- Q: Why is it called 100% grass fed beef?
- A: All cattle can be considered grass fed to some extent. For instance, calves remain with their mothers for the first part of their life, sometimes up to 8 months. During this period they live on pastures and consume grass, hay, their mother’s milk, and sometimes grain as their daily ration. Later, they may be on grass with some grain added to their diet. Others will go to feedlots where they’re not provided the opportunity to graze but are fed only the grain ration along with hay. 100% grass fed means the animal was raised on pasture, eating grass and consuming the mother’s milk (who’s also eating grass) and after weaning continues to be raised on pasture, eating grass until they are “grass finished.”
Q: What areas do you serve? . A: We have customers throughout South Carolina, western North Carolina, and eastern Georgia. If you’re within a four hour drive of Gaffney, we consider you a prospective customer.
Q: Can you please explain “hanging weight?” A: Hanging weight is weight in pounds, of the animal’s carcass after it has been harvested. A whole beef has two “sides” of beef, while a half beef has only one. The two sides will have similar weights but are rarely exactly equal. Hanging weight differs from “live weight,” which is the weight of the animal prior to harvest.
Q: The total weight of my packaged beef is less than the hanging weight. Why? A: When you purchase a whole or half beef from Brick House Farms, the total price is based on the hanging weight of the carcass, or “side(s)” of beef. The entire carcass belongs to the customer and we can deliver it whole. However, most of us are not butchers and don’t aspire to be. But, we would like to have our beef cut into usable, recognizable pieces of meat. The process of changing the carcass into the recognized cuts that we desire takes away some of the aforementioned hanging weight.
Q: Do you offer packages, other than whole or half portions? A: Yes, we do. And we find it best to customize packages to meet our customer’s needs, so get in touch with us and let us put something together for you.
Q: How/where do we purchase your products? A: Contact us via email or the contact page. We’ll have a quick telephone chat to assess your needs and work out a plan to fulfill them.
Q: What payment methods do you accept? A: We can accept cash, personal check, Venmo, and Visa.
Q: Do you accept EBT, SNAP, or food stamps? A: No.
