Re: Bison farm in Rutland- Chris?

[Guest guest]

Can you share info please. I've been ordering from a few different places and

this one would be a lot closer. Also is it all grass fed?

Elainie

[Guest guest]

Farm Name: Alta Vista Buffalo Farm

Farmers' names (Contact):

Address: 80 Hillside Rd, Rutland, MA 01543

Phone: (508) 886-4365

1. PRODUCTS: Buffalo meats and organ meats, bones, fat.

a. WHERE CAN YOUR PRODUCTS BE PURCHASED? (i.e.; direct from farm, local

stores, farmer's markets, etc)

Directly from farm; Living Earth.

2. FARMING PRACTICES:

Year-round diet consists of hay and haylage. Occasional supplementation with

grain, but rare and irregular.

Not organic, but hormone, antibiotic, pesticide, and herbicide-free.

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much Chris.

Elainie

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/11/04 10:57:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, katja@...

writes:

> oooh, thanks chris. i'm gonna call and see if they'll sell me one alive for

>

> my menagerie!

If you pick it up yourself make sure you visit me!

Chris

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/11/04 3:03:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Ghislaine@... writes:

> I've been meaning to stop in but

> have never been sure they'd be open due to the fact that I'm only

> down there for holidays. I'll be sure to ask about liver when I do!

> *grins*

While you're there, you might want to try their other delish dishes, such as

bison heart and bison balls-- the size of them will put any man to shame. The

heart comes as one piece, and is gigantic, which makes it fun. You can take

pictures pretending you're operating on a friend and took out this giant heart

or something like that to give to family and friends for the holidays :-)

Chris

[Guest guest]

oooh, thanks chris. i'm gonna call and see if they'll sell me one alive for

my menagerie!

-katja

At 09:57 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote:

>Farm Name: Alta Vista Buffalo Farm

>Farmers' names (Contact):

>Address: 80 Hillside Rd, Rutland, MA 01543

>

>Phone: (508) 886-4365

>

>1. PRODUCTS: Buffalo meats and organ meats, bones, fat.

>

>a. WHERE CAN YOUR PRODUCTS BE PURCHASED? (i.e.; direct from farm, local

>stores, farmer's markets, etc)

>

>Directly from farm; Living Earth.

>

>2. FARMING PRACTICES:

>

>Year-round diet consists of hay and haylage. Occasional supplementation with

>grain, but rare and irregular.

>Not organic, but hormone, antibiotic, pesticide, and herbicide-free.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

*giggles* I'm still catching up on messages. But it's so funny that

this particular farm has come up because I go right past it on the

way to my relatives every holiday! I've been meaning to stop in but

have never been sure they'd be open due to the fact that I'm only

down there for holidays. I'll be sure to ask about liver when I do!

*grins* Maybe I can even put in a request with my grandmother to

have something from the farm on hand for me when I visit!

Ghislaine

>

> >Farm Name: Alta Vista Buffalo Farm

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/11/04 8:13:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, katja@...

writes:

> are you also in rutland, chris? for some reason, i thought you were

> worcesterly...

I'm not in Rutland, although I don't think Rutland is too far from Worcester.

I haven't been to the farm in a while, but I think it takes me about 20

minutes to get there. I'm in West Brookfield. Rutland I think is two towns

away.

Chris

[Guest guest]

At 03:37 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:

>In a message dated 3/11/04 10:57:06 AM Eastern Standard Time, katja@...

>writes:

>

> > oooh, thanks chris. i'm gonna call and see if they'll sell me one alive

> for

> >

> > my menagerie!

>

>If you pick it up yourself make sure you visit me!

>

>Chris

are you also in rutland, chris? for some reason, i thought you were

worcesterly...

-katja

[Guest guest]

> I'm not in Rutland, although I don't think Rutland is too far from

Worcester.

*nods* Rutland, Mass. is only like two towns over from Worcester.

My father practically grew up in Rutland because my great-

grandparents owned a farm there.

I had a discussion with my aunt about what my great-grandfather's

diet was like. This was a few months after I'd started low-carbing

and had just gotten my hands on a copy of NT. My aunt described his

typical day as a breakfast of bacon and eggs, a single piece of

toast, and some OJ. At lunch he sent his secretary out for milk,

into which a raw egg was broken. Dinner was usually two or three

different meats or seafood, and vegetables. Sounds like a pretty

good diet to me! Later, (after outliving two wives) his breakfast

was a bowl of oatmeal and he made sure to eat a banana every day.

I'm not sure what the rest of his meals were like, but considering he

lived to 100, it couldn't have been all bad!

Ghislaine

[Guest guest]

>

>I'm not in Rutland, although I don't think Rutland is too far from Worcester.

> I haven't been to the farm in a while, but I think it takes me about 20

>minutes to get there. I'm in West Brookfield. Rutland I think is two

>towns away.

>

>Chris

yeah, worcester (MA) is a bit of a hike. it's an hour after you get into

MA, i think.

west brookfield vt? well then! you have to come to the party!

-katja

[Guest guest]

> yeah, worcester (MA) is a bit of a hike. it's an hour after you get

into

> MA, i think.

> west brookfield vt? well then! you have to come to the party!

I think it'll take about 2.5 hours from Worcester to your house

Katja. At least if takes the route my family usually goes.

Basically Rt. 12 in NH, then pop over to VT and I-91 in Bellows Falls.

I don't necessarily _like_ to drive, I just like to be in too many

different places!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/12/04 8:48:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, katja@...

writes:

> west brookfield vt? well then! you have to come to the party!

>

There's a " West Brookfield VT " ? I'm in MA. I'll come anyway if I can :-)

Heck, Suze came down to a western MA potluck from *Maine* once!

Chris

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/12/04 9:35:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,

Ghislaine@... writes:

> I think it'll take about 2.5 hours from Worcester to your house

> Katja. At least if takes the route my family usually goes.

> Basically Rt. 12 in NH, then pop over to VT and I-91 in Bellows Falls.

>

It takes me about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Keene, NH, and I think

about an hour to get to Brattleboro, but don't quite remember (I used to get

milk

just short of Keene so I remember it better). I usually work Saturday nights,

but if it's reasonable for me to take off, I'll do so. Only problem is I'm

taking off the Saturday before Easter too. We'll see.

Chris

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/12/04 6:06:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, katja@...

writes:

> how do people feel about a sunday?

> i was thinking saturday so that people coming from a distance had plenty of

> driving time, but i'm easy...

Sunday's fine. I usually work then too, but I never make any money, so I'd

be glad to take it off.

Chris

[Guest guest]

At 05:45 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:

>It takes me about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Keene, NH, and I think

>about an hour to get to Brattleboro, but don't quite remember (I used to

>get milk

>just short of Keene so I remember it better). I usually work Saturday

>nights,

>but if it's reasonable for me to take off, I'll do so. Only problem is I'm

>taking off the Saturday before Easter too. We'll see.

>

>Chris

how do people feel about a sunday?

i was thinking saturday so that people coming from a distance had plenty of

driving time, but i'm easy...