Protocols

At Chapel Hill Farm in Berryville, VA, we raise our animals without the use of routine antibiotics. From start to finish, our beef is raised naturally, supporting stronger animals and cleaner food. By choosing antibiotic-free meats, you’re making a healthier choice for your family and helping reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance. It’s all part of our mission to provide food you can feel good about, straight from our farm to your table.

We raise our Randall Lineback cattle entirely on grass from the day they’re born until the day they leave our farm. You’ll often see them moving across lush pastures, eating a diverse mix of grasses and legumes. This natural diet keeps them healthy and lets the breed’s rich, clean flavor shine. It’s the way cattle were meant to live — and you can taste the difference in every bite.

Our calves stay right by their mothers on pasture, nursing for months instead of being weaned early. That extended time gives them strong immunity and calm, steady growth. You can almost feel how low-stress and natural it is when you watch them graze beside their moms. We believe that a gentle start makes for happier animals and better beef.

Our Randall Linebacks live their lives out on open pasture with plenty of room to roam. They breathe fresh air, soak up sunshine, and graze on diverse forage every single day. This creates calmer, healthier animals and nourishes our land at the same time. When you enjoy our beef, you’re tasting the quality of that landscape.

Caring for animals kindly is at the heart of what we do. We move our cattle gently, keep their environment calm, and follow humane standards from birth through processing. That respect shows in the animals’ behavior and in the quality of the beef. It’s simply the right thing to do.

Our cattle never get corn or soy — just grasses, legumes, and hay that suit their natural diet. This makes for healthier animals and a cleaner, heritage-true flavor in the beef. It also helps us avoid the environmental footprint of large-scale grain production. We like knowing exactly what’s going into our cattle — and so can you.

We don’t use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides on our pastures, and there are no chemical additives in our feed. This keeps our soils, forage, and animals cleaner and more resilient. It’s healthier for the ecosystem and for the food on your table. We’re proud to raise beef in a truly natural environment from soil to steak.

Our pastures and any supplemental feeds are free of genetically modified ingredients. Keeping GMOs out preserves traditional farming practices and transparency. We want you to know exactly how your food was raised, with no hidden surprises. It’s one more way we show respect for our animals, our land, and you.

We manage our pastures with regenerative principles that build soil health, increase biodiversity, and improve water retention. By rotating our Randall Linebacks through diverse paddocks, we mimic natural grazing patterns that restore the land rather than deplete it. You can actually see more birds, pollinators, and wildflowers every season because of this approach. It’s a cycle that nourishes the earth and produces beef you can feel good about.