What does LRF offer?
The Little Red Farm proudly features thoughtfully curated goods from small farms businesses across the United States in our Farmers Market online and in person.
Our local customers can shop our grass-fed A2A2 raw milk milk, free-range chicken eggs, pork and beef right on our farm during open hours.
The Most Asked Questions
Answered for you
We understand while many people are only a generation or two removed from a farm, most people didn’t have the ability to raise their own meat and eggs even want to feed their family with food from animals raised the way God intended.
We offer our farm fresh foods not only as a means to support our farm, but to share our little bit of landlocked paradise with the community and world around us.
Is LRF Organic?
As wonderful as organic items can be, our farm is not organic. We use:
- Conventional practices
- Organic practices
- Practices that are above and beyond organic.
We believe the best health is found in making sure our animals have all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals needed to grow and mature properly. Organic options are not always available, or even when they are, it’s not always feasible to pass that cost onto our customers.
What does LFR feed the animals?
- We never use medicated feed.
- We use natural, custom made feed with added probiotics and minerals based on the needs of the animals.
- Our grain feed is locally grown and milled feed custom blended for us with added probiotics. The feed does include corn and soy from local Nebraska farms that may or may not be gmo. We know local farmers who grow both so it is likely a mix.
- Our cattle are rotationally grazed on our pastures that never treated with chemicals or pesticides
- Our hay is premium dairy quality alfalfa from a nearby local farm.
What does 'naturally raised' mean at LRF?
We keep our animals healthy with:
- probiotics
- Natural supplements
- a low stress environment
- closed herd mentality (meaning we don’t bring animals in and out regularly and you won’t see our animals at the fair)
We don't use:
- chemical sprays on our pastures or property
- vaccines
- steroid implants
- hormone injections
- antibiotics (unless it's a life saving measure)
- and we avoid medications when at all possible
In caring for our animals, if there’s a natural way to improve their health, that’s the choice we make, but occasionally an emergent situation calls for whatever means necessary, and we won’t let an animal suffer simply because of our crunchy preferences. Animal health and comfort are our top priority.
Animals on our farm are livestock and not pets, however, as you can see by our photos here, and on social media, they are well cared for and that makes them not only healthy but happy.
We care for our animals multiple times per day. They have free choice access to both the barn shelters and outside space.
They are kept with other animals for companionship. They always have access to fresh food and water, and each group gets the extra things throughout the year to give them their best life.
What is 'free range'?
Free range means that our chickens are allowed to come and go as they please. Most of them choose to roost in the coop at night, which is safest for them but there are occasionally some that choose to sleep in our other outbuildings.
Our livestock guardian dogs keep them safe as they enjoy their freedom. They wander during the day, and snack on whenever they find, fallen apples, pig feed, herbs in our yard, the occasional veggies we toss out for them, bugs and sometimes they even eat mice and small snakes.
If someone tells you chickens are vegetarians, have a chuckle and walk away. Their favorite treats are cat food and...wait for it...eggs. They love to eat them, and you can too!
What does 'pasture raised' mean at LRF
Pastured or pasture raised means the animal is at minimum outside with room to forage. Ideally, it means that they have access to lush pastures. Since Nebraska has all four seasons our animals vary between the two.
The cattle always have their choice of grass and hay. They love having room to wander and run no matter what season it is.
The hogs have both indoor and outdoor paddocks.
Why choose LRF?
We take pride in raising our animals the way we believe you would choose to if you were in our shoes.
We have been gaining real life experience since 2014. Our animals are raised and cared for in a way that works with their instincts and gives them a routine to keep them calm and comfortable.
They all have names, not just numbers.
Our farm is holistic and homestead style, meaning we aren’t focused on growing the biggest we can; we are focused on the health of the animals, farm and farmers.
What makes the Little Red Farm special?
The Little Red Farm was started after we searched for 3 years to find a country home with outbuildings and no neighborhood covenants.
The buildings begged to be made useful again and soon the coop was housing the Hen Mafia, and the corn crib filled with logs for the wood burning furnace.
The next summer pigs, livestock guardian dogs and barn cats made their home here and by the next spring the first bottle calves arrived.
As the farm grew, we realized it needed to support itself.
Now, as we have been able to partner with other small businesses and farms across the United States we can truly create an online community that supports "local" farms near and far.