The kindest thing you can do for meat (besides buying it from a local farm of course) is to brine it.  Naturally grown meats tend to overcook and toughen very easily.  Brining buffers natural meats from these problems the way fat buffers conventionally raised meats.  The challenge crops up when you search on-line for a good brine only to find 300 recipes loaded with spices, citrus peels, and who knows what.  In my opinion all those extras are a waste of your good money and time.  My solution is to go back to a simple brine recipe. ...

Sausage shares just in time for Christmas. These shares will average 10lbs and cost $50.  Pickup is this coming Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 to 11AM.  I'll be serving samples of my Cheezy Sausage Balls along with a free copy of the recipe.

Availability is limited, so orders will be based on the time of your response ...

Stokes Family Farm provides the local community with locally grown, naturally raised foods.    For some of our customers it's a matter of health.  For others it's about caring for the environment or the well-being of the animals they eventually eat.  For everyone it's an opportunity  to grow as an individual and become part of a community.

Our primary products are grass fed and finished beef and pastured pork.  Our pasture land is very limited and soon much of it will become part of a new road, so more and more we depend on ...