Briarmead

Briarmead's teeming 125 acres near the banks of the Shenandoah River are the result of a life-long interest in procuring and producing high quality organic foods for the health and well-being of our large family. Before "organic" was a label, Laura's grandmother was an earthy "backyard organic," and a loyal subscriber of Rodale's Organic Gardening. Grandma passed her deep passion for health foods on to us. We've been swimming against the tide of the "diet dictocrats" ever since then, carrying whole wheat bread sandwiches to school in the 1960's - an era when Wonder Bread was "cool". It was this upbringing that developed our interest in, and concern for, what commercially produced meats have done to the health of America. It led us in 1991 to begin growing our own 100% grassfed beef and lamb - good clean meat, humanely raised and processed, that we could feel good about serving to our children, friends and guests, and now to our grandchildren. For almost thirty years we have been providing this fine 100% grassfed beef and lamb to local health and taste-conscious customers. We were pleased to be recognized with the "Snail of Approval" award from Slow Food D.C. several times in the past five years.

Our methods with all our "creatures great and small" conform to our deep respect for their nature; we derive great satisfaction from watching our animals contentedly do as nature intended in the great circle of life. Facilitating a win-win-win situation for the animals, our family as the producer, and you, the consumer, these methods also heal and enrich God's good earth, leaving our small corner of the world better, we hope, than when we found it. (Make that a win-win-win-win situation!)