About Us
Agriculture has been in our families for generations, although we also looked briefly at other careers. With a degree in business and math, Bob taught in high school, and Jean was a registered nurse. After a couple of years of that, we felt a call back to the land. So we bought this farm in 1970 and have been here ever since. We started out growing mostly vegetables and grains while raising a few hogs on the side. Gradually we focused more on the hogs and growing crops to feed them. We've thought a lot about how our methods affect the land, and we try to farm in ways that are friendly to the environment while producing safe, nutritious food. We stopped using chemicals and antibiotics, and we've always avoided anything genetically modified. In 1995 we started a small herd of beef in order to improve our crop rotation. As our farm diversified, it became more self-sufficient and sustainable. Now we're raising more beef than hogs.
While we were trying to farm sustainably, the organic movement matured and markets started to develop for organic products. Almost all of our methods were already organic anyway, so we applied for organic certification. Our land was certified in 1999, our hogs in 2006 and our beef in 2008. Our son Paul and his wife Diane now run the farm.
Today we raise and sell certified organic 100% grass fed/finished Red Devon beef, and Berkshire & Chester White mix hogs. We work with some excellent meat processors in the Green Bay - Fox Cities area who make a wide variety of beef and pork products.
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