The Bent Gate Farms Difference
Our 100% grass fed animals are moved to a new, irrigated pasture every single day during the long grazing season the Olympic Peninsula provides.
The animals receive the highest, most nutrient dense forage daily, and reach butcher weight 4-8 months earlier than other grass fed farms creating, healthy, most flavorful beef, goat and lamb you’ve ever tasted.
Our pigs have over 1/2 acre of lush green pasture roam and root. In addition to their organic grain, they enjoy foraging around for grasses, weeds and roots. These two factors result in healthy pigs and quality pork.
Our rotational system also helps to reduce parasites, weeds and nitrogen runoff as well as preserve forage diversity and health of the herds and flock.
These benefits lead to healthier animals, healthier soils and healthier meat for your family.
We grow Meat You Can Trust.
Our rotational pastures are split into 15 different sections. The cows graze a pasture for 24 hours then the sheep and goats graze that same pasture for the next 24 hours. After 48 hours of being grazed, the pasture rests for two weeks. This allows the forages to recover and they remain prolific during the entire grazing season. Animals on this type of rotational system have a longer grazing season, stay healthier and gain weight faster than they would on one large field.
The pigs are an integral part of our pasture health. Nitrogen is added through the organic feed and their rooting gets rid of noxious weeds. In the spring, the pigs move to a new pasture leaving the old one fertilized, weeded and ready to plant. By mid summer the old pig pasture has grown enough for the cows, sheep and goats to graze and the cycle continues.
