FAQs
Please browse the categories and questions below to find the answers to our most common enquiries:
Pricing and Item Weights
Q: Do you have a list of product prices per kg?
Delivery, Packaging and Storage
Q: How does delivery work?
Q: Can I freeze the meat once it has arrived?
Q: What if I’m not in when you deliver?
Q: Do you deliver to Ireland?
Farming Practices, Products and Ingredients
Q: What pesticides or fertilisers are used on your farms?
Q: What breeds of Animals do you farm?
Q: Is all your meat 100% grass fed?
Q: Is your meat organic?
Q: Does your bacon contain nitrites?
Q: What are your gluten free burgers and sausages made from?
Q: How long is your Grass Fed Beef Hung for?
Q: How are your animals slaughtered?
Q: Do you have a list of product prices per kg?
A: Yes, you can download a full pdf price list per kilo of all our primal cuts and odd cuts here: Green Pasture Product Price List Spring 2013. The weights of our deli items are listed on the individual product pages.
Please read the information on our delivery page to find info regarding timescales, packaging, cost and lots of other FAQs regarding delivery: Delivery Information
Q: Can I freeze the meat once it has arrived?
A: Yes. All our products come in freezer friendly packaging, and if frozen within 24 hours of delivery can be kept in the freezer for up to 6 months.
The box itself is insulated with woolcool liners, packed with food hygiene standard ice packs, which will keep your meat refrigerated for up to 48 hours.
Q: What if I am not in when you deliver?
A: When you order you have the option to leave special delivery instructions. Due to the packaging, the box can be left outside for up to 24 hours after it has been delivered, even in the height of summer.
If you do not have somewhere suitable to leave the box out of sight such as a porch or back garden, you can arrange to have box delivered to work, or left with a neighbour (hopefully they won’t be too tempted to eat our delicious sausages before you pick it up!)
A: Unfortunately we do not currently deliver outside of the mainland UK.
What pesticides or fertilisers are used on your farms?
A: No pesticides are used on our fields.
Our fields are fertilised using the manure from our cows, sheep, chickens and pigs – Isn’t nature brilliant!
Very occasionally, (perhaps in Spring after a bad Winter), we may use some man made fertilisers made from natural products.
Q: What breeds of Animals do you farm?
A: Most of our beef is from Aberdeen Angus Cattle, though we do also supply some Longhorn Beef from time to time. Keep an eye on our news items or sign up to our email newsletter or twitter feed for more details.
Both these breeds are selected as they do particularly well on a grass based diet, producing tender, succulent nicely marbled meat, without the need for supplemental feed made from grains or soy.
Our lamb comes from Texel sheep. Like our beef, this breed is selected as it is a traditional breed that produces tasty, flavoursome, succulent meat from hill grazing alone.
All our pork is from native rare breeds – These include Middle Whites, Gloucester Old Spots and Oxford Sandy Blacks. Using these traditional varieties and raising them naturally produces pork that actually tastes like pork! It also works wonders for our speciality sausages and home cured bacon.
Q: Is all your meat grass fed?
A: All of our beef and lamb is 100% grass fed. Pork and chicken cannot be grass fed, as they are not ruminants. Our pork and chicken is all 100% free range however, and allowed to forage for their natural diet.
Our meat is not certified as organic, as we felt it would increase the cost of production unnecessarily.
We can assure you however, that our meat is raised to the highest standards, without the use of pesticides, chemical fertilisers or antibiotics.
They are allowed to roam freely – With far more space than legally required to be classed as free range.
They are also all fed a natural diet – Much organic meat is fed a diet of organic corn and soy!
Q: Does your bacon contain nitrites?
A: No, our bacon does not contain nitrites, nor any other artificial flavourings or preservatives. Our bacon is cured for 20-25 days using a traditional recipe made from salt, a small amount of brown sugar, and saltpetre.
Q: What is in your gluten free burgers and sausages?
A: All our sausages and burgers are made with free range pastured meat allowed to forage for their natural diet.
Our sausage skins are made from the intestines of our free range pigs.
We use a small amount of gluten free sausage burger mix to hold the mince together, the ingredients of which are listed below:
Tomato and Basil
Rice Flour, Salt, Dried Tomato, Herb, Dextrose, Spices, Onion Powder, Leek Powder, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Spice Extracts.
Pork and Sage
Rice Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Onion Powder, Leek Powder, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Spice Extracts.
Burgers
Rice Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Spices, Onion Powder, Leek Powder, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Spice Extracts.
Q: How long is your Grass Fed Beef Hung for?
A: All our Grass Fed Beef is hung for a minimum of 4 weeks (28 days), anywhere up to 7 weeks (49 days) to allow its full flavour to develop and mature.
Q: How are your animals slaughtered?
A: All of our animals are taken to slaughter at local abattoirs (less than 10 miles) by our own farmers in small wagons, and never mixed with other animals. We do everything we can to ensure the process is as stress free as possible.
None of our meat is Halal.