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Parrott Family Farm
Established 1913
Richard Parrott

Berger, ID

2138 east 3300 north
Berger, ID 83301
ofarm@lightcom.net
208-308-7113 anytime (cell)
Product Types: organic beef 1/2s,hamburger,organic pork 1/2s,pork sausage,organic hay,ground organic feeds,15 vegetables,milk and meat goats

About Us
In 1913 Orville Parrott stopped on his way to the Willamette Valley to see Charlie Carter who had a homestead on the new Salmon Tract irrigation project south of Twin Falls . He stayed on and sent for his wife Anna and 3 year old son Elmer. His 4 brothers 2 sisters and father soon left northeast Kansas for Idaho. Elmer grew up with the uncles and aunts near by.Orville and then Elmer farmed this farm until retirement. Eric Parrotts 3 sons and daughter ages 8 to 18 are the 6th generation on the land.His family provides the bulk of the work...except that former B24 pilot Marlin Arford puts in 12 hour missions on the tractor most of the summer.
The farm crisis of the 80s taught us to get off the chemical treadmill and to seek our own markets. The 400 acre farm and pasture land was certified organic in 1992.We have 90 mother cows and calves and grow on pasture the calf crop to a 1100 pound market weight,selling those to Atkinsons market and individuals. Thirtyfive llamas and their babies serve as weedwhackers.There is also an unknown number of cats that keep the back steps mouse free. A 2 acre garden provides 15 vegetables and fertile soil for experimenting with new crops
Friends have called the place "Parrott National Park" ...for its trees and view of the Sawtooths


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Practices (our standards for raising or making our products)
Third party organic certification was begun in 1992.$900 in fees and 3 pounds of paperwork is involved. Raising pumpkins and having hay stacks in loafs nearby for kids to explore is more rewarding but we do both. Fertility is produced here on the farm with legumes and growing grasses and converting them with livestock. Purchased inputs have yielded little results for us. We have gained management insite by taking various holistic management courses from Alan Savory and others.

Highlights this Month
Fall is a good time to buy a 1/2 beef ,while the grass is still green and they are growing rapidly. A 1/2 beef is like 5 boxes worth of space,twice that much space.share with a friend. Throw out those freezer burned banquet turkey dinners from Cargil(recalled) and get a 1/2 beef.You will get 2 week hang time if desired (for tenderness)and cut up and in packaging to suit you. Then you can get on the internet or call your mother and figure out how to cook those cuts you never used to buy. 1/2 info... parrott 208 308 7113
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Parrott Family Farm
Established 1913 Products for Sale through the co-op

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Beans, Lentils, Peas: Dry Beans

Prod.ID Product Name [About Producer] Prod.Type Price
#1377 Great Northern beans
Order number of 5 pound bags. Grown with you in mind.... Free up 175 square feet of your garden for 80 ears of sweet corn(a $26.40 value)
Certified Organic $5.01/5 pounds
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Meats: Beef – Grass-Finished

Prod.ID Product Name [About Producer] Prod.Type Price
#301 1/2 organic beef cut to suit you..choice of 3 processors .free range
Order number of 1/2vs. NO GMO FEED as in CORN ....grass finished organic...200 pounds per 1/2... YOU PAY ON THE BASIS OF READY TO EAT MEAT WEIGHT call me 208 308 7113 to discuss logistics .. 2 available this month... 1/2 beef is like 5 boxes of potatoes for space needed. You get to give cutting instuctions and to determine aging time...Our beef is Angus...without the 1500 mile conventionally sourced road trip ..and the implants .... In 3 years no one has ordered a 1/2 beef... See\"hamburger\"below on how to get a taste test at Atkinsons Do we need to talk?? 208 308 7113 Richard Parrott I will match COSTCO organic beef price.......they dont have any
Certified Organic $6.01/pound cut&wr
#2824 grass finished yak hamburger..
Order number of 1#packages. .... 1 plus pound cryovac and dont forget...grass finished.... no GMO corn (90 percent of US corn is GMO) get omega 3s for free...... Starting 22 July order cycle this is for real 3 head and there threatening attitude are left on grass. try this mellow burger
- $9.90/1.#package
#1999 organic beef hamburger..
Order number of 1#packages. .... 1 plus pound cryovac and dont forget...grass finished.... no GMO corn (90 percent of US corn is GMO) get omega 3s for free...... you will find this same GRASS FED ORGANIC beef in ALL cuts at Atkinsons in Hailey ALL the time and in Ketchum shared alternatively with another GRASSFED ORGANIC beef producer
Certified Organic $6.49/1.#package
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Meats: Goat

Prod.ID Product Name [About Producer] Prod.Type Price
#862 Meat and Milk Goats
Order number of goats. Tame milking goats..... Lots of twins. Carole Stennett organic farm in Melon Valley N of Buhl..need goat milk??? Lease a goat for milk or fun weed control on a leash.Seriously 208-543-4419.deposit is for value of the goat family..50 percent returned upon return of the critters
All Natural $172.49/goat pair
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Meats: Pork

Prod.ID Product Name [About Producer] Prod.Type Price
#2277 LOCAL breakfast sausage
Order number of packages. 1.2 pound tube....no msg...no nitrites...just what you expect in taste....
- $8.20/package
#2444 LOCAL and LEAN bratwurst sausage (maybe not that lean!) yum yum
Order number of 1 # packages. 4 links
- $7.01/package
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