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Meet Your Meat

Local farms that raise cattle, pigs and chickens for your backyard barbecuing pleasure. By Alyssa K. Anderson

Aquidneck Farms
Covering a beautiful patch of land in Portsmouth with a lovely view of the water and grass for what feels like miles, Aquidneck Farms specializes in 100 percent grass-fed beef and pasture-raised poultry. aquidneckfarms.com

Baffoni’s Poultry Farm
This Johnston farm is all about the birds. With a focus on raising hormone-free, vegetarian-fed turkeys and chickens, the farm has been a family establishment since 1935. (They also have eggs for tomorrow’s breakfast.) Stop by the farm store for purchasing. baffonispoultryfarm.com

Blackbird Farm’s Black Angus cows. Photograph: David Dadekian/EATDRINKRI.COM.

Blackbird Farm
The number-one priority of Smithfield’s Blackbird Farm is to “humanely raise antibiotic-free, no-added-hormones, pasture-fed, 100 percent Black Angus cattle and 100 percent pedigreed American Heritage Berkshire pigs.” You can visit the farm store year-round Friday through Sunday, stop by the farmers market on Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or order online. blackbirdfarmri.com

DaSilva Farm
Operated by Josh and Felicia DaSilva (as well as their adorable two daughters, Sienna and Brielle) since 2015, this family-owned farm is all about a healthy lifestyle for the animals and the people. Visit the farm in Portsmouth and bring home chicken, pork, beef, turkey and eggs. dasilvafarm.com

Deep Roots Farm
Deep Roots, indeed. Seventh-generation farmer Katie Steere left a job in Silicon Valley to return home to farm in Chepachet. With grass-fed beef, pork and poultry, you can’t go wrong. deeprootsfarm.grazecart.com

Pat’s Pastured
The animals at Pat’s Pastured eat a natural, 100 percent grass-fed, pasture-based diet that includes grass for at least three seasons and, in winter, dried grasses such as hay. Pick up chicken, pork, turkey, beef, duck or quail at the East Greenwich farm store or farmers markets. patspastured.com

Simmons Farm
With acres of green fields on Aquidneck Island, it’s no surprise to find yet another local farm here. Located in Middletown, Simmons Farm’s store offers pasture-raised eggs, grass-fed beef, pastured pork and seasonal produce, plus its own farmstead cheese. Come for the meats, stay for the goat yoga! simmonsorganicfarmri.com

Wild Harmony Farm
Not only is Exeter’s Wild Harmony producing organic chickens, turkeys, pork and eggs, but it also offers 100 percent grass-fed beef and maple syrup. They live their motto: “Healthy Land. Healthy Animals. Healthy People.” wildharmonyfarm.com

Windmist Farm
With a breathtaking view of the Jamestown Bridge and acres of beautiful pastures, Windmist offers not only beef, pork, lamb and turkey, but also goat. The land is forever preserved as farmland and will be there for visitors and customers to enjoy for years
to come. windmistfarm.com