Farmer Garth Brown first heard about Wild Fork Foods from an ad on the internet. If he had to guess, it’s because a lot of his internet activity revolves around looking at meat producers online, since he is one himself. Brown co-owns Cairncrest Farm in central New York, where he raises grass-fed beef and lamb and pastured pork. The goal of the farm, he says, is to connect people with the food they eat.
“I want to be honest with anyone who wants to truly understand where their meat comes from,” he says. This includes the good parts, like animals grazing on the land, and the “sad” parts, like slaughter.
After doing some digging, Brown discovered Wild Fork Foods is actually owned by JBS, the largest meatpacker in the world. This didn’t sit right with him…