We'll be honest: Newfoundland is the hardest province in Canada to buy pasture-raised meat with a click. Most producers sell through Facebook groups or local abattoirs, invisible to a directory like ours. But there is a verified farm flying the flag, and if you know another that belongs on this list, we genuinely want to hear about it.
How this list was made: every farm below was verified individually (live website, direct-to-consumer sales, and real pasture practices). No feedlots wearing a grass-fed costume, no dead links, no directory spam. Grain-finished operations didn't make the cut.
Quick picks
🥩 Beef first-timers: Spring Meadow Farm (Springdale)
🧺 Fill the whole freezer: Spring Meadow Farm (pasture-raised beef, pork, chicken, seasonal produce)
📍 Closest to you: search your postal code
The 1 verified regenerative farm in Newfoundland
1. Spring Meadow Farm
📍 Springdale
pasture-raised beef · pork · chicken · seasonal produce
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Sustainable Newfoundland farm and market offering hormone-free pasture-raised meats, seasonal produce and local artisan goods. If it's your first order, start with their pasture-raised beef and build from there.
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Buying direct in Newfoundland: what to know
Spring Meadow Farm in Springdale is the province's standard-bearer: hormone-free pasture-raised beef, pork and chicken alongside seasonal produce and local goods, with a real farm market you can walk into. For everything else, your best tools on the Rock are the St. John's Farmers' Market, local abattoir boards, and community Facebook groups, plus our farm finder, which we update monthly as new farms get verified.
How buying from a farm works (if you never have)
Most of these farms sell three ways: individual cuts from an online store (easiest start), bundle boxes (best variety per dollar), and bulk shares: a quarter, half or whole animal, by far the best price per pound if you have freezer space. A quarter beef fits in a 7 cu ft chest freezer. Order on the farm's website, and don't be shy about emailing the farmer with questions. They answer, usually personally, usually fast.
The part of the animal your farm order won’t include
Here is what happens with almost every quarter- or half-beef order in Newfoundland. You get steaks, roasts and ground. You do not get the liver, the heart or the kidney: the three most nutrient-dense cuts on the animal. They are left at the abattoir, or they come home and sit in the freezer until someone quietly throws them out. Ask a farmer and most will tell you the same thing: they can rarely give organs away, because almost nobody asks for them.
That is the gap worth naming. You did the hard part: found the farm, checked how the cattle are actually finished, committed to the freezer space and the up-front cost. And the single thing that most separates pasture-raised from supermarket beef still never reaches the plate.
If your farm will sell you organs, take them. Genuinely. Fresh liver from a farm you have vetted yourself is the best version of this, and it is usually the cheapest protein on the price list. Ask for the liver, heart and kidney when you book. Most farms are glad someone finally did.
If they will not part with them, or the taste and the once-a-year timing are the real barriers, that is the narrow problem we make a product for. Our organs are pasture-raised in New Zealand and Australia, grass-fed and grass-finished year-round, then freeze-dried at low temperature and encapsulated here in Canada. We name the origin openly because a single-ingredient label has nowhere to hide.
The five organs, one capsule
Grass-Fed Beef Organ Complex
Liver, heart, kidney, spleen and pancreas, freeze-dried, nothing else on the label. The nose-to-tail part of a farm order, without the freezer or the frying pan. $54.99, 180 capsules.
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Buying a quarter cow? Know what to ask for.
Our Ancestral Eating Guide covers how to order from a farm, which cuts and organs to request, how to store a bulk buy, and how to actually cook liver so your household will eat it. Free, no cost.
Get the free guide →Frequently asked questions
Which farms deliver to St. John's?
Based on what the farms themselves publish: Spring Meadow Farm. Delivery zones change seasonally, so confirm on the farm's site, or search your postal code in the Rise Farm Finder to see every farm near you, sorted by distance.
Is everything on this list really pasture-raised?
Every farm here was verified individually: live website, direct sales, and published pasture practices. Grain-finished operations were excluded, even popular ones. Practices can change, so we re-verify the list periodically and remove farms that no longer qualify.
How much does buying a quarter cow cost?
Most farms price bulk beef by hanging weight, and a quarter typically yields 80–110 lb of cut-and-wrapped beef, enough to fill a 7 cu ft chest freezer. Per-pound it works out well below retail for the same quality. Exact prices are on each farm's site; many take deposits and sell out months ahead, so book early.
What does 'regenerative' actually mean on a Newfoundland farm?
In practice: animals raised on pasture their whole lives, moved frequently (rotational or adaptive grazing) so the land recovers and improves, without routine antibiotics or added hormones. Labels vary: 'grass-fed and grass-finished,' 'certified organic,' 'Certified Grassfed by AGW.' Read how each farm describes finishing, and ask them directly. Real farmers love this question.
Looking in a neighbouring province? See our farm guides for Nova Scotia · Prince Edward Island. New farms are added to the Farm Finder every month. Curious why we care this much about grass? Read Why Grass-Fed.
The Rock deserves better food infrastructure. Until it arrives, support the pioneers, loudly.
Farms listed are independent businesses with no affiliation to Rise Nutrition. We list them because we believe in the regenerative movement. Practices and availability change. Always confirm directly with the farm. Know a Newfoundland farm that belongs here? Email hello@risenutritions.ca.
Can’t get to a farm this month? The next-best pantry: grass-fed beef tallow for the skillet, and beef organ capsules for the nutrients a supermarket cut can’t give you, and here’s exactly where we source.
