Meat & Eggs

Important considerations when ordering meat

We do not have much freezer storage capability here. Please take this into account when placing your order for chicken, turkey and fresh frozen pork. Though we sometimes are able to hold meat, our preference is for you to arrange to pick up chickens within 24 hours of slaughter. There are very specific pick-up times for turkeys, and there is slightly more flexibility around pork pick up.

Below are cultural reasons why our meat is some of the best tasting that you will encounter. Our pork, chicken, turkey and eggs are certified organic by Baystate Organic Certifiers.  Temporarily from March through November 2025 our eggs and the November crop of old layers will not be certified organic. This is because we fed non-certified organic kelp to the layers free choice.  We stand behind the nutritional quality and cleanliness of this kelp.  The kelp producers merely determined it was economically not feasible to become certified organic.  For the record, we feel that our eggs during this time period are of the highest quality we have ever raised, due to the outstanding nutritional profile of the kelp.

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We can accept SNAP benefits for all or part of your meat purchase.  Please contact us for more information- Julie@mhof.net, or 978-257-1192 (cell)

Animal Care

All our animals are fed certified organic grain and make use of as much range as is possible, for their health and for maximum farm fertility. Our birds live in movable shelters and are moved to new range 5 times per week. Our pigs work a large section of field edges and woods and every other week move to a new area and thus live in “pig heaven”. With the frequent moving of poultry and pigs, pastures get a nice infusion of disruption and fertility followed by a long rest.  The end product is a highly fertile soil with pasture grasses of high nutritional content.

Finally, we run our livestock in our vegetable and fruit growing areas as often and as intensively as is possible while obeying the organic certification 90 day/120-day rule regarding animal manure and subsequent crop harvest. With this practice you are assured to get e coli free produce and tree fruit that has benefited from the rich fertility resource of free-range animal manure.

Young chicks and turkey poults start life in the barn under brooder lights where they are daily fed organic apple cider vinegar in their water (for gut health), fresh soil (for gut health), and fresh comfrey (protein and micronutrients).

Laying hens have free access to oyster shell (for strong shell development). They are totally free ranged from October to April, sleeping at night in our permanent chicken house, and live in movable pens on pasture from April to October. In the winter months we supplement their feed with free choice certified organic kelp – high in micro-nutrients.

Once the turkeys and meat birds leave the brooding area at approximately 1 month of age, they live on pasture. Turkeys are supplemented with fresh cut comfrey as we have it available.

Learn more about our organic and pasture raised meats by clicking the images below.