In 2008, Jennifer Curtis and Tina Prevatte Levy, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Firsthand Foods, merged their professional and personal interests to develop a wholesale meat business that supports independent sustainable farmers by providing and building markets for their pasture-raised products.…
Therese and Hani Gasser raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) sheep and beef cattle at Robson Valley Sheep Company in McBride, British Columbia. Their 535-acre farm is located in the beautiful Robson Valley, and is home…
Gaston and Michelle Schaeffer raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) pigs and laying hens, as well as Certified Grassfed by AGW beef cattle at Whiskey Creek Ranch, a first generation, family-run farm, located in the beautiful Peace…
Nathan Stuart, Shepherd at Tablas Creek Vineyard, manages a flock of Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Grassfed by AGW and Certified Non-GMO by AGW sheep across the 120-acre property in the Adelaida District in the…
James and Chelsea Keenan raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW pigs, sheep and laying hens at Keenan Family Farms in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The Keenans, a first-generation farming family, raise their animals on 35 acres of forested areas…
Kevin and Roxanne Ziola raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW beef cattle and sheep at Iron Kreek Ranch Red Deer County, Alberta. The Ziolas raise their animals on over 1900 acres of pastureland. “We slow raise our cattle and lambs on…
Andy Boone and his family raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AG) sheep and pigs at Driftless Hills Farm, located 9 miles south of Decorah, Iowa. Andy Boone and his wife, Betsy, met in California and dreamed…
Alex and Kelsey Karol raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Grassfed by AGW sheep at Outlaw Valley Ranch in Templeton, California. Alex and Kelsey are both first generation farmers who gained years of experience working…
Jodi Grever, along with her husband and partner, Tom Grever, raise Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) sheep at Sheepless Nights in Cameron, Missouri. “I grew up in the country on very small acreage,” says Jodi. “One…
After graduating from Eastern Illinois University, Brent and April Glays moved to Carbondale, IL to attend graduate school at SIUC. Brent studied English and taught at John A. Logan; April worked full time as a substance abuse counselor while working…
Josh Lloyd raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW), Certified Grassfed by AGW beef cattle and sheep on pasture at Josh Lloyd Farm, in Clay Center, Kansas. Certified Animal Welfare Approved by AGW is the only label…
Kendra Cardella-Soto raises Certified Animal Welfare Approved by A Greener World (AGW) sheep at Miles Away Farm in Marshall, Arkansas. Her love of farming started when she was young, as she spent time on her best friend’s family’s farm—a place…
