We’re sharing information about our local egg, beef, and pork farmers and how their animals are treated! Willy Street Co-op wants to provide information to help its Owners and customers learn more about the food they eat and to make informed buying decisions. Have a question that isn’t answered here? Let us know! Email us at info@willystreet.coop.
Farm | Product | Location | Feed | Living Conditions | Antibiotic-Free | Beak Clipping | Treatment When Sick |
M&M Organics Soy-Free | Chicken eggs | Wonewoc, WI | Corn, fish and crab meal with minerals and calcium. | Seasonal pasture roaming and winter barn roaming. | Yes | Laser trim, minimal, just hook. | Strict vaccinations during first 16 weeks of life. Sick chickens are not excluded from flock. |
New Century | Chicken eggs | Shullsburg, WI | Certified organic, produced on-farm. | Access to outside. | Yes | Laser trim at hatchery. | Sick chickens are not excluded from flock. |
Organic Valley | Egg whites | Wisconsin | Balanced diet with corn/soy and additional nutrients. Omega layers get additional flax. | Access to outside. | Yes | Laser trim, just hook at the hatchery. | May use antibiotics on sick birds; eggs from these birds are no longer certified organic, so they will not be sold. |
OrgaNICK Pastures | Chicken eggs | Rio, WI | USDA Organic and non-GMO supplemental feed that consists of legumes, grasses, grains, vitamins, and minerals. | Certified Humane Pasture-Raised. | Yes | None. | Sick chickens brought to a chicken "hospital" to keep away from others to help them get better. |
Pasture Patterns | Chicken eggs | Mt Horeb, WI | Certified organic soy and grains, with supplement. | Managed pasture program on fresh grass. In winter, stationary building with access to outside. | Yes | Laser trim, just hook. | Sick chickens are removed from flock. |
Yuppie Hills Farm | Chicken eggs | Burlington, WI | Blended feed of oyster shells, linseed meal, soy, corn, alfalfa meal and natural vitamin supplements. | Cage-free, barn roaming. | Yes | Beak trimmed. | Preventative care, keeping a regular cleaning schedule. Turn over barns annually to keep a healthy environment. |
Farm | Product | Location | Feed | Living Conditions | Antibiotic-Free | Beak Clipping | Treatment When Sick |
Contended Hen | Chicken eggs | Central US | Vegetable-based diet | Access to outdoors every morning, weather permitting. Standard of 2-21+ square feet per hen of outdoor roaming space. | Only organic are antibiotic-free | If a hen becomes ill, treat with antibiotics and removed from the organic line. | |
Graise Farm | Duck eggs | Faribault, MN | Certified Organic corn, soybean meal, wheat, peas, alfalfa, flax seed, mineral mix, and fortified with omega-3 fatty acids | In a large open space pole shed. Outside all day and rotated in pasture with a variety of plants. | Yes. | Separate from flock and monitor. | |
Larry Schultz Organics | Chicken eggs | Owantonna, MN | Pasture grass, bugs, small grains, corn, bean, oat, rye, flax seed, alfalfa, and kelp | Fixed houses; access to outdoors everyday | Yes. | Prevention is the goal; access to sunlight and fresh air keeps them healthy. | |
Phil's | Chicken eggs | Illinois | Grains, corn, soybean, wheat, alfalfa, and kelp | Cage-free, barn roaming | Yes. | Laser-trimmed. | Preventative care, monitoring, antibiotics as a last resort. |
Robinson Farms | Duck eggs | Indiana and Pennsylvania | Grain-fed | Barn roaming and cage-free | Yes. | Case-by-case basis | |
Utopihen Farms | Duck eggs | New Holland, PA | Non-GMO | Pasture-raised | Yes. | ||
Vital Farms | Chicken eggs | TX, OK, MO, KA, AR, IL, IN, KY | Native and seasonal grasses plus supplemental feed consisting of corn and soybean meal to help keep the hens healthy and active. | Certified Humane® pasture-raised eggs laid by hens that are free to roam outdoors with a minimum of 108 square feet each. | Yes. | No. Follows industry-standard practice of dulling the tips of the beaks. | After all holistic approaches have been exhausted, administer antibiotics under the written direction of a vet. Organic birds do not get antibiotics, but if they do, they are removed from the organic certification and line. |
Farm | Product | Organic? | Location | Feed | Antibiotic-Free? | Hormone-Free? |
Cates Family Farm | Grass-fed beef | No. | Spring Green, WI | 100% grass-fed. | Yes. | Yes. |
Driftless Provisions | Pork | No. | Viroqua, WI | Vegetarian diet, mostly grown on the farms where the hogs are raised. | Yes. | Yes. |
Fox Heritage Farms/Willow Creek Farms | Pork | No. | Sauk Prairie, WI | Corn, soybean, and other grasses grown on the farm where the hogs are raised. | Yes. | Yes. |
Wisconsin Meadows | Beef | No. | Southwestern Wisconsin | 100% grass-fed. | Yes. | Yes. |
Farm | Product | Organic? | Location | Feed | Antibiotic-Free? | Hormone-Free? |
Beeler's | Pork | Iowa | Vegetarian diet. | Yes | Yes | |
Grass Run Farms | Grass-fed beef | Born and raised in the USA. | 100% grass-fed | Yes. | Yes | |
Sakura American Wagyu | Beef | Ohio. | Grain-fed | Yes. | Yes | |
Sakura Pork | Pork | Midwest farms, based in Iowa. | Vegetarian diet of corn and soy meal. | Yes. | Yes | |
Thousand Hills | Grass-fed beef | Born and raised in the USA. | 100% grass-fed. | Yes. | Yes |
