We never use growth enhancing antibiotics, hormones, or preservatives. It is the goal of Mosby Tavern Farm to raise cattle in the most caring and nurturing environment possible. Mosby Tavern Farm was established in 1987, and since we began, we have raised grass-fed beef cattle to sell at auction. We currently have 60 head of mother Angus cows, residing on over 275 acres of fenced pasture land. Our
cows are allowed to graze freely year round on our pastures which consist of a fescue mixed grass, with an over seeding each winter of clover to help increase the nutritional value of the grass mix. We utilize some rotational grazing programs, as well as harvest hay throughout the spring and summer which we store for feeding the cattle after the grass growing season has ended. We provide free choice mineral, labeled Goochland Hi-Mag available from Southern States stores to all of our cattle year round. We maintain at all times, a two year supply of hay, to help combat drought or lackluster grass production in a given year. In the event that the surplus of stockpiled grasses and hay were not enough to adequately feed our cattle, we would reduce our numbers and/or purchase hay from other producers if available at the time. We currently produce hay on an additional 250+ acres of land that we rent, or own, and have full control of the production of hay on these lands. We established Mosby Tavern Farm LLC. this year to provide a direct to the consumer marketing of our local Virginia grass-fed Angus beef. Originally located in Goochland County, Mosby Tavern was in the western part of the county which became Cumberland County in 1749. From the county formation until the formation of Powhatan County in 1777, Mosby Tavern served as the Cumberland County courthouse and jail, as well as being a tavern and the private residence of the Mosby family. This, plus a popular racetrack across the road, made Mosby Tavern the center of the community. During the American Revolution the tavern also served as a rendezvous for the county militia. For at least 100 years from its construction, Mosby Tavern was used as a private residence by the Mosby family, owned by: Benjamin Mosby, who purchased the land and constructed the original building in 1740; Colonel Littleberry Mosby Sr (also spelled "Littlebury") (17??-1809?); General Littleberry Mosby Jr (1757–1821), who was the third child, but the oldest living son at the time of his father's death, and who was so disappointed that many family members left the area that he made Littleberry III's inheritance conditional on the condition his return to Virginia; Edward Mosby, Littleberry Jr's younger brother, to whom Mosby Tavern passed when Littleberry III died in Tennessee without returning. The tavern was also used as the Powhatan County courthouse and jail until 1779, when the county seat was moved to a newly constructed courthouse in Scottville. After 1779 Mosby Tavern generally ceased to be used for public meetings, although the stature of the Mosby family in the area meant that even without official standing their home continued to play a major role in the social life of the area. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosby_Tavern)
Presently, the home is owned by Dr. and Mrs. Donald Sanders and operates as a working beef cattle farm.
