Is Lighthouse Farm a Certified Organic farm?
Our farm has not had any chemicals or fertilizers applied since 1989. We don’t use hormones or antibiotics. We are not Certified Organic, we are really beyond certified organic. Organic certification standards are now a moving target in the hands of the USDA. Large, corporate farm interests are pressuring USDA to re-define organic standards all the time. The goal of “Big Organic” producers is to push as close to the line as possible, without losing organic certification. Our goal is not to get as close to conventional as possible while staying organic; our goal is to produce the purest, healthiest meat possible for our customers. We are a local farm, selling meat to local people. Our customers are welcome to our farm. We love to submit ourselves to their inspection. Fundamentally, we disagree with the USDA defining what organic or “grass-fed” means. Additionally, certification is costly, and at the heart of the matter is the fact that we are farming in harmony and alignment with nature
