The Mott Group is working to promote the use of pasture and outdoor environments to raise animal products: meat, poultry, dairy and eggs. In a pasture-based system, animals are free to go outdoors, exercise, eat a varied diet and get plenty of fresh air and sunshine. In contrast, most animal products are produced in a system where they spend most or all of their lives inside a crowded building.

Dispersing animals into pasture contributes in many ways to sustainable food systems. Eating pastured animals products has many health benefits compared to grain fed animal products. Waste products are dispersed on the land where they contribute to soil fertility rather than run off as pollution. Farmers have healthier and more rewarding lifestyles: they are not exposed to unhealthy odors common in large scale confinement operations Finally, the animals are eating more natural diets, usually free of hormones and drugs, and able to move around freely outdoors.

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Salad Bar Beef. Joel Salatin 1995, Polyface, Inc. Swoope , VA.