Directly from our farm to you
Skelton Farm is a Family Owned, Family Operated Farm
Freshly frozen Piedmontese Beef is available for pick up at the farm.
We
do not deliver or ship beef at
this time,
however we are pleased to have customers that have traveled great
distances to purchase our delicious beef. Please
call us prior to your visit to make arrangements for beef pick-up. We look forward to meeting you.
* Piedmontese Beef ~ lean & TENDER ~ Genetically unique breed of cattle from Italy
* 100% Grass fed and Grass Finished ~ NEVER Fed Grain ~ only dry hay and fresh pasture
* Dry Aged 11-21 days for enhanced flavor
* Absolutely NO GMO'S ~hay's not grown from GM seed & pastures are native grasses
* clear vacuum packaging or double wrapped
* Bred, Born and raised on our farm in Pennsylvania
* Raised humanely
* Never confined to a feed lot or closed barn
* Clean, Safe, nutrient dense
* Never given Growth Hormones
* Raised without Antibiotics
* Pesticide and herbicide free
* Lower in Fat, Cholesterol & Calories than skinless chicken, Salmon, Swordfish & Bison
* High in Omega 3
* High in CLA
* Processed at a small, local USDA butcher
* Members of Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture's PA Preferred Program
* Members of PASA ; Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
* Members of North American Piedmontese Association
* "Local Harvest " Member
* "Eat Wild" Member
* Listed on Penn State University's "AgMap"
* "Slow Food" members
We now sell our beef in 25lbs, 50lbs and 100lbs assortment boxes (We are Taking ORDERS NOW for October & November pick-up). Please call 814-734-7008 for availability, we are only open by appointment or by chance. We also sell boxes of ground beef starting at ten pounds (packaged in one pound packs).
Please see our Price & Ordering info page as well as our FAQ page for more information.
Grass fed is Best
Grass fed beef is a healthier, more flavorful and more nutrient dense product than grain fed beef. Our cattle have access to several pastures around the farm and are free to roam as they like in and out of pastures and over the wooded areas of the farm. The pastures are never over grazed, they even needed to be mowed in the summer of 09 because the cattle could not keep up with the growth! We feed only hay raised on our farm. We grow our hay without the use of pesticides and herbicides. We harvest it when the nutrient content will yield the highest quality hay. It drys in the sun and is baled and stored in our barns out of the weather to further ensure quality. They also have access to free choice * minerals in various feeders around the farm.
(*eat it when they need it)
Grass Finished
What is grass finished? ~ a frequent question we get here on the farm.
Simply put, all of our cattle eat nothing but grass; fresh pasture when available and dry hay during the winter months. Many farms feed grass during the early months of a calves life and feed grain during the last few months of a steers growth in order to put added weight and fat on the steer. This would be an example of a grass fed and corn finished steer. Unlike others advertising "grass-fed" our cattle are never fed grain and never confined to a feed lot.
Cattle are ruminants and as such are not equipped to digest grains. The ingesting of grains can weaken the immune system and can cause digestive upset. An all grass diet is as nature intended. As a result our cattle are much healthier than most feedlot beef and/or corn fed beef.
From Forbes Magazine 7/09
Forbes magazine rated grass fed beef as one of the top ten healthiest foods on earth; an excerpt from the article follows along with a link to the entire article.
Grass-Fed Meat
Meat from grass-fed cows has a much different fat profile than ordinary supermarket meat: high in omega-3s, lower in potentially harmful omega-6s and loaded with CLA, a kind of fat known for its anti-cancer activity. A superb source of protein and vitamin B12, it's also missing the antibiotics, steroids and hormones found in the meat that comes from feedlot farms.
forbes healthiest foods on earth
100% grass fed Yearling Piedmontese steers