Our Philosphy | Fresh-to-the-Table Farms

Our Philosophy

Fresh-to-the-Table Farms’ mission is to provide comprehensive solutions to overcome the problems that agriculture has caused through:

air and water pollution
the sterilization of the soil and its vital organisms through the indiscriminate overuse of herbicides and pesticides
soil erosion and depletion
farm consolidation into large monoculture farms
animal production facilities that are crowded, stressful, and polluted with wastes

All operations MUST:

-- enhance the environment, not just reduce the impact of an operation or its footprint.

-- Fresh-to-the-Table Farms’ operating philosophy is to leave the water, soil, air, and natural habitats better than we found them.

The solution must be humane:

-- Humane to both livestock and labor.

-- The solution must make

Our philosophy is:

If a solution is profitable, it will be accepted, embraced, and sustained.

-- Eventually, money runs out if something is a losing proposition and, no matter how large the vision or grand the gesture, it will be a failure in the long run.

A solution needs to have:

-- a lower cost of operation, greater return on investment, and lowered risk.

-- An agricultural business needs to operate as a professional business and not a family hobby.

It must be environmentally sound.

-- While it is true that one can "take" from the environment longer than one can take from a bank account, there still is a limit to how much can be taken out, and humankind is getting dangerously close to that limit.

life better for both humans and livestock.

-- This means better living conditions for the livestock, healthier feed, and cleaner air.

-- It means labor must have better tools and more agreeable working conditions with increased wages and benefits.

The farms must be good neighbors:

-- Being a good neighbor to Fresh-to-the-Table Farms means positively influencing a community.

-- Fresh-to-the-Table Farms

believes in creating unity and prosperity for the community while helping the community address some of its problems.

This includes:

-- creating more than 1,200 direct jobs along with another 1,600 support jobs in communities close to the farming operations (based on U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis RIMS II employment multipliers)

-- developing marketing opportunities for other ag producers

-- opening markets for increased sales from local suppliers and services, and

-- operating in such a way that earns the community’s respect and contributes to civic pride

Fresh-to-the-Table Farms also strives to set an example as an excellent environmental neighbor.

-- The water and air that passes through Fresh-to-the-Table Farms will be cleaner when it comes out than when it came in.

Food quality.

-- Quantity is one thing, but the quality is paramount.

-- A quality product results in larger markets and higher profits.

--It has less waste and risk from recalls. Fresh-to-the-Table Farms also tracks each product from seed and birth to table by using traceability codes which is a successful solution to some of the food industry's problems today.