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95% of animals raised in the US are not on pasture, and pasture-raised doesn't have an official definition.  So when you're paying a premium, we recommend choosing your farm carefully.  Recently, the term has gotten so popular that larger corporations have shown interest.  We're finding many of the national, so called, "pasture-raised" options are heavily watered down.  

To us, Pasture-Raised is centered around the animals ability to move.  This means the animals are outside and mobile.  The more mobile the animals are the more grass/bugs/soil/ect.. they consume, and the greater the health benefits.  The cost of mobility however, is an increase in labor, and in turn, a higher price.  So when you're choosing Pasture-Raised, you get what you pay for.

It's goal is to enhance eco-systems benefits to all life within the system. When we practice Regenerative Agriculture we use specific management techniques. By managing holistically, we can improve, not degrade life as a whole. The ultimate goal is not to sustain life but to regenerate it.

Example: Chickens on Mobile Pasture. Moving chickens across pastureland produces a premium egg product. It also deposits chicken manure onto the pasture, feeding the soil with extra fertility. This fertility in turn feeds the plant community that makes up the pasture. When you feed the plants, more insects show up to feed and breed on the pasture. This in turn feeds the chickens but they also feed the wild sparrows, cardinals, blue jays, and martins. A healthy pasture will also support biodiversity and provide massive breeding grounds for the monarch butterfly's life cycle. Because you are moving the chickens at any given time most of the pasture will be inhabited by wildlife. This is designing with nature, not against it.