Lamb, ground, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
5 out of 5 (1 ratings): Apr 23-24 (most recent)
5 out of 5 (3 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

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Lamb, Sausage, Sundried Tomato Feta, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
5 out of 5 (1 ratings): Dec 04-05 (most recent)
5 out of 5 (2 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Lamb, Sausage, Sundried Tomato Feta, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
5 out of 5 (1 ratings): Dec 04-05 (most recent)
5 out of 5 (2 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Chorizo, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Feb 05-06 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (113 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Chorizo, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Feb 05-06 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (113 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Chorizo, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Feb 05-06 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (113 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Chorizo, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Feb 05-06 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (113 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Chorizo, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Feb 05-06 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (113 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Ground, frozen
Nooherooka Natural



Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Mar 19-20 (most recent)
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Sausage, Hot Italian, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
5 out of 5 (1 ratings): May 07-08 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (11 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Sausage, Hot Italian, links, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
5 out of 5 (1 ratings): May 07-08 (most recent)
4.73 out of 5 (11 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Pork, Spare Ribs, frozen
Nooherooka Natural

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): N/A
N/A out of 5 (0 ratings): All Time

About Nooherooka Natural:
At Nooherooka Natural, we strive to produce the highest quality beef possible. Our beef does not contain the vast amount of additives found in most other foods. We raise beef the way it was raised hundreds of years ago, with no hormones or antibiotics. Our product is totally natural. Our animals are offered a vegetarian diet designed to maximize tenderness and flavor. All of our animals are treated humanely.

Natural beef is beef that is produced with no growth hormones (steroids), antibiotics, or feed additives. Most beef in the United States receives all of these. Nooherooka Natural will never use any of these products in any form. Our animals don’t do drugs!

The animals of Nooherooka Natural are under a feeding program designed to maximize nutritious growth without hormones, antibiotics, or feed additives. All of the feeds offered to our animals are grown right here on our own farm. After weaning, the cows are pasture and grain fed for a minimum of 60-120 days. The cows are hand fed daily. All of our animals are treated humanely and with respect.

http://www.nooherooka.com/

Sausage, Polish Smoked, frozen
Rainbow Meadow Farms



Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
4.5 out of 5 (2 ratings): Apr 16-17 (most recent)
4.8 out of 5 (5 ratings): All Time

About Rainbow Meadow Farms:

Rainbow Meadow Farms is a multi-generational, family-owned, pasture-based farm in Snow Hill, North Carolina. The farm’s name originates from the Rainbow Run, a small, winding stream that borders the meadow behind the old home-place. Having been in the family for 7 generations, the farm is now owned and operated by Jeff and Sandra Garner along with their children and grandchildren.

Once a traditional North Carolina tobacco farm, Rainbow Meadow Farm has experienced, first hand, the transitions in North Carolina agriculture. In the late 1980’s, the farm operated 3 contracted chicken houses. As contracted growers for a major chicken corporation, Jeff and Sandra Garner managed to sustain their family, while paying off the debt from the chicken house facilities (about $250,000/ house). Like many contracted chicken farmers, Jeff and Sandra became increasingly unsatisfied with the small profit share that they received from the chicken corporation. After years of contracted chicken farming, Jeff and Sandra began to feel like “sharecroppers on [our] own land.” (Thompson, 2009) In 1999 and 2000, daughter, Genell Pridgen adopted two children from the Ukraine. During both of her visits, she enjoyed the meats and vegetables sold at the local markets. The food’s quality was a product of the extreme locality of its origins as well as the organic farming methods of the local farmers. Upon return to Greene County, Genell envisioned a brand new way of raising meats on Rainbow Meadow Farm. Genell prompted her family to switch gears in early 2000 and began a different, more independent, type of farming. Jeff and Sandra ended their contracts with the chicken corporation and began raising pasture-based, antibiotic-free chickens, hogs, turkeys, sheep and cattle. Currently, Rainbow Meadow Farms operates with a new set of mission goals which include: creating a resilient local food system, producing great tasting, healthy meats and enhancing the overall ecological health of the farmland and local wildlife. The entire family takes part in the farming operations. Jeff and Sandra operate productions as well as the markets in Eastern North Carolina. These markets include Raleigh restaurants and a retail stand at the Raleigh Farmer’s Market (indoor building). Their daughter, Genell Pridgen, helps out with the farm while working on the national level to change legislation to support small, local growers. Even the grandchildren (the 8th generation) get involved by operating an annual CSA (community supported agriculture) vegetable garden that they maintain. Currently, their CSA provides over 46 families a week with fresh vegetables and eggs. Rainbow Meadow Farms operates sustainably by rotating their grazing animals between pastures. Cows are the first to forage. A cow’s ruminant digestive systems can break down the coarse grass tops and “mow” the pasture’s grass to a manageable height. Chickens and sheep follow behind the cows and forage on grass, insects, worms, and seeds. Not only do chickens manage worms in the topsoil, but they also spread fertilizer via manure throughout the pastures. Rainbow Meadow Farm does not have to manage excesses of animal waste; instead they use it to benefit their soils. In an interview by Fred Thompson for Edible Piedmont Magazine, Jeff Garner was asked if sustainable livestock farming could realistically feed a population. He responded by saying, “we used to, and we can again.”

http://www.rmfpasturepuremeats.com

Seafood, Almaco Jack, fillets
Haag and Sons Seafood

Locally-produced: yes
Certified organic: no
Pesticides-free: n/a
Conventionally produced: n/a

Member ratings of this Product by this Producer:
3 out of 5 (2 ratings): Mar 05-06 (most recent)
4.56 out of 5 (50 ratings): All Time

About Haag and Sons Seafood:
*Haag and Sons Seafood previously worked with Southport Seafood to sell and transport seafood to the Triangle area. However Southport has since dissolved, so Haag and Sons is operating independently.

Haag and Sons Seafood is a locally owned seafood market selling to the general public as well as several local restaurants.

Haag and Sons Seafood is your premier seafood source on Oak Island. Jon Haag, owner and fishmonger extraordinaire has been in the seafood business for over 25 years. His knowledge of local seafood is unsurpassed.

This talented and knowledgeable fishmonger is a board member of Brunswick Catch, a non-profit organization. Its goal being to unite local fisherman, retailers and local restaurants in order to promote locally caught seafood, raise awareness and educate people on the seafood industry. Haag and Sons Seafood has been voted by the people's choice Best Fishmonger 2 years running, has been featured in "Our State" Magazine as well as "South Brunswick Magazine".

Haag and Sons offers a wide variety of seafood and other goodies to help you create your own seafood feast. When in season we have fresh local Grouper, Mahi-Mahi, Trigger Fish, Speared Hog Fish, Flounder, Wahoo, King Mackeral, Snapper (to include Vermilion Snapper, Pink Snapper and American Red Snapper). Also when in season - Fresh Shrimp, Clams (most of the year), Oysters, Soft Shell Crabs, Spiny Lobster and so much more.
www.haagandsonsseafood.com/