Farm Description:
    Hi, my name is Lee Hitzfield. My wife Beth and I along with our seven sons and their families own and operate an intensive grazing operation near Roanoke Indiana. Our original 24 acre farm was purchased in 1984 as a profitable 150 sow farrowing operation. Along with hogs we also farmed 800 acres of row crops. Much to our regret at that time our way of farming was the typical conventional method. As I look back we were a pitiful picture of the commercialized factory farms of today but on a smaller scale. A lot has changed since 1984, read on... In 1991 my wife was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and worst case scenario the vital organs. Right away she began researching different methods of treatment. After investigating conventional medicines approach, she realized she wanted to treat the disease with as little medication as possible. My wife continued to study the different alternatives, this is what led us to our journey into health and nutritional education. Long story short research proved to us that there is a major link between the foods we eat, how they are produced and the risk of developing or preventing diseases. With this knowledge we began to drastically change our methods of farming and how we raised our livestock. Despite the high market prices, we made the decision to close the doors to our "successful" hog operation and say goodbye to factory farming! Our goal now was to raise livestock in their natural environment which would result in a MUCH healthier product. In the late 90's we began to fulfill our goal by raising cattle close to nature. Our cattle get plenty of sunshine fresh air, acres of green pastures to graze and our never fed any grains. The cattle are born, raised and finished on grass! Our meat is free of hormones, steroids, artificial growth stimulants, drugs or antibiotics. We believe in what we are doing and why we do it. Best of all we feel right about what our family is eating and we are now grateful to offer it to you as well.

Practices:
    • Our cattle get plenty of sunshine, fresh air and acres of green pastures to graze. • Our grass-fed beef is lean, which can actually lowers your cholesterol levels. • Our grass-fed beef is free of hormones, steroids or artificial growth stimulants. • No drugs, antibiotics or animal by-products used. • No preservatives or salt added during processing. We believe you will taste & feel healthy the difference!

Describe your product specialties and highlights:
    We offer All-Natural 100% Grass-fed Beef. We are a small family owned farm producing All-Natural 100% Grass-fed Beef. Our Cattle are NEVER fed any kind of grain or unnatural feeds. At Seven Sons we believe that grass-fed beef is the world's most nutritious beef because it's "REAL BEEF " produced the way it was meant to be... on NATURAL GREEN GRASS!

Where we sell our products:
    100% Grass-fed Beef and Pastured Eggs can be purchased at our on farm store located near Fort Wayne Indiana. For a list of retail locations please visit our website

Web/Mail Order Items:
    Pre-cooked canned beef