A Maine-based beef company wants North Country farmers to raise beef cattle for a high-end retail market.
Pineland Farms Natural Meats is looking to buy between 150 and 200 head of cattle a month from North Country farmers and it's holding a meeting Friday to tell farmers about company requirements.
Kevin Woltemath, a procurement specialist for Pineland farms said the company is only interested in buying cows that conform to their "naturally raised" standards.
"The big keys are that they’ve never received an antibiotic, or a growth-promoting hormone, or an animal by-product in their feed," Woltemath said. "Those are the basic market-driven standards for the naturally raised program and what appears on our label."
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