From the Farmyard

We also have beef and eggs available. If we get fences constructed in a timely manner, pastured pork will be available in the fall. 

Stonyledge Farm is the source of our meat products and our fresh free-range eggs.

(Have you read about Our Farmlands yet?)

Beef is sold from the Learned's herd of Herefords. The cattle are raised on pasture using rotational grazing methods, without added hormones or antibiotics.  Locally grown hay and silage is used to supplement their feed during the winter.  Our pastures at Valley View Farm have been written into our Organic Farm Plan and we anticipate them being granted organic status beginning in June, 2007.  Our hayfield and pasture at Stonyledge are already certified organic.

Holstein calf and mom

We sell individual cuts of beef in frozen cryovac packages or you can purchase a side or half-side.  We use Salem Prime Cuts, 12 New London Road (Rt. 85) in Salem, CT, for processing.  If you purchase a whole or half-side, they will do a wonderful job of cutting our meat to your specifications. They also offer wrapping, corning, making patties from the hamburger, etc. for a fee.  Meat products are only available at the Denison Farmers' Market, so contact us if you need to make other arrangements.

Our free-range, fresh eggs continue to be available at the farm or farmers’ markets.  If you want to read up on the health benefits of these eggs, Mother Earth News ran an article entitled “The Good Egg” and Jo Robinson’s website www.eatwild.com is another great source of information. Try cracking one of our eggs into a bowl and compare it with a store-bought egg—the orange color of our yolk alone will help convince you how very different eggs can be when raised in an outdoors/pastured environment.

9-week-old chicks

We would like to note that the chickens pictured above were hatched by the kindergarten students at Gales Ferry School. They were hatched out from some of Stonyledge Farm's fertile eggs in April '07.  The kids incubated 11 eggs and 9 chicks hatched out—that's pretty good! These pictures were taken to show them how "big" the chicks are now, outside in their big pen at the farm.