Puddle Moon Farm

What makes Puddle Moon Farms better? Simple, we developed our facilities from the ground up-literally. With natural grasses, fresh water and we only use non-GMO feeds. We are focused on raising happy, healthy pigs and beef cows in a clean, natural environment. All our animals enjoy fresh air, sunshine, clean water and room to roam. And while the cows primarily eat the wide variety of grasses in our pastures the pigs enjoy non-gmo (Genetically Modified Organisms) feed to supplement the cornucopia they forage up for themselves in the woods. We do not vaccinate our animals and here’s why. Early on we had a conversation with Joel Salatin who’s well known in the world of regenerative farming. He said healthy animals who are raised the way God intended in a clean environment don’t need artificial vaccines. So we’ve avoided vaccines and our animals have thrived! We regularly move our herds to fresh new paddocks so the land they’ve chomped, rooted, pawed and pooped on has time to heal and regenerate. This is how animals thrive in a natural environment. Clean water is probably the single most important element consumed by our animals. We know dirty water can lead to a host of health problems. And while it’s commonplace on many farms to let animals drink from unprotected ponds or streams we take a different approach. Underground Waterlines We’ve invested in almost a mile of underground waterlines that deliver clean well water to our livestock. In fact the source is the same well that services our home. The well is over 400 feet deep and drilled through solid granite to clean, cool aquifers. We even designed and built our own shaded water cart to ensure our animals get clean fresh water all the time. In short they drink what we drink because we’re convinced that clean water is vital to happy, healthy animals. We rotate our cattle and pig pastures to ensure our animals always get the best feeding environment possible. They don’t stand around in their own waste but regularly move to fresh quarters where delicious grubs, roots and grass awaits. The idea is to work with Gods creation as closely as we can; to follow the natural rhythms of life that have sustained healthy herds and flocks for millennia. What’s the big deal about GMO’s? Genetically Modified Organisms or GMO’s are seeds that have been artificially modified by scientists in order to achieve a particular goal such as drought resistance or herbicide poison resistance. This is very different from hybridization which has been practiced for thousands of years where plants are naturally crossed to achieve desirable traits. A variety of independent studies have shown GMO plants can lead to health problems. But just as troubling is the weed control poison sprayed on them. GMO seeds are manipulated to allow the powerful poison Glyphosate, also known by the trade name Roundup, to be used by farmers worldwide for weed control. The same company that produced Agent Orange for the Military during the Vietnam War manufactures this powerful herbicide. Here’s an article from the National Geographic with more on Glyphosate. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150422-glyphosate-roundup-herbicide-weeds/ Currently over 90% of the world’s corn and soybeans are sprayed with Glyphosate multiple times during a growing season. Wheat is also sprayed with it to aid in the drying process prior to storage. Common sense would suggest that before you go around spraying poison on the worlds food supply extensive studies by independent researchers would need to verify the safety of such a radical move. But that didn’t happen. Tragically the U. S. Government chose to rely on “studies” by the manufacturers themselves instead of independent third parties.https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/five-ways-fda-has-failed-consumers-genetically-engineered-foods Amazingly the manufacturers found no health issues and declared their product safe for human consumption! And when third party researchers began