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Harris Farm 280 Buzzell Road, Dayton, Maine |
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Glass Bottled Milk • Grass-Fed Beef and Veal • Seasonal Vegetables • Cross-Country Skiing |
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Grass-Fed Beef |
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Our Animals are fed grass, hay, and grass silage. They grow naturally and slowly and are NEVER given any artificial growth stimulants. Everything we do for the cows is to make sure they have a happy, healthy, and stress free life |
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Harris Farm Free-Range Veal Served at: |
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• Evangeline, Portland, Maine • Back Bay Grill, Portland, Maine • Bresca, Portland, Maine • 50 Local, Kennebunk Maine |
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Harris Farm Beef
We offer our own fresh frozen beef (hamburger, steaks, roasts, stew beef) and veal (cutlets, chops, steaks and hamburger). Custom raised veal may also be ordered. Our beef cows are raised on our own hay and grass silage right here on our farm. Our veal calves are fed our own milk, straight from the mother cows, and are housed inside our cow barn in large calf pens. We use no artificial growth hormones, and raise our animals naturally.
What Makes Our Beef Different?
Our beef is the most tender and flavorful meat you can buy. Whether its a succulent loin cut like delmonico or porterhouse or our ground beef and pre-packaged patties ready for grilling you'll notice a huge difference in both flavor and texture.
All our beef is processed at a small, local, butcher shop inspected for retail sale. Beef are all done one at a time in a thorough manner then aged for at least 14 days to enrich the flavor before being cut and individually packaged. Then its brought back to our farm store where you can choose from our large selection of cuts.
The Herd
Our beef herd is bred from cattle raised on our farm. These animals have a history here; we know their mothers back many generations. Our calves are born outdoors in the pasture and will spend several days with the mother before joining the other calves in a group with nurse cows. In three to five months the calves will be weaned off milk and begin the transition from calf to beef. In the winter this routine takes place inside the barn where the nurse cows are led to the calves at feeding time. The calves, in groups of three or four always have access to water and green legume hay.
Our free-range veal calves nurse off of the mother cows, grazing on lush pasture during the summer months. In the winter, thay live in large group pens, where they also nurse off of mother cows and are fed hay. They grow naturally and slowly, never receiving powdered formulas or artificial growth stimulants. The result is a truly superior veal.
We offer wholesale custom cuts of free-range veal to restaurants. Call Clint (499-2472) for details
As the steers mature they are introduced to larger groups and will spend their summer grazing in a large pasture which is divided into smaller paddocks so that the animals always have fresh grass and the grass gets a chance to rest and regrow. Because of our birthing cycle most of our steers will be ready for market during the grazing season.