Stone Organic Pastures

Here is what I have been emailing to people around the time of Summer 2005.  I just pasted it here.

We are certified organic by

Indiana Certified Organic, LLC

and all of our products/animals

are certified organic.  All of our

animals are fed USDA certified

organic feed.   The raw cow

milk lasts 12 days in the fridge

before it sours and the raw

goat milk lasts about 2 weeks. 

When it’s frozen below -1

degrees, it will stay good for

about 6 months.  The raw cow

milk from an Iowa Dept. of Ag.

certified organic registered

purebred Jersey all grassfed

(no grain, no soy) is available

now.  Our prices are inline with

fair market value for organic

raw cow milk at $8/gallon.  Our

brown eggs are from chickens

fed organic feed and they are

out on the pasture (fenceless,

grass-ranged).  They are

$4/dozen.  Initially we are just

selling the raw milk, but in the

future we might sell cheese,

yogurt, etc.  I can make raw

butter and raw egg nog (raw

milk, raw eggs) now.  We got

our broiler chicks April 6th. 

They'll be in the barn under

heat lamps for 4 weeks, then

they'll be out on the pasture,

(fenceless, grass-ranged) for

10 weeks, they will be

processed at a USDA certified

organic processing facility. 

They are of Label Rouge

standards also.  I'll attach a

waiver I have for the raw milk,

an order form I made, and a

couple pictures of the cows'

feed.  I have more pictures I

can send you if you want to see

them. 

We processed our roaster

chickens on Thurs. June 23rd '05 

at a USDA certified organic

processing facility.  They have

been raised on pasture for 11

weeks and fed USDA certified

organic feed.  The person we

get the feed from is the former

vice president of Tyson Foods. 

He didn't like the conventional

ways they were raising their

birds at Tyson; using hormones

and antibiotics, so he started

his own certified organic and

customized feed mill and he has

testing labs and a team of

experts on livestock feed. 

Helfterfeeds.com  These are

premium birds; the meat is very

tender and they feel like

turkeys.  They average 6 lbs.

and they are $3.50/lb.  I got a

couple pictures of them in the

freezer to show you what they

look like.  I'll attach a couple

pictures of them in the freezer.

Our milk is different because:

• It's raw and USDA

certified organic, straight

from the animals, strained, and

cooled right away and stored

in tight containers at 38

degrees. 

• We are using a portable
• milking machine and when the milk is transported, it is not exposed to the air.

·  We're not using vaccines,

We're using the things listed

below and Helfter's feed to

optimize their immune system. 

There are vaccines and wormers

that are ok by organic

standards.  I think the vaccines

and wormers pass through the

animals' milk and we don't need

vaccines when we're optimizing

their immune system.

• It's from healthy animals

fed grass and their supplements

of Helfter's minerals

• It's from a purebred Jersey

(the organic milk or any milk in

the store, you don't know what

breed of cow the milk came

from because it's all mixed

together).  The difference can

be told between a Jersey cross

and a purebred Jersey's milk. 

The Jersey cross's milk tastes

more watery than a purebred

Jersey's.

• Jersey milk is highest in

calcium

• It has the cream on the top. 

Jerseys have the highest

amount of butter fat.  Organic

Valley pays a premium to their

producers of purebred Jersey

milk over any other cow or

crossbreed.

• It's grassfed which changes

the fat into the good fats for

you:  the Omega 3 and CLA.  It

is very high in Omega 3; the

cream is the highest in the

omega 3.  Organic milk or milk

in the store could be grainfed.

• The animals are on 10 acres

of pasture grazing; they're not

in the feedlot environment.

• They are rotated on the

pasture.  Worms don't build up

in the animals as easily.

• Alvira's (due June 8th)

somatic cell (bacteria) count is

very low:  tested in Feb. at

71,000.  Average cows are

300,000.

• Cows are vet certified TB

and Brucellosis negative

The feed supplements we will

be giving to all of our animals is

USDA certified organic and will

be coming from Helfter Feeds,

Inc. in Osco, IL

(helfterfeeds.com).  Helfter is

the former vice president of

Tyson Foods and he's a

microbiologist.  He has a team

of experts on livestock feed. 

One of the supplements from

Helfter is designed to lower the

somatic cell (bacteria) count,

retard the growth of bad

bacteria/pathogens, and

optimize the animals' ruminal

pH so that bacteria aren't in an

environment where they can

flourish.  Another good thing he

has in his feed is dried

lactoacidopholis fermentation

product.  We will probably be

growing our own hay:  timothy,

alfalfa, and a clover and it will

be from certified organic seed

from a place in Iowa.  We'll be

using Shaklee's Basic H in their

water as part of their worming. 

We'll be growing our own herbs

(from certified organic seed)

such as three varieties of

echinacea and making our own

tincture.  We won't be using

conventional vaccines and

wormers.  Instead, we'll be

using four products from

Crystal Star

(healthyhealing.com) and

Helfter's to optimize the

animals' immune system: