Pasture-raised pork and beef. No antibiotics. No added hormones

Common Questions About Our Farm & Ordering

Watts Way Farms

Farm & Ordering Q&A

Answers to common questions about ordering, local pickup, and home delivery. If you don’t see what you need, please contact us.

1. Where is Watts Way Farms located?

Watts Way Farms is located in Franklin, Georgia. We raise pasture-raised beef, pork, and poultry using regenerative practices focused on animal welfare, land stewardship, and transparency from farm to freezer.

2. How can I buy your products?

You can shop directly through our website for available cuts and bundles. We also offer bulk and custom orders—including whole or half animals and special requests—when available. Availability varies by season and production cycle, so we encourage customers to check the site or contact us directly for current options.

3. Do you offer shipping or local pickup?

Yes. We offer multiple ways to buy, depending on the product and time of year. We provide local pickup and scheduled meetup locations for customers nearby, and select products are available for frozen shipping. Because we raise and process animals in small batches, availability and delivery options may vary by product and season.

Pack dates printed on each package reflect the seal/freeze date at the processor (not a ‘use by’ date). Products are stored continuously below 0°F until pickup/shipping.

4. What makes your meat different?

Our meat comes from animals raised outdoors on open pasture using regenerative practices that prioritize animal welfare, land stewardship, and transparency.

We raise our animals with continual access to pasture, avoid feedlot confinement, and never use growth hormones or routine antibiotics. Cattle, pigs, and poultry are raised in small batches, handled humanely, and finished deliberately to emphasize flavor, texture, and consistency—rather than speed or maximum yield. The result is meat with real character you won’t find in commodity products.

5. How do you raise your pork?

Our pigs are raised outdoors on large wooded and pasture paddocks, where they are free to root, graze, wallow, and forage naturally. They are rotated regularly to fresh ground, which supports animal health and improves the land through natural soil disturbance.

Their diet is supplemented with locally milled, high-quality feed to ensure balanced nutrition alongside what they forage on pasture. We do not use growth hormones at any stage. If a pig ever requires medical treatment, it is removed from our sales program and not sold to customers.

This approach results in pork that is flavorful, well-marbled, and raised with transparency and respect for the animal.

6. How are your animals fed?

Our cattle are raised on pasture for their entire lives. During the final 90–120 days, they are finished on pasture using a custom ration mixed on our farm from locally sourced ingredients. This blend includes cracked corn, cottonseed hulls, beet pulp, soybean meal for protein, and alfalfa pellets—designed to support healthy weight gain, consistent quality, and excellent flavor while cattle remain outdoors at all times.

Our pigs and poultry are also raised outdoors on pasture, where they forage naturally and receive balanced, species-appropriate feed alongside continual pasture access.

We never use growth hormones. If an animal requires antibiotic treatment, it is removed from our sales program and never sold to the public.

7. Do you use any antibiotics or hormones?

No growth hormones are ever used in our animals.

We do not use routine or preventative antibiotics. If an animal becomes ill and requires antibiotic treatment, it is treated responsibly—but that animal is removed from our sales program and never sold to the public. It is kept for our own freezer instead.

This ensures that all meat we sell is raised without antibiotics or growth hormones, while still prioritizing animal welfare when medical care is needed.

8. How do you ensure animal welfare?

Animal welfare starts with how animals live every day. Our animals are raised outdoors on open pasture with constant access to fresh water, shade, and shelter. We rotate them regularly to fresh ground, avoid overcrowding, and handle them calmly and deliberately to minimize stress. When an animal does get sick or injured, it is treated promptly and never sold to the public. Welfare isn’t a label here — it’s built into our daily management.

9. What does “regenerative farming” mean?

Regenerative farming focuses on improving the land over time rather than extracting from it. On our farm, that means rotating animals across pasture, allowing grass and soil to recover, building organic matter, improving water retention, and supporting healthier ecosystems—while raising animals humanely and responsibly.

10. What breeds of animals do you raise?

We raise heritage Dexter cattle for beef, Berkshire and Duroc pigs for pork, and Cornish Cross chickens for poultry. Cornish Cross is the same breed commonly found in grocery stores, but that’s where the similarity ends. Our chickens are raised outdoors on pasture and rotated to fresh grass daily, allowing them to forage naturally, move freely, and grow at a healthy pace. The result is real texture, deeper flavor, and a quality of chicken you simply can’t get from conventional store-bought poultry.

11. Are your meats processed locally?

Yes. All of our meats are processed at USDA-inspected local processors we know and trust. Using nearby facilities allows us to keep animals close to home, reduce transport stress, and maintain full traceability from our farm to your freezer. Every cut is handled in small batches with care, transparency, and food safety as the priority.

12. Why are some products only available at certain times?

We raise animals seasonally and process them in planned batches rather than maintaining constant inventory. This approach allows us to prioritize animal welfare, land health, and quality over volume. As a result, some cuts and products sell out and may not be available again until the next processing cycle.

13. Why does your meat cost more than grocery store meat?

Our pricing reflects how the animals are raised. We produce meat in small batches from animals raised outdoors on pasture, with no shortcuts, no confinement systems, and no industrial feedlot model. That means higher input costs, slower growth, and local USDA processing — but also better animal welfare, transparency, and flavor. You’re paying for how the food was produced, not just the final cut.

14. Why do you finish cattle instead of selling fully grass-finished beef?

We finish our cattle to balance animal health, consistency, and flavor—without using feedlots or industrial methods.

Our cattle spend their lives on pasture and are finished for 90–120 days with a custom, on-farm blended ration made from locally sourced ingredients. This slow, controlled finishing process improves tenderness and marbling while maintaining the integrity of pasture-raised beef. We believe this approach produces a more consistent and enjoyable eating experience than fully grass-finished beef, especially for customers who value flavor and reliability.