Holden's Hide-A-Way is a family run traditional farm. We are relatively new farmers. This has been both a detriment and a blessing. We don't have typical farmer beliefs. If fact I am sure many farmers in the area thought we were crazy, many still do. However on the blessing side we have had to learn a lot about producing livestock and selling the product. We have researched others who are successful and have the same values. One of these farmers in Joel Salatin. He is and advocate for sustainable diversified farms. Not only do we want to produce healthier food, we want to do it in a way that promotes environmental healing, and in a way that is humane for the livestock. We believe this is accomplish able, but not with if using modern farming practices. First of all environmental healing can be accomplished by imitating natures animal management systems. Secondly animal welfare issues are adequately managed by allowing the livestock to behave naturally and minimising stress when handling livestock. Producing a healthier meat product is the third step and accomplished simply by doing our best to complete the first to two steps.
I will elaborate on each of these steps in the near future, as well as go into detail about our products.
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