the set community involved in sustaining agriculture
takes us to a local beef cattle farm often brothers Valley Farm
they don't use hormones or feed advanced and the offer their be
at their farm in Belchertown where the newly open Saturday meet in North
Hampton
teeth executive director Phil Carmen tells us more
meat production in this country is a you judge
uge industry it comprises over 50 percent a backer culture and is valued
over a hundred billion dollars
at the local level it's quite different we have over 50 small farmers growing
animals for our consumption ranging from beef cattle
tell lamb and she to hugs the even go
all the animals in the valley are always slaughtered at USDA
approved facilities and what we've lacked in the past is a way for our
farmers to bring different kinds of cuts to us the consumer
but were recently we've had a small butcher open here
in the valley in North Hampton where they're able to go from time to tell
cutting
any kinda cut you would like from a whole animal and their sourcing at all
from our incredible local farmers
I'm on my cost them
and this is Austin brothers Valley Farm Belchertown mass
were small individual farm about 35 cal
raising army product our all-natural product or growth hormones or
antibiotics
no steroids Seattle
if they're fed properly on
generally do just fine outside in with your times
not today is pretty darn cold
I am but they
Bedwell I Bradwell get
pine to stop the run under the area they seem to do just fine
I think the whole by local Bowman is a huge
a there's tremendous amount of people that want to know where their food comes
from
how it was released a who raise it
were located here on West Street and
cell south and Bellevue known just to get people to come down
to see if then they're taken the wholesome product
harmony is USDA inspected crawl back to feel
and scatter
little bit around the Pioneer Valley monetary or gaza
I'm the owner butter outsider meets in Northampton
I've been twittering for several years out in a new york
guy I got my start in the Hudson Valley we looked all over
the country for two places open we looked at the
see if the car were you thinking about going to California
but the after urging from some friends with him for college I hear
excited to take a look at Northampton and one
coming out here saw so many wonderful farms all over the area
and that the population your people are educated
really interested in eating locally and supporting small-business
so although it is a perfect perfect fit for us were sorting everything locally K
a hundred percent of our operation budget goes back to the farms around the
area
a lot with the founder cesar Andrew farmer said around the area
in the farmers markets so really really proud about that that's the one thing
that I think you're most proud of is that we get to support a small farms
there
we're doing is trying to change people's
his routine
we're trying to be that thats middleman
says the between the farmer and the customer and
people know that you know there was a raise
for her purpose and by people rightly really care about them
and we try to put Karen the way we cut no way that we prepare these
is meets and we hope that you take care in a way that you need