Non-GMO Feedstock Sources
We recognize that farming organically and free-range in the midwest brings its own set of challenges. While we can't control the weather, or prices, we can try to provide you with some resources to make your day just a little bit easier.
Public awareness of the potential hazards of genetically modified organisms/genetically engineered (GMO/GE) in our food system continues to increase. Due to the increasing amount of comments we have received from consumers over the years, we have mandated that by 2017 all livestock, poultry, and egg farmer members will have eliminated feed containing GMOs. Primary feedstocks which commonly contain GMO's are soybeans, cottonseed meal, and some alfalfa. To help facilitate this transition, we have compiled a partial list of sources for non-GMO feed stock from within 150 miles of Kansas City.
Please contact these sources to discover your options for buying non-GMO feedstock. Remember to communicate with your suppliers to what you estimate your needs might be over the course of a year. The smaller mills and other suppliers need to know how much of which feedstock to purchase when it becomes available to them. The entire demand-based chain depends on good communication between the livestock farmer, the mills, and the feedstock farmer.
Whether it's availability, transportation, or cost, finding a good source for non-GMO feed can be challenging. We are continually working to find regional, short haul solutions to your non-GMO feedstock problems. As you know, the demand for this commodity to completely demand-driven. It is our hope that by creating more of a regional demand, the supply will become cheaper and easier to come by. If there is someone missing from this list, please email Rachael McGinnis Millsap, [email protected].
Public awareness of the potential hazards of genetically modified organisms/genetically engineered (GMO/GE) in our food system continues to increase. Due to the increasing amount of comments we have received from consumers over the years, we have mandated that by 2017 all livestock, poultry, and egg farmer members will have eliminated feed containing GMOs. Primary feedstocks which commonly contain GMO's are soybeans, cottonseed meal, and some alfalfa. To help facilitate this transition, we have compiled a partial list of sources for non-GMO feed stock from within 150 miles of Kansas City.
Please contact these sources to discover your options for buying non-GMO feedstock. Remember to communicate with your suppliers to what you estimate your needs might be over the course of a year. The smaller mills and other suppliers need to know how much of which feedstock to purchase when it becomes available to them. The entire demand-based chain depends on good communication between the livestock farmer, the mills, and the feedstock farmer.
Whether it's availability, transportation, or cost, finding a good source for non-GMO feed can be challenging. We are continually working to find regional, short haul solutions to your non-GMO feedstock problems. As you know, the demand for this commodity to completely demand-driven. It is our hope that by creating more of a regional demand, the supply will become cheaper and easier to come by. If there is someone missing from this list, please email Rachael McGinnis Millsap, [email protected].
Local Butchers and Processors
This list is not a complete catalogue of the processors in our area. We are listing here only those processors recommended by our farmer members.
This list is not a complete catalogue of the processors in our area. We are listing here only those processors recommended by our farmer members.
Butcher |
What They Process |
Location |
Contact |
Details |
ANCO |
chicken |
Garnett, KS |
USDA |
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Paradise Meats |
beef, pork, lamb |
Trimble, MO |
USDA |
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Peculiar Meats |
beef, pork |
Peculiar, MO |
On farm kills, state inspected |
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Santa Fe Meats |
Overbrook, KS |
state inspected |
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Woodson Co. Meats |
beef, pork, lamb, goats |
Yates Center, KS |
USDA |
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Alewel's Country Meats |
beef, pork, lamb, goats |
Warrensburg, MO |
USDA, AWA |
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Kleoppel Meats (used to be Alma's Meats) |
beef, pork, rabbits (only MO processor to process rabbits under USDA inspection) |
Alma, MO |
USDA |
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Bauman's Butcher's Block ( formerly Stinsons) |
Beef, pork, lamb |
Ottowa, KS |
USDA |
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Baldwin's on Farm Butchering |
Value |
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Toole's Farm Butchering |
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Hetherington |
Clinton, MO |
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Krehbiel ‘s Specialty Meats |
beef, pork |
McPherson, KS |
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USDA, AWA, GAP certified. BPA-free packaging |
Moran Meat Locker |
beef, pork, lamb |
Moran, KS |
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Bowser Meat Processing |
Meriden, KS |
State Inspected by request |
