Vogel
Farms raise our pork on a diet of corn ground
specially for the pigs. One of our prides in our production of the
beef, pork, chicken and turkeys is we not only raise the animals so they are
in our constant control. Our animals are never feed animal byproducts,
antibiotics, hormones or secondary feed. It is our philosophy to raise all
our animals in as close to a natural environment as possible and not in a
high volume feed lot. We also believe that all animals should be treated
with dignity and respect. The feed that all our animals eat is grown in our
fields that you see
as you drive down our lane.
The bonus
to our pork is being fed our corn without any growth hormones or stimulates
of any kind. Thus making the meat melt in your mouth tender.
All of our meat is USDA graded and inspected at Meridian Meat and Sausage
(in Meridian, ID), cryovac vacuum packaged and brought right back to Vogel
Farms for the freshest meat to you possible.
The
tenderness of the cut depends on where on the pig the cut comes from.
Tougher cuts come from muscles that are used more in the movement of the
animal, where the tender cuts come from less used muscles. But there are
tricks to make the tougher cuts tender by the way they are cut when served
or by marinating them for several hours to break down the fibers in the
meat.
