Lakewinds certified organic meat department offers a wide range of natural meats including poultry, pork, beef, and even wild game. We also have an excellent selection of seafood, both fresh and frozen, farmed and wild. We maintain a direct relationship with our suppliers and processors to ensure they maintain our shared standards of cleanliness, worker safety and commitment to fair animal treatment.

Natural Meats and Seafoods at Lakewinds
We are continually searching for excellent products to offer our customers, and believe we offer you the best some of the finest meats and seafoods available. You may be aware that the quality and availability of meats meeting certain criteria for the health-conscious consumer vary widely. Our meat department manager and staff seeks to offer you great choices, taking into consideration the price, safety, nutrition, availability, and farm conditions by visiting the facilities whenever possible. We are confident you’ll be very pleased with our selection!

We want to help you make the best possible choices about meats. The following is a brief description of products and commonly used terms.

All-Natural meat products at Lakewinds do not contain steroid, pesticide, growth hormone or antibiotic residues, and our producers are spot-checked by the USDA for hormones and antibiotics.. Products labeled "all-natural" can vary in production and processing procedures. Ask your butcher if you have specific questions about additives or farm conditions.

Uncaged or Free-Range refers to the live animal's ability to move freely. Many conventional factory farms keep animals contained in cages for their entire existence, restricting movement and quality of life. Uncaged animals must have at least six square feet to move in freely. This includes animals kept exclusively indoors in barns (chickens), as well as those roaming outside in pastures (cattle).

Organically-Raised meats come from farms that follow organic production practices. These include feeding animals organically-grown feed, and using no antibiotics, growth hormones, or drugs to treat sick animals. (Sick animals may be treated with these drugs to get well, but are then pulled from the organic herd and sold to commercial growers.) Synthetic fertilizers and pesticides are not used on organic farms. No food product can be labeled "organic" without conforming to the requirements for organic certification.

What Lakewinds Offers You

Beef
Lakewinds is proud to carry our own brand of natural beef as well as Organic Valley's organic beef products. They are subjected to a stringent quality control program and are never given antibiotics or growth hormones. Lakewinds beef is all-grain fed, USDA graded beef, and like all our meats, are federally inspected. Of course, our 100% grass fed beef from the fine folks at One Thousand Hills Cattle Company are from cattle strictly raised on pasture grasses. The ranchers providing our beef share our philosophy of providing healthy, naturally-raised meats and careful land stewardship..

Chicken
Lakewinds carries three kinds of all-natural chickens to meet all of our customers’ needs. We carry all-natural chickens raised on Amish farms from the eastern states which are fed vegetarian diets and given no antibiotics or hormones. Next up the line are the free-range, locally produced chickens from Kadejan Farms. The ability to roam at will keeps the chickens happy and their meat tasty. Finally, we carry organic chickens from the local Larry Schultz Farms. Organic chickens are always free-range, but with the added benefits of an all-organic-grain diet. You will taste and enjoy the difference this level of care brings to your table!

Deli Meats
Lakewinds has assorted deli meats that contain no additives. Most of the fresh deli meats at Lakewinds are all-natural products. Due to some customer demand for a few traditional products, a small percentage of our meats may contain nitrates. THESE FEW ITEMS ARE ALWAYS LABELED "CONTAINS NITRATES", so you can make your choices with confidence. However, most fresh deli meats, in order to be safe for the consumer, contain preservatives. These preservatives are almost always on the FDA's "GRAS" list of 'Generally Regarded As Safe' additives.

Lamb
The lamb available at Lakewinds is an all-natural product from Dakota Lean, a cooperative group of natural lamb farmers from Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas. They produce a very high quality product that also strengthens the local farming community.

Pork
The pork purchased for Lakewinds is a premium product from Prairie Grove, a company that maintains strict animal health and food safety. Hams and bacon containing no nitrites (a common meat preservative) are also available in our freezer.

Seafood & Fish
Our fish and seafood is not dipped in chlorine or sprayed with preservatives. Some of our fish and seafood varieties are farm-raised in controlled environments. Additionally, farm-raised fish are not depleted from marine environments that could be harmed by over-harvesting. Our farm-raised salmon comes from the Shetland Islands off the coast of Scotland and this salmon is certified organic. We source our wild salmon from Alaska, including varieties such as sockeye salmon.

Click here to download seafood nutritional information displayed in our seafood department.

Turkey
Lakewinds carries all-natural turkeys and some organically-raised varieties. Like our fresh chickens, the turkeys are raised by independent farmers and distributed through a number of wholesales. The all-natural turkeys are tested for pesticide and antibiotic residues, and are uncaged.

Sausages
We offer a wide variety of Hans Sausages, both pre-cooked and fresh. They will spice up any meal, and the fresh ones are great on the grill! We also make a pretty great fresh sausage ourselves. Ask for today’s variety.

Featured Products:

Kadejan chickens and turkeys are truly a breed apart. Raised on a family farm in Glenwood, MN, their taste will persuade you that good feed, freedom to roam, and humane treatment are as good for the chickens as it is for their flavor!  Most people who've been raised on commercial chickens are amazed to taste all the character of these fine birds. And Kadejan's turkeys will be a wonderful addition to your holiday table.

All Kadejan poultry are fed whole grain. No fish, bakery, or animal by-products are ever used. They are also "air chilled", rather than being chilled in the traditional chlorine bath. This avoids the absorbed water (up to 8% is normally allowed) that is included in lesser poultry. And, of course, no anti-biotics or hormones are allowed. We're proud to sell all of Kadejan's products, and know you'll be proud to serve them to your family!

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