Pat's Pastured

Pat's Pastured operates at 830 South Road in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, in Kent County, and holds USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment numbers M2194 and P2194. The federal record lists meat processing, poultry processing, and poultry slaughter, with poultry as the only species slaughtered under inspection. FSIS classifies the plant as very small, places its slaughter volume in category 3.0, and shows a grant of inspection date of November 25, 2024. The establishment reports retail-exempt sales and reports no custom-exempt activity.

The farm describes itself as family-owned and family-operated by Patrick and Kelly McNiff since 2002, farming more than 150 acres of pasture and woodlots in Rhode Island, including the home farm, Boesch Farm, leased from the Town of East Greenwich. The website states the farm raises 100 percent grass-fed beef and pasture-raised chickens, ducks, turkeys, and pigs, without antibiotics, hormones, GMOs, or steroids, and that poultry is processed on-site at the farm's own facility. The site notes the practices are not USDA-certified organic, since only certified farms may use that term.

Sales are direct to consumers through an East Greenwich farm store, an online shop, home delivery, ground shipping, farmers' markets, and an Omnivore CSA, with wholesale to restaurants also mentioned. The site carries a prominent notice asking for help rebuilding after a fire, without further detail in the fetched text. Because the establishment's federal record shows no custom-exempt activity, farmers should confirm directly whether any processing is available to outside livestock owners; the website describes only the farm's own animals and its own products, as listed.

Households can shop in person at the East Greenwich farm store at 830 South Road without ordering ahead, or order online for next-day pickup when placed by noon. The store also carries local dairy, condiments, desserts, prepared meals, and pantry items from area partners. Freezer bundles and an Omnivore CSA are offered for stocking up. Free home delivery is offered on orders over $200 to East Greenwich, Warwick, North Kingstown, Cranston, Providence, East Providence, Riverside, Pawtucket, Bristol, Barrington, Warren, Portsmouth, and Seekonk, Massachusetts, with some areas excluded. Ground shipping is offered with a $200 minimum for free shipping, and the site states orders under $200 are not shipped; one page also references a $75 shipping minimum. Shipping states listed include Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, with some zip codes excluded. Orders ship weekly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Dairy, eggs, pantry items, and most prepared foods are not shipped. Farmers' market pickup is available year round at listed markets.

If you are buying a half or quarter animal, the plant is where the animal is processed; the farm sells you the animal. Read how to buy a half cow for the sequence and the math.