For $29 a month, participants in a herd-share program have access to one gallon of fresh milk a week at Tender Grass Farm. The grass-fed and pasture-raised cows at this organic farm produce just 1.5 gallons of milk per day compared to 9.5 gallons at typical dairy farms using hormones and antibiotics.
Tender Grass, one of several small, vibrant family farms in the Roanoke Region, also sells beef, pork and poultry products, including some 60 cuts of meat, eight types of raw cheese, and eggs.
Owner Brian Bowen founded the 100-acre Tender Grass Farm following an insurance and financial planning career in Arizona. The family practices what’s called management intensive grazing, where cattle are moved to new pastures to mimic the way herbivores act in nature.
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