UMass Stockbridge Livestock Program
~12 lbs Farmer’s Choice Share
Fill your freezer and your table with our Farmer’s Choice Share, a 4-month collection of the best from our pastures. Each month, we offer a diverse selection of beef, pork, and lamb, along with a whole chicken for two out of four months, totaling approximately 12 pounds of meat per month.
Expect a balanced mix of everyday staples and premium cuts, such as steaks, roasts, ribs, and sausages, all carefully selected by the farmer for their outstanding taste and variety. Perfect for families or avid cooks who want to experience the full range of pasture-raised meats.
In Full $475
Deposit $150
~8 lbs Starter Share
This 8 lb per month share features everyday essentials, including simple, delicious cuts of chicken, pork and beef. It is perfect for students, smaller households, or anyone new to cooking meat. This share is the perfect introduction to the Stockbridge Livestock Program’s student-raised meat. The starter share is a budget-friendly option with the same high-quality standards. It is ideal for 1-2 people.
Our CSA Starter Share is perfect for those who want to start experimenting with different cuts of quality meat. This share provides you with 8lbs of various cuts monthly, perfect as a personal share or to share with one other person! Feel good about what you eat by knowing where and how it was raised. Our animals are pasture-raised on campus by students.
In Full $375
Deposit $150
Have Questions? Check out our Meat CSA FAQ link below. Still have questions? Contact livestock program coordinator Nicole Burton at ngburton@umass.edu.
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The Stockbridge Livestock Program
The Stockbridge Livestock Program was established in 2014 with a mission of educating the next generation of regenerative livestock farmers and providing the campus with source of local lean protein. Located at the Agricultural Learning Center (ALC) and working in collaboration with the UMass Student Farm, this program gives students hands-on experience working with a variety of species of farm animals.
Students in our Sustainable Food & Farming majors can gain hands-on experience raising and handling small livestock animals, either as part of our Farm Program Courses, or through STOCKSCH 269 "Small Farm Husbandry: Pigs & Poultry," a course taught by Nicole Burton, Director of our Stockbridge Livestock Program.
All animals are provided environments that allow them to exhibit their natural behaviors while improving the health of our farm land. Integrative and regenerative models used in our livestock program provide real world examples for our students who aim to be the next generation of land stewards that the sustainable agriculture movement needs right now. We market our meat products through a winter Community Supported Agriculture program, retail, and wholesale to UMass Dining services.
Our Meat CSA Program
As an addition to our successful vegetable-based CSA program, the UMass Student Farm collaborated with the Stockbridge Livestock Program to start a small meat-based CSA in 2022, focused on poultry, pork, lamb and beef. Our limited supplies of farm fresh meat sell out quickly. Each year the decision of how the CSA is marketed is determined by the current class so it may be presented with some small changes each season, but you can assume there is a diversified selection of cuts and meats within a share. This year they will offer a smaller share size, that is 10 pounds per month mixture of chicken, pork, lamb and beef. Monthly pick-ups are at the farm, on Fridays, February through May.
Have Questions? Check out our Meat CSA FAQ.
