Starry Nights Farm

05/21/2026

Q&A #3- Do you vaccinate your animals?

The only “vaccine” we use is one called “tetanus antitoxin” for our bull calves when they are castrated. Because our animals are out on pasture and exposed to all the bugs, and that injury is open, the vet recommended this “vaccine” for them.

It is technically not a vaccine, but antibodies administered that protect the calf for 7-14 days while the injury is there, and then goes away.

That’s it. We haven’t had a need for anything else. The only other health issue we sometimes have is pink eye (from flies on their eyes in the summer) but we’ve been using some natural and homeopathic remedies that are helping.

We get the question about mRNA vaccines in our animals, but the answer is no, and our vet hasn’t even heard or ever used any for cattle before! Apparently is not a thing in the “small farm world” 😉!

05/20/2026

Q&A #2- “Is your beef organic? I know it is grass-fed, but does it carry the organic certification?”

Not a simple answer, but no, and kind of yes.

Our farm is USDA Organic, certified by . We adhere to all organic standards, get audited, maintain all the documentation, and pay the fees, BUT our processors (butchers) are not organic.

For meat to have the USDA organic label, everybody involved from start to finish has to have the certification, including the processor. Makes it difficult for the small farmer since we do not have control over that part, but not for the big companies that own their own processing operations.

For us the conflict was: do we drive 3-4 hours with the animals to an organic processor? Potentially having to increase prices for this added cost, stressing the animals by being in trailers for that long, figuring out logistics of picking up beef, and having to establish new relationship with this processor just so the meat has the label?

Our answer was easy to make. We stand by our product 100%, but we were not willing to make those compromises for a label that most of our customers did not care as much about (and we did survey them!)

They care about how the animals are raised, our farming protocols, the nutrient content of the beef, animal welfare, their relationship with our processors and that they are buying from a local, small farmer.

Stay tuned for more on this topic. So much to say! It’s a frustrating system that we support, but also wish it was different 🤷🏻‍♀️💚.

04/15/2026

FIRST CALF of the season! and many more to go.
Always an exciting time at the farm. Mamas are out on pasture, eating the last of the hay and eager to start grazing as the grasses have been growing and greening the past few days.
The mamas do their thing while calving, and we check twice a day but rarely need intervention.
Praying for a healthy and good calving season! 🙏🏼
You got this, mamas! 💗🐂

08/29/2025

Morning walks are back and today at Veteran’s Memorial (aka. KD Park), our next door neighbor, I had the most beautiful one.

There were plenty of “morning finds” along my walk (something I learned to do from my friend ). Finding simple beauty out in nature, or even in my home.

Here’s to you finding beauty and joy in the simple things (and sights) of life 😍. #

Enjoy, and have a great Labor Day weekend! ❤️

07/09/2025

Stock your freezer and forget about labels and buying store bought beef. Reserve your 1/4 or 1/2 custom cut 100% grassfed and grass finished beef today!!

We sell custom cut bulk (beef and lamb) once a year for our Fall/Winter Harvest. Reservations NOW OPEN for beef. Lamb reservations will open in June 2025 We occasionally sell some beef by the...

02/27/2025

Calling all HOMESTEADERS!!! This Saturday 3/1, LIVE with Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm a Homesteading Workshop in Milwaukee area, not to be missed!!! 💚

Homesteading Masterclass - Saturday, Mar 1st!
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02/13/2025

Winter cows ❄️

02/10/2025

Part of our MISSION and VISION is not only to bring our customers healthy, nutritious meats raised in a sustainable, regenerative way, but to help other farmers adopt these and other sustainable practices at their farms, and this grant will help do just that.
THANK YOU to all that helped the Kenosha Regenerative Producers Group in this endeavor! www.kenoshaproducers.org
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🚜 PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE FARMING: Congratulations to the Kenosha Regenerative Producers Group, which this week received a $26,000 state grant to support its farmer-led conservation work.

The group's mission is to improve profitable farming while protecting our local ecosystem, through practices such as rotational grazing and avoiding pesticide use and fertilization. You can learn more about the group and its efforts at https://www.kenoshaproducers.org.

Pictured below are County Executive Samantha Kerkman and group founder Paul Maggio during a tour of Maggio's Starry Nights Farm in Wheatland in 2023.