Our Live Animals are raised by farming in the following fashions....100% grassfed & grassfinished, regenerative, organically.
We do not claim any food labels just transparency in our farming practices.
HALF Live Animal "OLD COW" Beef Share PRE ORDER
GREAT WHOLE FOOD PRICE VALUE for your FAMILY or PETS
Foothill Frolic Farm Live Animal Cost will be the flat fee of $625 plus what the processing fee ends up being.
Russell Meat Packing Processing Cost varies based on hanging weight of animal and on average HALF share totals $190-200, which is a complete pass through cost to shareholders.
Approximate Average HALF Share Final Price = $625 + $195 = $820
A HALF Beef will provide approximately ~130 lbs of Ground + ~30 lbs Bones
All CUTS (steaks + roasts + normal ground + organs ) are ground and mixed and put into 1-2 lbs packages, or can be customized to what size fits your needs!
All our old cows are treated the same as our young cows, heifers, and steers. So, other than being older, there is nothing wrong with these cows. They are just beyond prime breeding and calf rearing, which is why they are being offered as this product.
The cut quality might be lower, which is why we choose to turn our OLD COWS into a 100% ground product.
We like to say these "OLD COW" beef shares can be used mulitpurpose. Depending on customers needs, they can either be used for feeding a large FAMILY with the cheapest of our grades of custom beefs, or for feeding household PETS.
This "OLD COW" custom beef product would be very hard to find locally, as there is not a real equivalent. The closest equivalent would be buying bulk, on sale grassfed beef from Earth Fare type of thing, as the "cheaper, on sale" ground beef that comes form Australia is mostly coming from old cull dairy cows. Moreover, these old cull dairy cows are not raised organically.
Plus when you purchase a HALF BEEF locally from our farm, you are helping to keep cattle out of the conventional industrialized food system, which in turn creates a more vibrant and clean ecosystem for humanity and allows for the most ethical and humane life for our beautiful bovine animals.
When all these are compiled, we as humans can feel OK & GOOD about feeding our families and pets a lower grade ground beef product.
There have been many studies showing that grassfed ground beef + organs is a great diet for humans and our loved carnivore friends.
This product is 100% pure, No additives, no fillers, no sythetic chemicals...JUST PURE 100% GRASSFED & GRASSFINISHED, REGENERATIVE, ORGANICALLY RAISED BEEF.
Just try reading the long list of ingredients in a store bought manufactured dried dog food!
The VOLUME of SPACE that a HALF Custom Beef Share stocks is a 7 cubic ft freezer
** Please read ADDITIONAL INFO SECTIONS, to understand More**
ALL Custom Beef Shares are PRE ORDERS
For now, we are only taking manual/in person payments. Customers/Shareholders $Payment$ will be Due at On Farm Pick Up or Local Home Delivery
Checks and Cash accepted. Checks Payable to Foothill Frolic Farm.
The listed price is approximately ~$820 because this is the average estimate of what the HALF live animal custom beef share will cost. This includes the Live Animal Flat Cost of $625 + Approx. Processing Cost of $195. As every whole beef's weight is different, final amount due could be a little more or a little less.
Custom Beef Shares require that the share holders/owners of the animal are the ones that pay the animal processing fee. When you purchase a whole live animal custom beef share from Foothill Frolic Farm on Gammon Creek (i.e. Barkley Mills), you then are considered the owner of the live beef animal. The all inclusive Harvest/Dry Aged Hanging/Processing/Butcher Fee that Russell Meat Packing charges per pound will be passed through directly to you the shareholder.
Foothill Frolic Farm charges an additional Custom Round Up/Hauling Add on Fee of $62.50 per HALF BEEF.
There is not a 6.75% TN food tax added to farm products. When meat is purchased at a grocery store, your meat cost 6.75% more!!
Your On-Line Order Receipt represents your purchase of a Foothill Frolic Farm's Live Animal Custom Beef Share/Shares.
After placing your Live Animal Custom Beef Share, you will receive an order confirmation e-mail and Foothill Frolic Farm will be in communication closer to On Farm Pick Up Time.
Close to your Beefs harvest date you will receive a Custom Beef Shareholder Informative Note. This Note will let you know Name and Stories about your Harvested Beef. It will also give you important dates of your up and coming on farm pick up.
Eventually, an On Farm Pick Up will need to be arranged when the processing, dry aged hanging, and butchering of your beef animal is completed. This date will generally be about 2 & 1/2 weeks after the intial harvest date.
As a shareholder/customer you will receive all needed On Farm Pick Up Information through Foothill Frolic Farm's e-mail farm post.
Shareholders will receive a final Text announcement that will include Pictures and a Final Cost Spreadsheet letting you know your Final Amount Due and when exactly your On Farm Pick Up starts for your particular harvest group. You then will have approximately 10 days to pick up your frozen custom beef share. We generally have 3 time slots per day, within the 10 day period, for sharholders to choose from.
Farm address is 232 Minga Rd; Kingsport, TN 37663
We are located in an easy location near the Tri Cities Airport just a quarter mile off of HWY 75 on the Corner of Hamilton Rd. & Minga Rd. There is a farm sign...Foothill Frolic Farm on Gammon Creek... at the Farm Entrance.
For On Farm Pick Ups you will drive up to the white Farmhouse Homeplace, and there one of us here on the farm will have your custom beef share/shares packaged and ready. As the beef is coming straight out of the freezer it is a good idea for you to bring a cooler or cooler bag to keep your share frozen until it ends up in your freezer or refrigerator.