Never on the cattle
- Added hormones
- Antibiotics
- Vaccines or shots
- GMO feeds
Orleans County · One mile from Lake Ontario
Raised the old-fashioned way since 1983.
100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef. Dry aged. USDA inspected. Pasture eggs from heritage hens. No chemicals, no hormones, no antibiotics, no GMOs, and never confined to a barn.
Know your farmer
A small farm on Sawyer Road, not a brand in a warehouse.
Robert VanWuyckhuyse and CindyLou Lee bought this land in 1983 so their own family could eat food that had not been sprayed, confined, or rewritten in a lab. They put CindyLou’s family name on the gate because VanWuyckhuyse is a lot to paint on a mailbox. The work is the same either way.
Every calf is born here. The cattle graze mixed grasses and hay grown on the farm, then move through wooded silvopasture for shade and shelter. When weather turns hard they can step into an open-sided covered feeding barn, not a confinement lot.
What we will not do
Mom said you are what you eat.
Bob still eats what he grows. That is the whole standard.
Never on the land
- Chemical fertilizers
- Herbicides
- Pesticides
- Barn confinement
Always on the farm
Own hay and mixed grasses. Fresh air. Woods and pasture. Solar power since 2017. Manure contained so it stays out of the Oak Orchard watershed.
From this farm
What we raise.
Dry-aged grass-fed beef
USDA inspected, Certified Naturally Grown, and certified grass-fed and grass-finished by the American Grassfed Association. Steaks cut 1½ inches or thicker. Roasts 3–4 pounds. Ground is round, chuck, and sirloin. Halves available.
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Pasture eggs
Heritage hens, Rhode Island Reds and Araucanas, living on grass, eating bugs, never cage confined. Animal Welfare Approved. Eggs in browns, blues, and greens. Self-serve farm fridge, and at Lori’s in Rochester.
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Why it tastes like this
Grass finished. Then dry aged.
These are Angus–Hereford cattle, crossed so the herd stays calm. They finish on grass, not grain. After harvest the beef is dry aged the old way, so the flavor concentrates and the meat turns tender, then it is vacuum sealed and flash frozen.
“Excellent meat, tender and full of flavor. He takes great care of each and every animal. Beautiful farm.” Valerie Beam, customer review on LocalHarvest100% recommended on Facebook · 9 reviews
Call before you drive out.
There is no store on the farm. Bob is often mending fence or cutting hay. Call the cell and he will tell you what is in the freezer.