Paidom Meats

Beef, lamb, goat, chicken, and eggs grown as nature intended... Drug-free & grassfed... It's beyond organic!

Howdy!

Welcome to PaiDom's (pronounced "pie-dome") virtual ranch, located just east of Nazareth, Texas -- that's a tiny town about midway between Amarillo and Lubbock.  Although we try to steward this land the old-fashioned way, we actually have electricity and even a computer, allowing us to become part of this e-commerce rage and allowing you the convenience of online access to the fruits of our labor.  The following paragraphs provide a summary of what we do.

Since 1994, we have striven to grow and market beef, lamb, goat, pork, chicken, and eggs that are raised in an ecologically accountable manner.  This land must sustain not only our family, but those of the future, so our meats are actually a by-product of sound land management.  Not only do we aim for meats that taste good, but that are also nutritionally superior.  You see, our meats possess three critical attributes that are not required by most organic certification agencies -- if you don't believe us, check out their criteria and see if they meet those that follow.  Because our meats exceed most organic requirements, we like to say that they are "beyond organic."  Here are our criteria for our meats:

First, our meats are free of all drugs.  They never, ever, ever receive any injection, oral drench, pour-on, implant, or any other medication, pesticide, growth promotant, or chemical of any kind.  Besides never receiving such drugs, our animals don't even get vaccinations.  How many livestock producers, including certified organic ones, can say that they are vaccination-free?  If an animal gets sick, and they rarely do, we don't let them die.  We treat them and sell them at the local auction.

Second, our meats are grown exclusively on pasture, including the finishing phase.  This means that our animals roam our pastures rather than being confined to feedlot pens.  Since they consume only forage, they obviously never have access to any animal by-products.  In addition, they are never fed any grain, not even grain that is certified organic.  Because our livestock spend their entire life on pasture, our meats have higher levels of vital nutrients like Omega-3 fatty acids and conjugated linoleic acids (CLA's).  These and other beneficial nutrients decline the longer an animal consumes grain (Utah State University research).

Finally, our meats are source-verified.  As a purchaser of our products, you know without a doubt where the animal was grown, who grew it, and how it was grown.  We don't buy our livestock from sale barns.  Instead, we nurture them from conception to consumption, so there's no question what happened to the meat at any point in it's life.  Furthermore, rather than some faceless corporation, there's a family to talk to if you have a complaint... and we welcome compliments as well.  

Simply put, our meats are grown solely on what the sun (pai) and land (dom) provide, not on the latest practices touted by the livestock industry.  Good and good for you...  How much luckier can you get?!?  So if you want to get closer to your food supply, and you want that food to be more wholesome, take a moment to savor the fruits of our labor.

Be sure to check out all of our products on the orders page, and if you want to save at least half of the shipping cost, click on the deliveries page to see if we have a delivery route to your area.

Many thanks to all for supporting our small but meaningful attempt at stewardship and husbandry.

-- Heather & Alan Birkenfeld