FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to questions about our farm and products

How do I change or update my credit card on the website?

1. Sign into your account
2. Click Account at the top of the screen
3. Click My Account
4. Click Credit Cards in the left sidebar
5. Click Add New Card Button
6. Enter new card information
7. Check "Make Default" box
8. Click green Add Card button

Do your eggs need to be refrigerated?  How long will your eggs last on the counter?  Are they fresh?

Our eggs are harvested fresh daily and packed every Tuesday and Friday, the oldest eggs that we would ever have on hand would be 1.5 weeks from the day they were collected.

  The eggs are unwashed, and are never refrigerated.  This ensures the "bloom" or protective coating on the eggs is intact.   Our eggs will stay fresh on the counter for approximately 4 weeks at 70 deg F.

Can I order a 1/2 or Whole Beef Share?

Because we have been struggling to meet the demand of our Beef Share program, we are only offering our Beef 1/4 Share prices. You can place multiple Beef 1/4 Share orders to make a 1/2, 3/4, or a whole beef.

I'd like to tour your farm, how do I arrange that?

We host an on-farm pick up every Thursday afternoon between 4-6pm. If you'd like to walk around the farm with us and talk about how/why we raise animals the way that we do, you are more than welcome to come in that timeframe. Please give me a call or text before you come just to make sure someone is here to show you around.

The invoice value on my meat order was different than the order confirmation value.  Why?

Our meat prices are listed by the pound on our website and an average weight is used to calculate your approximate order value on the order confirmation.  The meat is weighed when it is packed for your order and the invoice updated accordingly.

Is your chicken feed soy-free / corn-free?

The short answer is "no".    The long answer is:  

All of our animals are moved very frequently.  Our laying hens are raised behind our grass-fed beef cattle and grass-fed sheep in a rotation that keeps the hens on short and tender herbivore mowed paddocks. This rotation firstly keeps our herbivores on clean grass, but also helps break up pathogens in the soil, spread the herbivore manure, and reduce fly larvae from hatching.  It is amazing to see how our grasses react to the disturbance the animal traffic creates in the short period of time they are there. 

The hens are on pasture their entire life, with full access to green grass in the summer and planted winter forages in the winter. Our birds are trained to use their mobile "egg wagons"  as night time protection. They roost in the wagons at night and are back on the pasture before me or the sun comes up!  We always keep oyster shell and granulated grit available as a free-choice option. Once they finish their morning feeding they spend the rest of the day scratching for worms, and other insects, dust bathing and relaxing in the shade. Their water is kept clean and cool in the shade at all times. 

In the event that we have to treat our flocks for any sickness, our protocol is to use apple cider vinegar in the drinking water, along with liquid vitamin E oil and fermented cloves of garlic. We have also used cayenne pepper as a topical feed supplement in the past to treat intestinal parasites, which unfortunately thrive in our climate. 

On top of using portable electric netting to keep our birds safe we keep Great Pyrenees guard dogs with our sheep and laying hens 24-7. Our dogs are bonded to their flocks and protect them from everything that goes bump in the night. 

Because chickens are omnivores we feed them a species appropriate diet. The ration that our laying hens receive on pasture is grown and milled by Resaca Sun and consists of the following ingredients. Resaca Sun does not use glyphosate on their crops. Because their crops are not genetically modified, the herbicide would kill their fields.

• NON-GMO GROUND CORN
• NON-GMO YELLOW PEAS
• NON-GMO ROASTED SOYBEAN
• NON-GMO SESAME MEAL
• NON-GMO EXPELLER PRESSED SUNFLOWER MEAL
• NON-GMO BARLEY
• OGS
• LIMESTONE
• FISH MEAL
• OYSTER SHELL
• MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE
• FERTRELL POULTRY VITAMIN PACK
• SALT

How long can I keep Raw Butter in the refrigerator?

Use Raw Butter within the first ten days for peak freshness.  If you find you cannot finish the container in that timeframe, you may cut the butter in half and freeze one portion until you are ready for it.

Additionally, if the butter evolves past its prime and the flavor becomes a bit "too strong" but has not spoiled, you can still utilize it by: 

• Converting it into clarified butter. 
• Using it as a cooking fat for various dishes.

I am not familiar with the tropical fruit in my Fruit Box?  How do I store it?

Fruits per box vary!

• Black sapote/ AKA Chocolate pudding fruit; big green fruit, from the same family as sapodilla, canistel and mamey sapote. Let it sit on the counter to ripen, may take a week. Let it get very very soft. It may appear to be "bad", but that's when its ready. Pull apart or cut open, eat with a spoon or put in a bowl and mix with sweetener of your choice, like honey or maple syrup and even cinnamon too. Can be used as a chocolate substitute in many ways.
• Canistel AKA egg fruit: yellow egg shaped fruit. Same as the black sapote and sapodilla, let it sit out until it's super soft and smelly. As soft as a water balloon. Pull apart and enjoy with a spoon. Can be blended with milk for a milkshake. One of my personal favorite fruits.
• Sapodilla/ AKA brown sugar fruit: brown egg shaped fruit, let it sit on counter and get completely soft and squishy before cutting open. Skin is edible but I prefer the flesh only. 
• Pink guava: counter ripen until yellowish, slightly soft like a pear and smells sweet. Cut open and enjoy, the whole thing is edible even the seeds but they are very hard, can potentially damage teeth. Seeds can be swallowed whole instead or spit out. Some people don't eat the skin, it's less sweet. Can be refrigerated after ripe.
• Gold dragon fruit: yellow spiky fruit. Can be left on the counter to get more yellow or can be eaten safely anytime. Refrigerate to store for a longer period. Lasts a long time.
• Red Dragon fruit (red inside): red fruit. Same info as the gold dragon fruit.
• Passion fruit: let sit on counter and develop wrinkles. Store in fridge after for longer shelf life. Cut the top off enjoy with a spoon or squeeze into mouth or cup.
• Longan aka dragon eye: small brown round fruit, from the same family as lychee, definitely refrigerate unless eating same day. Remove the skin/shell, don't eat the seed.
• Star apple AKA Caimito: small round purple fruit. Cut in half equatorially, notice the star shape inside The skin and seeds are not to be eaten. These should already be ripe, but if they're not soft, let them sit on the counter and then enjoy. Can be refrigerated once ripe.
• FL Avocado: let it get soft just like the store bought ones. Shake to feel the seed tumble around inside- that plus softness means it's ready. Refrigerate once soft if you're not ready to eat it.
• Thai bananas: same as others, let sit on counter to ripen, refrigerate once at the ripeness level you like. Can be eaten slightly yellow- more dense/fiber content. Can even be eaten when brown- more sweet, soft.
• All citrus: refrigerate if not eating within next 2 days. Red navel, Meyer lemon, Tangerines, Bearss lemons.  Citrus does not ripen on the counter. Grapefruits and pomelos can sit out on the counter and get slightly sweeter but it's not true "ripening". 

All fruits can be refrigerated once they're ripe.