TC Farm

About

TC Farm is a group of sustainable family farms dedicated to raising the very best food.

We deliver our food monthly all over the greater Twin Cities metro area. You also can find our pork at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville.

We (Betsy and Jack) grew up in Eden Prairie with a love of cooking and good food. We were frustrated we couldn't find meat raised without some sort of shortcut. We wanted food without any shortcuts.

So, we struck out on our own and founded a hobby farm to feed our family. That farm grew into TC Farm and the group of over 700 member families who make it all possible.

We offer:

Pasture raised eggs
Organic fed chicken
100% grass fed beef and lamb
No-soy grass fed pork
Heritage turkey
Organic spiced sausages
No sugar deli meats
Warm and Serve meals

Products

Beef, Poultry, Pork, Eggs, Mutton

Farming Practices

All TC Farm animals are raised on green growing pasture with at least 50% green growing forage during the entire growing season. For animals which live longer than one growing season, winter access to pasture is strongly encouraged and enjoyed. Hay is also be provided in the winter.

We don't raise chickens over the winter - that's why you need to buy frozen meats to get the highest quality.

A lot of small farms say they aren't organic because they don't want to spend the extra money on certification. I always bristle when I hear this because the cost of certifying organic is really quite small. What they are really saying is they don't want to follow the organic standards and aren't comfortable being transparent on why.

At TC Farm we don't certify our meat organic because we disagree with two of the organic requirements.

We follow almost all the organic standards, but also insist that animal welfare be a top priority. In the rare case a specific individual animal needs medical attention, we take care of them and never market a sick animal.

We also encourage the use of transition organic grains. This supports Minnesota farmers who are switching to organic production. They raise the crops 100% following the organic standards, but it takes three years of this to certify their grains as organic. We help support them by purchasing these transition crops at a premium. Most of our feed is certified or certifiable organic, but we still want to support those making our local environment better by switching to organic production.

These are the only two issues preventing us from certifying our meat organic. The cost would be about 1-2% of the retail sales, so for us the issue is more that the USDA organic system requires some things we simply don't agree with.

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