Our Story
Above all, we raise everything at Liberty Acres Farm in a manner that is humane. Likewise, we embrace the essence of that particular animal, allowing them to move and eat in a more natural way. Additionally, all food produced on the farm is eaten by our family as part of a wholesome, healthy diet. Our land management practices help build healthy soil, prevent erosion and sequester carbon.
Furthermore, the farm currently produces pasture-raised broiler chickens. In addition, we also raise pastured pork, pasture raised turkeys, and pasture raised duck.
All animals are raised on pasture and provided with non-GMO supplemental feed and minerals as needed. Likewise, the pastures are maintained using management intensive grazing techniques. Management intensive grazing techniques help build naturally fertilized soil, sequester carbon, and reduce water runoff. So no artificial fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, growth hormones, or antibiotics (unless needed to treat illness) are used.
We humanely process our grass fed chickens, turkeys, and ducks on-site. Sales are farm direct (by appointment), through local farmers markets, and retail outlets
Above all, our goal is to help shift the current paradigm away from large, corporate, environmentally destructive, factory style farms. Instead, we want change the trend, focusing it towards small, family, eco-responsible, local food systems. In short, we want our families, friends, and customers to connect with their food.
As we enter our tenth growing season, the response from our customers has been overwhelmingly positive. We feel we have really connected people with their food, and equally as important, with their farmers. Our farm is owner operated. We have no employees. When you talk with us you are talking directly to the owners/farmers. Building a healthy relationship with people is as important to us as building a healthy environment for our animals.
Unlike large factory farms, we welcome people to our farm and enjoy telling our story and showing people around. We have nothing to hide at Liberty Acres Farm and feel the more people know about where their food is coming from, the more they understand why its better for them, the animals and the environment.
Are We Organic?
Every so often, customers will ask if our products are organic. The simple answer is: no. However, it really isn’t that simple. In order to say we have organic poultry and eggs, we must be certified. That certification requires mountains of paperwork, meticulous record keeping, and paying a third-party certifier. Currently, we have neither the time nor the resources to do this. We do however use non-GMO feed rations, we don’t use antibiotics or hormones and we don’t spray any chemicals on our pastures.
About our pigs:
- We get our piglets freshly weened at about six weeks of age from another pastured meat operation about an hour from us.
- The piglets spend about one to two weeks in an open barn where they can get acclimated and be fence trained
- Once pigs are trained they are moved out to pasture where they have space to roam, run, and route. They enjoy what the pasture has to offer, as well as GMO-free feed from a local mill, as well as access to clean fresh water for drinking and wallowing in the warmer months.
- The pigs get moved to fresh pasture weekly depending on weather and pasture conditions.
- All pork must be processed under USDA inspection. We are proud to use Lehigh Valley Meats as our pork processor. We trust them to give the care and respect the animals deserve.
About our birds:
- Our birds live outside in small groups and have a movable shelter where they sleep.
- Our farm surrounds them with an electric fence to keep them safe from predators. We also employ three dogs to act as natural predator deterrents and control.
- Our birds are fed certified GMO-free feed from a local mill. Being outside, they eat bugs and worms and grass as well as their feed ration, with access to clean fresh water.
- Our birds are never given antibiotics or hormones
- Our birds are moved to fresh pasture daily to give them access to fresh pasture as well as move them from their waste.
- All poultry is processed on site. The birds never leave the farm or our care until they are in the hands of the customer.
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Buying Local
When you buy from Liberty Acres Farm, you aren’t just supporting Liberty Acres. You are supporting Johnsonville Farm and Garden, where we get many of our farm supplies. Our Non-GMO Feed is milled at Triple M Farms in Lebanon, PA. When you buy our pork or lamb you are supporting Lehigh Valley Meats, who does our USDA processing, smoking, sausage making and packaging. Our piglets come from R and M Farms in Wantage, NJ. Our broilers and turkeys are from Reich Poultry . Along with our major suppliers, there is also the local hardware store, auto parts store, and others. Above all, we believe shopping locally is important for our customers and equally, if not more, important for us.
