| 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 (1/2/12) |
| 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 processor has submitted their application for organic certification and had their audit. They passed with flying 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, no added hormones, no antibiotics beef, no corn or grain - ever, not 'finished' on anything other than pasture grasses and hay. Our animals are never penned and spend their complete lifetime grazing on local pastures. 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. |
| Most of the days during the holiday week I enjoyed from the kitchen with short excursions to help put out a bit of hay or collect more needed eggs. Our numbers swelled from our standard 6 mouths to feed to a whopping 20, so there was some serious chow being churned out of the ranch kitchen! Rib roasts, beef wellingtons, stews, and roasted marrow bones. We did eat some veggies too, worry not! One brisk day, clad in my favorite Heidi-esque frilly apron, elbow deep in dough for potato rolls, I looked out to see Dad attempting to set up a new electric fence for the herd here, grazing in the pasture behind the house, with 6 grand kids 'helping'. Ranging in age from 2 1/2 all the way up to 15 this was a pretty funny sight! The toddler was giving all the orders, since in his mind; he knew exactly what needed to be done, except how not to get shocked by the electric fence! It appeared to be chaos out there. It was like watching a silent film with much pointing, gesturing, waving of hands and running here and there! All kids going in different directions, exclaiming about what they just stepped in, and picking up a step in fence stake occasionally. The cows did get fresh grass, eventually. And I think by the time Dad got the task to that final point all the staff/grandkids had come inside to warm up or head back to their new Christmas toys! Needless to say, Dad was the last one in! Everyday there were group visits to the barn to pet the horses and brush the pony and love on the barn cat. Giving them the much needed adoration they don't get from those of us that tend them as part of the daily grind. It is lovely to have our family at the farm to help with chores. Loading round bales onto the truck means we have the tractor out so the toddlers get a ride and wonder why there is no horn! Perhaps a bit of love for the livestock will rub off on one of the grand kids and we'll create the next town vet or a future farmer. The ability to be comfortable around the cattle and know how to care for them will come with time. The occasional shock by the electric fence, hay in the eyes and down the shirt, manure on their shiny boots, dirt under their nails, retrieving a freshly laid egg taken out of the nesting box then smashing it accidentally, will make memories and stories to tell their friends. This will remind them of their roots. As parents, we do hope they stray from these roots to go out and experience what the rest of the world has to offer and we also hope that some of them will come back and keep this the organic farm that it is, no matter what critter they choose to tend or crop they choose to grow. 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. 150 Old Home Place Kings Mountain, NC 28086 |
| Proffitt Family Cattle Co. Grass Fed Beef |
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| Cooking Class and Farm Tour 150 Old Home Place, Kings Mountain, NC 28086 Saturday January 28 2012, 3-6 pm Cooking together to turn out a great buffet of fabulous beefy Super Bowl hors d'oeuvres! Wine pairings with each one. For more info and photos click on the 'events' tab. Email Heidi: hlnc@carolina.rr.com for reservations $65 per person More from Heidi: at her blog |
Cattle, pastures, and processor certified organic by Clemson DPI
