What do you feed your Animals?

Here is a complete list of what the Pigs, Chicken, Turkey and Cows raised for Applegate are fed. 

All of the animals in Applegate’s system are never fed animal by-products.

The requirements of the National Organic Program state that our livestock must be fed 100% Certified Organic feed that is free of genetically modified materials (GMOs).

The Non-GMO grain is limited in availability so unfortunately we cannot guarantee it in the Natural products.

Animal diets may include, but not limited to the dietary ingredients below:

Natural Pork - Corn, soy, other grains, forages, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements
Natural Chicken - Corn, soy, other grains, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements
Natural Turkey - Corn, soy, other grains, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements
 

Organic Pork - Organic corn, organic soy, other organic grains, organic forages, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements
Organic Chicken - Organic corn, organic soy, other organic grains, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements
Organic Turkey - Organic corn, organic soy, other organic grains, vitamins and minerals, and/or other supplements

Diets can vary for pigs and poultry between regions and seasons depending on what is more available and what the farm’s nutritionist may recommend (i.e. barley or other grains may be added). 

Our beef cattle diets are composed of forages that includes grasses, legumes, brassicas, and other roughages as they actively graze their own feedstuffs. Our beef cattle are 100% grass-fed and grass-finished and never receive grains.

Natural Beef - 100% grass-fed 

Organic Beef - 100% organic grass-fed