At
Full Moon Farm, we are committed to raising livestock as an
environmentally and economically sustainable enterprise. We believe that
good soil health produces healthy food and clean meat, so we maintain
our high quality pastures using only natural amendments (no chemical
fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides) and rotational grazing. This
produces a healthier—and more delicious—alternative to feed lot and
confinement produced meats.
We
have chosen this holistic model of raising our animals for the benefit
of our animals and those who eat the meat from our animals. Ruminants
like cattle, goats and sheep should eat fibrous grasses, weeds
and shrubs, not starch-filled, low-fiber grain. An unnatural,
grain-based diet favors the growth of e. Coli and causes acidosis. Under
these conditions, animals require a variety of chemical additives and
constant, low-dose antibiotics. This kind of long-term misuse of
antibiotics is responsible for resistant bacteria that can be passed on
to humans.