About Us
Unique and biodiverse environment
Quality grazing land and regenerative soil that produces the best livestock and pepper products with a truly symbiotic and sustainable vision. Situated on 40 acres on the freshwater section of the Manatee River/Reservoir in Myakka City, Florida, agricultural products and livestock product both enjoy ideal conditions to flourish.
Happy Cows - BrandOrange Diverse Diet Protocol
Happiness tastes better. Its almost science. BrandOrange Farms Diverse Diet Protocol produces robust Pasture-Fed animals, with supplemental discretionary diet components include the following:
- Pine Needles (Tannins possibly aid in digestion. other antioxidant benefits)*
- Spanish Moss (Possible Antioxidant and mineral benefit to Cattle)**
- Saw Palmetto (Vitamins and other potential bovine benefits)***
Peppergrass Farms graze most commonly on the following grasses: Creeping Bluestem, Chalky Bluestem, Maidencane, Carpetgrasses
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Quality Breeding and Selection
Quality bloodlines, expert buying, and hands-on care produce the finest livestock products. Only the best get the BrandOrange seal.
References
* Accumulated evidence suggests that pine needles may significantly improve cattle performance (Hu, 2005)
** Spanish Moss contains multiple, potentially beneficial phytochemicals and trace nutrients *According to WholisticMatters 2019 Investigations into the compounds found in Spanish Moss showed the plant to contain multiple phytochemicals [2]:
- Carotenoids
- Tocotrienols
- Flavonoids
- Alkaloids
- Polycarpol
- 3-hydroxy-methylglutaric acid (HMG)
The primary flavonoid identified in Spanish Moss – 6,3′,5′-trimethoxy-3,5,7-4′-tetrahydroxyflavone – is unique to Tillandsia usneoides [3].
*** Cows fed Saw Palmetto berries produce richer milk, perhaps because the berry is loaded with oil.. According to eattheweeds.com, Two thirds of the oil is comprised of free fatty acids including capric, caprylic, caproic, lauric, palmitic and oleic acids.