Parker Farms Natural Meats
KC Food Circle Pledge (PDF)
Address:
43602 Highway F
Richmond, Missouri 64085
Contact Information:
Tom and Paula Parker
Phone: 816.470.3276
E-mail: parkerfarms@peoplepc.com
Website: www.parkerfarmsmeats.com
(Katahdin hair sheep grazing in the pasture)
CSA Distribution Info:
- Plaza, KCMO………………..10:00 a.m., 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month
- Overland Park, KS…………10:00 a.m., 1st & 3rd Saturdays of each month
- North Kansas City, MO……..9:00 a.m., 3rd Saturday of each month
- Liberty, MO………………….10:00 a.m., 3rd Saturday of each month
(Please contact Tom or Paula for exact locations.)
Share Structure:
- FULL…………….$1,150 (approximately $22.11/week). a twice-monthly distribution of: 2 lb. ground beef, 1 larger item (chicken, ham, beef roast, leg of lamb), and 2 – 4 smaller items (pork chops, lamb chops, sausage, beef steaks), 1 dozen eggs.
- PARTIAL……….$600 (approximately $11.53/week). A once-monthly distribution of: 2 lb. ground beef, 1 larger item (chicken, ham, beef roast, leg of lamb), and 2 – 4 smaller items (pork chops, lamb chops, sausage, beef steaks), 1 dozen eggs
Over the course of a year, CSA members will receive a total of 1/4 of a 100% grassfed beef; 1/2 of a hog; 2 100% grassfed lambs; 12 pastured chickens; and 24 dozen eggs.
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
$100 deposit due at sign-up; $200 due in 30 days; $200 due in 60 days; balance due in 90 days — total share payment will be paid in full by the end of the 3rd month of membership.
Special payment plans are available on a case-by-case basis; please contact Tom or Paula.
What can shareholders expect in their share? Bi-weekly newsletter (between share weeks); over the course of the year, partners will receive 1/4 beef, 2 lambs, 1/2 hog, 12 chickens (1 each month), 24 dozen eggs (1 dozen at each distribution); website in development
Number of shares offered for 2010 season: 80
Length of season: year-long
(Daughter Tiffany driving the chicken tractor)
WHAT MAKES OUR CSA UNIQUE:
Tom and Paula are life-long farmers, and have been practicing management-intensive grazing for 11 years. Parker Farms CSA offers grass-fed beef, Katahdin lamb (a soft-haired sheep which produces less-greasy, lower-fat meat than wool sheep), pork, free-range eggs, and pastured chicken. All of our beef and lamb is 100% grass-fed. They are never fed any grain, animal by products, antibiotics, or injected with growth hormones. We have been practicing Management Intensive Grazing since 1997. It is our goal to care for all of the livestock that we have been blessed with, in as natural and humane a manner as we can. Our chickens for meat and eggs are also raised on pasture with green grass under their feet as much as the weather in this part of the world allows. Our hogs are fed grain, but do live outdoors with dirt under their feet, with the opportunity to express their unique characteristics of being pigs. They thoroughly enjoy the opportunity to root in the soft dirt, or to put their nose in a water puddle and blow bubbles. That’s just what they like to do. We do not use any petroleum based pesticides or fertilizers on our pastures. We believe that healthy people, and healthy animals start with healthy plants and a healthy, biologically active, soil community. We do not sell any meat that we would not feed to our own children.
We do not have any scheduled work days planned for our CSA members at this time, but would welcome volunteers as often as possible. We are asking the members to take an active role in the delivery system by requiring them to pick-up the shares at the farm and deliver them to the Kansas City drop off points once a year. This saves us the cost of delivery as well as assures some contact with your family’s farmers.
~~~ Parker Farms CSA 3-Fold Brochure (PDF) ~~~