Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to our most frequently asked questions.
We tend to do things differently. Naturally, there are plenty of questions! We love answering your questions to help you better understand our farming practices.
How do I order?
Do you offer home delivery?
Yes! We make weekly home deliveries on Thursday or Saturday. You can choose 'Home Delivery' at checkout when you place your order.
Home Delivery Delivery Zone:
Home delivery is available to the general Kansas City metro area within these boundaries, exceptions may apply. See map below for our current delivery area.
*Note: Home delivery requires that you leave out a cooler or insulated container on your front porch. We will NOT leave products without a cooler or insulated container. Your delivery fee will not be refunded and a new delivery fee will be charged if you would like for us to reattempt the delivery. If you choose to cancel your order instead of opting for redelivery, there will be a $10.00 restocking fee subtracted from your refund.
When placing an order, do I enter the weight or quantity?
When ordering on our shop site (GrazeCart) and you are adding items to your cart...when asked to enter a number into the 'box' you will enter the quantity- not the weight.
Examples:
- "I want to order 2 roasts and they are average 3 pounds each roast." You would enter the number '2' for two roasts. You do not enter '6' for 6 pounds of roast.
- "I want to order 6 pounds of chicken wings and a whole chicken." You would enter 1 in the whole chicken box and 3 in the chicken wing box...chicken wings are around 2 pounds each package.
*Note: The number of items per package is listed on each item description on our shop site (GrazeCart).
Do you offer local pick up for orders?
Yes! We offer monthly community pick-up locations around the Kansas City Metro. View all our current pick-up & delivery options!
- Place your order online and select from one of our 'community pick-up' locations.
- We meet in the parking lot of local businesses or in community areas such as parks, coffee shops, plant nurseries, etc. You'll see us standing outside of our delivery van with coolers in the back. We're easy to spot!
- Each pick-up location meets for about 20 minutes so customers can stop by and quickly grab their orders. Please bring a cooler or your own bags to the pick ups to collect your order items.
If you're a local business (with a parking lot) that would like to host us as one of our pick-up locations, reach out via email (contact@farrarfamilyfarmkc.com). We'd love to partner with you!
Family farm community pick-up locations serving all of Kansas City metro:
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Merriam, KS
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Olathe, KS
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Prairie Village, KS
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Lee's Summit, MO
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Blue Springs, MO
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Harrisonville, MO
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Liberty, MO
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Kansas City, MO
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Adrian, MO
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Parkville, MO
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Raymore, MO
What is 'grass farming' and 'regenerative agriculture'?
These are the 'back to basics' natural methods that we practice. If we break it down and very simply explain it the concept is "graze, rest, recovery, flourish". Rotation and movement are key! We move our animals daily away from yesterday's grazing paddock and onto fresh new grass or forest. Their 'waste' is actually a priceless fertilizer (no chemicals needed) that feeds the soil and microbes. It's all a cycle that builds on itself and continues to produce health and abundance for the soil, the animals, people, air, water, etc.
Here are a few links to great resources that can explain and show you what regenerative agriculture means:
- Kiss the Ground (must watch documentaries)
- Noble Research Institute
- Rodale Institute
- Regenerative Farmers of America
- Recommended Documentaries & Videos List (resource from Kiss the Ground website)
Do you offer shipping?
At this time we do not offer shipping of our products.
If you are outside of our delivery zone, we highly encourage you to look locally for farmers to support in your area. Check out websites like 'Eat Wild' to find local-to-you farms.
Do you feed your animals grain?
Yes and no. It depends on the animal! To answer this question, you have to ask, "Is this animal an omnivore or herbivore?".
Our cattle and sheep are never fed any grain because they are herbivores. Even throughout the winter, we only feed them hay (dried grasses).
Our pigs, chickens, and turkeys are omnivores. That means they are able to process grains along with pasture grasses, bugs, shrubs, and other plants, plus anything the pigs can root up in the forest! They have free choice access (not force-fed) to a non-gmo grain mixture. We make sure they always have ample, fresh pasture or forest to graze and roam so they get a well-balanced diet. Each animal has their own preferences and instinct to choose what they eat each day.
Humane treatment of animals and butchering process...
This is an important topic and we appreciate your questions and interest in raising and butchering animals humanely. We have learned over the years that answering these questions and having these conversations are more meaningful and easier to answer in person. There is a lot to talk about and many nuances within the topic of properly raising animals for meat consumption. We encourage you to come chat with us at the Lee's Summit farmers market or any pop up events so we can answer your specific questions and connect with you on this topic in person.
We will do our best to fully answer this question below. Please note we will go into some detail about the butchering process itself...
Do you sell at any local Farmers Markets?
At this time, no. After 9+ years of selling at local farmers markets (primarily Lee's Summit) we decided it was time to take a break. We welcomed our first son over the winter (2025). We didn't think we could keep up with our regular deliveries/pick ups and attend a market every single weekend with a newborn all while running the daily farm operations. Something had to give.
For now, you can order all of our products for a pick up or home delivery every single week through our online store. Some day in the future we might pop into a market, but for this season of our life, it just doesn't fit. Thanks for all the good memories from those years!
Do you sell eggs?
No, not right now.
We used to raise egg chicken as well as meat chickens...bet you didn't know there were two 'types' of chickens! Raising egg chickens and selling eggs is so much more work than most people realized. Since it's only the two of us working the farm, we had to minimize our workload in order to make progress with our other tasks. Hopefully, as we expand our business and bring on employees, they can help us with the workload and we can eventually bring back our amazing free-range pastured eggs. We'll be sure to share the news once eggs become available again!
Are your products free of gluten and other major allergens?
Yes. Since all of our animals have to be processed at USDA inspected butchers, all of the products are free of major allergens like gluten, shellfish, soy, eggs, etc.
We have many customers with specific dietary needs and/or restrictions. Email us with your individual questions and we'll be happy to answer and help!
What does 'uncured' bacon or ham mean?
'Uncured' means there are no nitrates or nitrites except those naturally occurring in celery juice powder and sea salt.
The term uncured can be found on a few of our product labels such as... bacon, ham, deli ham, deli turkey, deli chicken, summer sausage, pepperoni, hot dogs, etc. This is to indicate that the 'curing' ingredient used is celery juice powder and/or sea salt. We have opted for the more naturally derived 'curing' ingredients as opposed to a more refined, processed, or less whole-food based ingredient.
Do you offer farm tours?
Not at this time. Due to time constraints, farm tours are not available.
Please understand that with just two people it leaves very limited time for us to take care of our personal life and get some rest. We share your same passion for knowing where your food comes from. However, we cannot accommodate tours into our schedule at this stage in life. Additionally, we live on a shared family property and have other family members' privacy to consider.
If tours do become available in the future, they will be for educational purposes. If you're looking for an opportunity for your children to touch or pet animals, please look to local agritourism avenues such as 'Deanna Rose Farmstead'.
Thank you for understanding our farm tour stance at this time.
Please note that we are 100% transparent about how we raise our animals and our farming practices. If you have any concerns or desires to be able to verify any of our claims and practices, we can arrange for you to pick up an order on the farm so you can actually see that we're doing what we say. We're an open book so please email with any questions. We'd love to chat!
