Red Gates raises grass-finished Angus, South Poll, and Scottish Highland cross beef on rotationally grazed, naturally fertile bottomland pastures.

Treatment of the animals takes into account their emotional as well as physical needs.

Shade and clean well water (no flouride or chlorine) are available in every pasture.

No added hormones or antibiotics are used.

The cattle operation is predator friendly.

Quality of the grass is managed by environmentally sensitive grazing practices, not chemical inputs. Beef from small and medium-sized animals is available by the quarter - aged, cut, cryo-vacced and labelled for pick-up at the nearby processor.

Our ground    beef is lean.

Due to drought, I had to reduce the herd in 2007, leaving fewer and smaller animals for 2008 and on into 2009. So supplies will be limited. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

This summer, you can order 1/2 to full carcass (while supply lasts). Prices will be $1.35 to $1.75 per pound live weight, depending on age of animal.

A deposit of $100 is required for each half ordered. Processing costs, payable directly to R&D Custom Meat Processing (423-554-4288) are at least $0.22/pound plus tax. Thanks!

Learn more about the benefits of grass-fed meat and dairy at Eat Wild.

Read the shocking story about American beef in Mother Earth News

Farmer Georgiana Kotarski lives in Dunlap, Tennessee, in a 120-year-old house she and her late husband Dan renovated themselves. She shares the farm (the subject of the humorous memoir she is now working on) with three donkeys, Pancho, his new lady friend, Jezabel Margarita, and his step-daughter, Flopsy; Farkle the duck and his flock of 7; Bossy Cow and her herd of 30 bovines; four dogs, including Sandy Ann, Rabbit Ann, Ruthie, and Noodle; turkey Earlene; a cat; three hens; and one banty rooster.

What's almost scarier than cattle run amok? Find out in Georgiana's ghost book