Organic Food Sources

Organic Food

South Carolina

Crusader Farms offers pastured chickens and turkeys, lamb, eggs from free-range birds, and beef from cattle that are a Scottish Highlander/Shorthorn cross. (The Highland/Shorthorn cross won the top prize at the Denver National Stock Show 21 out of 25 years.) The basic tenet of Crusader farms is to "have as near to perfect soil as possible. This means that our cattle, sheep, chickens and turkeys will make the best gain on fresh forage, and we will not have to feed them grains and fillers."
Crusader Farms,
P.O. Box 1312,
Anderson SC 29622.
(864) 296-4541.

Greenbrier Farms raises beef cattle that are a Senepol/Angus cross, resulting in "natural tenderness and great taste." The meat is not only "free-range, it's free of animal by-products, growth hormones and antibiotics." The meat is dry-aged 14 days. The owners, John and Joyce Palmer, have brought in llamas to guard their cattle and goats to control their weeds "so that you enjoy beef that is herbicide free."
Greenbrier Farms,
John and Joyce Palmer,
772 Hester Store Rd., Easley SC 29640.
(888) 859-0125/(864) 859-0125.