In their words.
Hillyrock Farm is a small family farm that direct-markets its natural, grass finished beef in the form of: “Hillyrock Steerburger” ground beef of the whole animal, including 60% of the prime cuts, and Freezer Beef: whole, side and split side of beef that families store in their freezer for year-round meals. Hillyrock Farm is operated by Bob and Diane Browning with support and guidance from master farmer and neighbor, Ralph Warren, Jr. Hillyrock is located in a savannah in the Greenbrier Valley—the high and lush valley in the Allegheny Mountain range of West Virginia—on grassland that is rich in minerals and fed with a mountain spring. The farm has been in operation for over 200 years and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Our farm practices for grass finishing cattle rely on long-standing best practices as well as on adaption to current and tested agricultural science; fortunately the two most often are the same. Our cattle are free of growth hormones, antibiotics and are raised and fattened on grass. We process our meat at a family run abattoir that is WV Dept. of Agriculture and USDA inspected. We make weekly deliveries to Charleston, May-October, and bi-weekl…
Hillyrock Farm lists grass-finished and no hormones on their public-facing materials. These are the producer’s own claims; we do not independently audit them.