Because at Little Seed Farm it all starts with a seed. One hundred years ago that answer might have been obvious, but in today's society we often lose track of the fact that even meat and cheese start with a seed, which produces a plant, which feeds an animal. On our farm the seed and the soil are the most important factors. Grass farming is our primary concern. We wanted to tie that idea back to the name of the farm, and thus you have Little Seed Farm. 

Scrapple and Sweetbreads are pseudonymns that we're using for the time being, it definitely won't last forever. We're basically waiting until we quit our day jobs and start farming full-time, that's the short story. For more detail on the full story behind the names and to find out what scrapple and sweetbreads really are check out our blog post What's in a Name? Scrapple and Sweetbreads, Defined.

Most animals raised for meat production today are raised in what's referred to as a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO. These are large warehouses crammed full of animals being fed grain, dead animal parts and other unsavory items in order to get them as fat as possible as fast as possible for as cheap as possible. Because they don't get exercise or sunlight and the animals didn't evolve to eat massive amounts of grain (let alone dead animal parts) they need huge doses of antibiotics and other drugs to survive through their short lives. This is the meat that makes it to the vast majority of dinner tables. It's become increasingly hard to find animals raised out of doors and even harder to find animals being raised in a natural environment. Even many "organic" and "free-range" farmers still feed high levels of grain to their animals and cut other corners in order to maximize production. Our model isn't built around maximum production, it's built around doing what we think is right. We encourage you to know your farmer, know their value system and understand exactly where your food comes from.  You can read more about our value system on our Core Values page.