“Our mission is to produce humanely-raised, high-quality, organic, pasture-raised turkey as well as pasture-raised chicken, grass-fed beef and pastured pork.” – Mike and Deb Hansen, Good Earth Farms
“We are Mike and Deb Hansen. Along with our three children, we own and operate an 80-acre farm named “Gifts from the Good Earth” near the central Wisconsin community of Milladore. We strongly believe in the benefits of organic production and raise our turkeys and chickens to meet and exceed the National Organic Program standards. In 1998, we achieved organic certification and are currently certified by the Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA). Over the years, we have been innovative leaders in the field of pasture-raised chickens and turkeys, and we have grown to include pastured-raised pork and lamb as well.
“Good Earth Farms, is the culmination of years of friendship between our farm and five other organic pasture-raised farm families in Wisconsin. Because time marches on, kids get older and move away, and because life throws a curve ball at us once and a while, Good Earth Farms came into being – so that we could continue to offer our friends and customers the humanely-raised organic meats that they need.
“Our herds and flocks are grazed in an intensive rotational grazing system to ensure that they are eating only from lush, tender pasture, which is grown from soils receiving only natural amendments such as compost, green manures and minerals. Because of this, we believe that you will find our meat to be a more pure, fresh and flavorful product than most.”
Start planning your best ever Thanksgiving holiday feast with the finest possible main course available… an organic, pasture-raised turkey from Good Earth Farms.
These birds are lean, firm and flavorful because of the healthy and traditional farm environment in which they are raised – outdoors in fresh air with plenty of clean water and uncrowded natural pasture time that is part of their daily routine. The pasturing of turkeys and other poultry at Good Earth Farms allows their birds to live like nature intended. They scratch, eat clover and grass, chase grasshoppers and also receive a ration of Good Earth’s own organic feed mix. No commercial feed blends are ever used, so they know exactly what their birds are fed. This means that Good Earth Farms’ poultry is free from antibiotics as well.
Call GNG at 920.868.9999 to place your order.
You can request a small, an average (13 lbs.) or a large-sized bird. You can also order whole birds or just breast and drumsticks. Frozen turkeys will be available for pickup at Greens N Grains.
Since it is intended that their birds spend the majority of time grazing outdoors in pastures, they only raise turkeys and chickens during the warm months of the year, maturing them by late September, when they are harvested and flash-frozen for delivery throughout the holiday seasons of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
NOTE: “When I recently asked a turkey salesman about the availability of fresh turkeys he looked at me and asked if I really thought that all of the ‘fresh turkeys’ sold at Thanksgiving could possibly be butchered at once and delivered to stores within a few days,” says Kathy Navis. “He explained that regulations actually permit these so-called ‘fresh’ birds to be held up to 6 months before delivery and still be labelled as fresh – as long as they have never been chilled below 26 degrees F. The National Turkey Federation, states that turkey doesn’t technically freeze at 32 degrees F. but at a temperature closer to 26 degrees F, so it’s really more a question of truth-in-labeling that needs to be addressed.”
More about how Good Earth Farms raises turkeys:
Turkey poults (young birds) come to the the farm in mid-summer and begin their days in a brooder. This is a warm place where temperature, drafts, light, and moisture are carefully managed to give the birds a comfortable and safe living environment. The birds remain in the brooder until they have fully feathered, about six to seven weeks, and can handle a Wisconsin summer.
Once out of the brooder, the turkeys have free range of the farm. There are no fences to limit their ranging, only their instincts that keep them close to their shelter, food and water. Predators are kept at bay by the presence of people and dogs.
The turkeys raised at Good Earth Farms are called Broad Breasted Whites. They have a nice plump shape with plenty of meat. They raise hen turkeys because you get more breast meat per bird when compared to toms of the same size. They hope you enjoy eating them as much as they enjoyed raising them.
Top off your Thanksgiving holiday planning and all of your culinary efforts by starting with the finest possible main course available… an organic, pasture raised turkey from Good Earth Farms.
The turkeys raised at Good Earth Farms are called Broad Breasted Whites. They have a nice plump shape with plenty of meat. They raise hen turkeys because you get more breast meat per bird when compared to toms of the same size. They hope you enjoy eating them as much as they enjoyed raising them.
