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Our Story - Family & Farm

Hi, my name is Lee Hitzfield founder of Seven Sons. My wife Beth and I along with our seven sons and their families own and operate an intensive beef grazing operation near Roanoke Indiana.

Our original 24 acre farm was purchased in 1984 as a profitable 150 sow farrowing operation. Along with hogs we also farmed 800 acres of row crops.
Much to our regret at that time our way of farming was the typical conventional method. As I look back we were a pitiful picture of the commercialized factory farms of today but on a smaller scale.
A lot has changed since 1984, read on...

In 1991 my wife was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and worst case scenario the vital organs. Right away she began researching different methods of treatment. After investigating conventional medicines approach, she realized she wanted to treat the disease with as little medication as possible. My wife continued to study the different alternatives, this is what led us to our journey into health and nutritional education.

Long story short research proved to us that there is a major link between the foods we eat, how they are produced and the risk of developing or preventing diseases. With this knowledge we began to drastically change our methods of farming and how we raised our livestock.

Despite the high market prices, we made the decision to close the doors to our "successful" hog operation and say goodbye to factory farming!
Our goal now was to raise livestock in their natural environment which would result in a MUCH healthier product.

In the late 90's we began to fulfill our goal by raising cattle close to nature. Our cattle get plenty of sunshine fresh air, acres of green pastures to graze and our never fed any grains. The cattle are born, raised and finished on grass! Our meat is free of hormones, steroids, artificial growth stimulants, drugs or antibiotics.

We believe in what we are doing and why we do it. Best of all we feel right about what our family is eating and we are now grateful to offer it to you as well.

From our farm to your table - May God Bless,

Lee & Beth Hitzfield