Adams Farm Retail and Wholesale Meats

Adams Farm Retail and Wholesale Meats

Ed Maltby, the General Manger of Adams Farm Retail and Wholesale Meats in Athol, Massachusetts, gave us a wonderful tour today of the slaughterhouse.  Adams Farm is one of the only two USDA-inspected slaughterhouses in Massachusetts. The other is in Groton. It was...
Arena & Sons Slaughterhouse

Arena & Sons Slaughterhouse

  Today we visited Arena & Sons Slaughterhouse in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, and were graciously hosted by Joanne Arena, her nephew, Frank Arena, and her sister Marie Arena. Frank showed us all of the different knives that he uses during the slaughter process...
Crescent Moon Farm Lambs to Slaughterhouse

Crescent Moon Farm Lambs to Slaughterhouse

Today we visited Crescent Moon Farm in Amherst, Massachusetts. Khalid Elkalai was preparing the lambs for transport to Adams Farm in Athol, Massachusetts, to be slaughtered. It was a frigid early morning, but the lambs appeared warm in the barn grouped with other...
Green Meadows Farm

Green Meadows Farm

Our visit today to Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts, was a wonderful opportunity to see how pigs, sheep and chickens can thrive in a pastured environment. Andrew Rodgers and his wife, Diana, explained how the sunlight helps the animals to produce more...
Miles Smith Farm

Miles Smith Farm

We spent the day at Miles Smith Farm and saw some of the most meticulously cared-for cattle in the world! H usband and wife Bruce Dawson and Carole Soule raise these Scottish Highlander Cattle in gorgeous rolling pastures adjacent to their home. They also have a store...
Crescent Moon Farm

Crescent Moon Farm

Khalid Elkalai raises 100% grass fed lambs on this pasture in Belchertown, Massachusetts. The lambs are never fed grain, animal byproducts, or artificial growth hormones. We had such a wonderful day roaming around these scenic pastures, full of healthy and humanely...
Jen & Pete’s Backyard Birds

Jen & Pete’s Backyard Birds

We spent time with Jen Hashley & Pete Lowy observing their mobile chicken processing project. With the help of local volunteers, they humanely slaughtered and packaged about 400 chickens. Jen and Pete raised all of the birds in a free-range environment. Pete Lowy...