100% Grass-Fed Lamb & Beef

At Shuttleworth Farm, we believe that healthy animals provide us with healthy food, and healthy animals should eat what nature designed them to. In the case of cattle and sheep, that means an all grass diet.

We raise the best of rare French, British and American breeds of sheep and cattle. These animals were selected exclusively for their meat quality and their ability to thrive on a grass-only diet.

This technique of raising animals makes their meat naturally lean, better tasting, and exceptionally tender. When compared to grain-fed meats, grass-fed, pasture-raised beef and lamb are much lower in fat, higher in heart healthy Omega-3 fatty acids and Conjugated Linoleic Acids (CLA's). They are also excellent sources of Vitamins A, B3, B6, B12, D and E (Jo Robinson, Eat Wild, 2006, http://eatwild.com/healthbenefits.htm/). An informed consumer is our best customer. For more information on grass-fed, pasture-raised meats, we encourage you to visit eatwild.com.

From birth, our animals receive nothing but mother's milk, our own high quality NOFA-VT Certified Organic hay and lush pasture. They are not fed grain - ever! Instead, they are moved to new paddocks of fresh grass every day during the grazing season. Paddock shifts occur in the evening, as the grasses contain the maximum amount of nutritional value from the photosynthesis of the day's sunshine. The sheep and cattle gather at the edge of the paddock and wait, impatiently, while we build the next fence. Once completed, we open the gate and the groups rush happily in, glad to have a fresh smorgasbord in front of them.

In the winter months we move our animals into the barns. They are fed dry hay and are bedded with sawdust and straw to form a 'pack.' This 'pack' heats up as it decomposes to create a warm bed for the animals, and also serves as a perfect start to the compost we spread on our fields.

We use Great Pyrenees dogs to guard our sheep, and are training a border collie to move our livestock from place to place. Click here to meet the dogs of Shuttleworth Farm!