Clan Stewart Farm practices sustainable agriculture. We raise our animals naturally and humanely on pasture.We use NO pesticides, herbicides, or commercial fertilizers on our gardens or hayfields because we are aware of the potential health hazards linked to agricultural runoff.  We want to prevent herbicide, pesticide, and nitrate contamination of our spring and the stream running through the farm.
 
We have a very old farm, and are trying to reclaim old pastures that are grown up in brush and multi-flora rose from the years when they lay idle. We are slowly eliminating the problem without using herbicides by grazing goats.Our herd, which we just started last year, has made significant progress with the problem already.
 
We also have an NRCS conservation plan for our farm. That plan specifies no plowing of highly erodible fields and keeping our animals fenced away from the waterway.
 
Our animals are NOT fed hormones or prophylactic antibiotics because their use is linked to human disease and drug resistance. We will give a sick animal an antibiotic to save its life and relieve pain and suffering, but those animals then are not used for meat. Fortunately, pastured animals rarely need medical care.