Mountainside Family Farm
Melissa George
Swannanoa, NC 28778
Phone: (828) 545-1198
Email: melissa.a.george1@gmail.com
Website:https://www.mountainsidefamilyfarms.com/
Type of Farm/Farm Practices
Are you Certified Organic? No
Are you Certified Biodynamic? No
If you are not Certified Organic, do you use organic production methods? Yes
Do you use synthetic fertilizers? No
Do you use any of the following: nonorganic pesticides, herbicides, parasiticides, or fungicides? No
Products/Locations
Products you sell, livestock breeds where applicable, other details
- Beef/veal: 100% Grass-fed Beef: ground beef, steaks, roasts, bones (in bulk and retail by the cut)/Angus-influenced and heritage Dexter breeds
- Pork: Pastured Pork (in bulk and retail by the cut)
- Chicken: Whole pastured chicken, liver, hearts, feet, backs/neck
- Eggs: Pastured chicken eggs
Check off where customers can find you: On farm, drops in certain areas, restaurants, grocery stores, online, including:
- Buying Clubs currently in Biltmore Lake and Southcliff (once a month deliveries)
- Restaurants: Foothills Butcher Bar (W. Asheville and Black Mountain) and Guadalupe Café (Sylva)
- Grocery Stores: West Village Market
- Direct to Consumer: Online Order Form and On Farm pick up
Animal Husbandry
Do you use antibiotics and/or hormones? No
Are the animals pasture-fed? Yes
Pastured how much and for how long: Entire life of the animal
Do you practice managed grazing? Yes
Do you apply compost or compost tea? Yes
Do you apply other soil amendments? No
Do you use supplemental feed?
- For poultry: non-gmo Sunrise Poultry Feed
- For cows, sheep, and/or goats: 100% grass fed
- For pigs: non-gmo Sunrise Pork Feed
Do you purchase pre-mixed feed from an elevator or do you grind your own? Purchase
Do you personally attend to your animals at least once a day or do you hire help or farmers to do that for you? Personally attend
Sourcing
Are the animals born on your farm at the address listed? Yes. And, beef and pork also come from our partner farm in Saltville, VA (within the limits still considered “local” to WNC, also Appalachian Grown certified)
Do you ever purchase animals from auctions or from your processor or do you ever buy parts from your processor (such as whole pork bellies…)? No
Butchering
Meat butchered at a USDA-certified or state-certified abattoir? Or on farm?
Beef and Pork processed at USDA facility; chicken processed on farm
Other
Farm water routinely tested for on farm chicken processing.
