/30/12) |
| In September 2010 the USDA certified all four of our farms as ORGANIC and all of our cattle ! In a few weeks we will be able to provide you with USDA certified organic, 100% grass fed beef that has the stamp on the label. Our colors so now we are waiting for the folks in DC at the USDA to approve our final label. This is the last, and necessary, step to getting the USDA stamp on our meat. At this time, we are offering grass fed beef from organic cattle and raised on certified organic pastures. Clemson University is our certifying agent. All meat is 100% grass fed, In September 2010 the USDA certified all four of our farms as ORGANIC and all of our cattle ! In a few weeks we will no added hormones, no antibiotics beef, no corn or grain - ever, not 'finished' on anything other than pasture be able to provide you with USDA certified organic, 100% grass fed beef that has the stamp on the label. Our grasses and hay. Our animals are never penned and spend their complete lifetime grazing on pastures 30-50 miles processor has submitted their application for organic certification and had their audit. They passed with flying from Charlotte. Call, email, or just come by during Friday farm store hours from 2-7 pm. The farm is located at 150 Old Home Place, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. email: shelleyeagan@proffittfarms.com |
Just for the record... I am growing weary of having wet feet, changing pants and socks 2 times a day and wearing leather gloves that are crunchy when I put them on b/c they were soaked last time I wore them. I'm just sayin...But, I will not complain about rain. Just working in it constantly. I almost lost my boot today at the Blacksburg farm in a low spot that has been converted to mud, the consistency of quick sand! . The corral panel I was carrying on my back pushing me further into the mud didn't help. I heard the tale tell slurping sound coming from my left foot as I tried to free it from the mire that used to be packed dirt. I teetered a bit, swaying this way and that in slow motion, hovering, bent over with the 12' corral panel on my back threatening to take me so far to the right that I face plant it straight into the bog I'm in. Since my hands are 'tied up' supporting the corral panel on my back I wouldn't be able to stop myself as I fell face down into the mud and, being pinned to the ground/mud bog I could have drowned right there beside our own barn in a 8" deep sea of goop! But, I didn't! The boots were tight enough that I was able to lift my foot, with the boot still on, out and thus saved myself from certain mud suffocation! Every day we have to move the finishing herd at our home farm in Kings Mountain, no matter what. This means we are out in the most beautiful of days and also frantically finishing up a new electric fence with the thunder in the background. There aren't many activities more exciting than playing with electrified wire, in an open field, with an electrical storm brewing overhead. Yep, living on the edge here. As you can tell, it's a life and death job here at Proffitt Family Cattle Co. Here's to greener pastures, Shelley |
| Location and Directions Our farm is convienently located about 35 minutes south of Charlotte, NC. From I-85 south, take exit 10B, Hwy. 74 west toward Ashville to the 4th exit, Oak Grove Rd. exit, turn right, then take the first right onto Old Home Place. Farm is 1/2 mile on the right. Kings Mountain, NC 28086 |
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| Cooking Classes and Farm Tours 150 Old Home Place, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Next class: May 5, 2012 Cinco de Mayo theme! Ole! July 14, 2012 Theme: TBD Go to the Events tab for detailed info. More from Heidi: at her blog |
Cattle, pastures, and processor certified organic by Clemson DPI
USDA Organic - Status Update - label claims
| WCNC TV Charlotte Today program March 2012 Talking about our beef Heidi Billotto, food writer and restaurant critic, makes Meatball Hoagies with Proffitt Family ground beef |
