Spotted Dog Family Farm

Susan and Chic Whiting raise Animal Welfare Approved beef cattle on Spotted Dog Family Farm in Brandon, VT. The farm is bordered by Otter Creek and situated in a hollow, surrounded by open pasture and rocky plateaus. When Susan and Chic purchased the farm in 2001, the land was quite fallow. They implemented a no-till policy and raised a medium sized herd of Irish Dexters to help repair and restore the health of their soils. The cows are rotated frequently throughout the fields and enjoy a varied diet of legumes, as well as typical Vermont grasses like fescue, blue grass and Timothy). Their diet is also supplemented by about 350 round bales of hay that the Whitings produce each year, to ensure their herd has a nutritious diet outside of the growing season.