Our Mission

Our mission at Rock Stable Meats is to operate our family hobby farm in a manner that supports a way of life for the employees and owners that is rooted in the integrity of our values, to produce high quality meat as a result of being responsible stewards of our soil and animals, and to offer meat that aligns with your values and nutritional needs.

The Basics of How We raise animals

We buy young crossbred calves from Marysville Dairy LLC. This dairy is Holstein based with many crossbred cows. Other breeds include Montbeliarde, Jersey, Brown Swiss, Viking Red, and Lineback, as well as a few others. The dairy is also breeding some cows to beef breeds such as Angus, Hereford, and Limousin. Rock Stable Meat owns several Angus/Holstein cows. The Holstein base gives them a larger frame, and the other breeds provide the ability to fill out the frame very well. The Holstein meat is naturally very lean, and the other breeds help out with marbling and taste as well. We have found that within the crossbred system, the taste between the different breeds is very consistent. We have them on pasture year round with supplemental hay fed during the winter months. We also feed them supplemental grain year round to aid in growth and health.

We buy 2 month old pigs from Green Sprig Ag. They are a mixture of Berkshire, Yorkshire, Tamworth, and Duroc breeds. The breeder has found that this aids in meat tenderness (Berkshire), mothering ability (Yorkshire & Tamworth), and the ability to survive harsher weather conditions (Duroc). They are raised in the special pig weed patch and fed Green Sprig Ag’s special pig feed, which is a complete formula mixture of corn, roasted soybeans, a variety of small grains, minerals, and virgin soybean oil. We also offer them extra milk from our home Jersey cows, and waste vegetables (lettuce, cabbage, banana peels, tomatoes, etc.) from our restaurant. We find that pigs are very smart at not eating too much of one thing when they can’t physically handle it, so it is virtually impossible to overfeed them.

All of our animals are Hormone and Steroid free. We believe strongly in natural growth and naturally healthy animals due to proper feeding and raising. We also believe hormones and steroids negatively affect the end product, and we are not willing to compromise quality for quick growth.