Local Family Farms & Ranches near Kingsville, TX (3)

Lorberau Legacy Farms is a goat farm that is considered as The Home of Texas Nubians and LaManchas. The farm is located in Alice, Texas. Lorberau Legacy Farms takes its important role in the local goat industry seriously. They make sure to actively participate in the Dairy Herd Improvement Registry, which means the goat milk they harvest is constantly examined and analyzed for protein, butterfat, and somatic cell count. This way, the milk from the goats on this farm is entered into a database. They also undergo a linear appraisal. The evaluation of a trained appraiser helps the farm regarding future decisions on breeding selection. And it also allows the farmers to get to know their goats better.

Edelen Farms is a quality provider of grass-fed beef, pastured poultry, free-range eggs and fresh home-grown vegetables.  All products are assuredly chemical-free - raised without hormones, antibiotics nor pesticides.  They are also never confined to a feedlot and are moved to fresh pasture daily. Their main technique is daily rotational grazing focusing on the herbivores natural characteristics of mobbing, moving, and mowing. You can order their products online on their website. You can also buy their products at the Grow Local Farmers' Market downtown Corpus.  

G.P.Mushrooms offer fresh gourmet oyster mushrooms of different types.  One of his products is the Blue Oyster Mushroom which he describes to have a "nutty seafood flavor."  This can be eaten in a multitude of ways, including a BBQ Oyster Mushroom Sandwich!  A great alternative to meat and for vegans!  But aside from the mushroom products, he is also an advocate of growing your own gourmet mushroom.  He sells kits or blocks of inoculated with either Italian Oyster or Blue Oyster Mushroom.