Bloomingfoods is proud to partner with Becker Farms again this year to provide fresh, healthy, free-range turkeys for your Thanksgiving meals.
Becker Farms is a grass-based diversified livestock farm in east-central Indiana. They specialize in pastured, antibiotic-free, non-GMO fed animals. Their farm is unique in that they raise multiple species in a grass-based rotation and use regenerative farming practices.
Kyle Becker grew up on a very large farm in Cambridge City, IN where they milked 70 cows, had a feedlot, and raised all of their own replacements. He started out feeding and bedding calves and progressed to AI breeding the herd, fieldwork, and milking.
In 2006 Kyle was a 4th-year veterinary student at Purdue doing a rotation with Monsanto animal health, working with the field tech services vet using a genetically modified bovine growth hormone. He spent every day on large farms selling the hormone. While on that rotation he was asked to read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, whose theory is that you are what you eat. Pollan stated that we “eat by the grace of nature, not industry”. The book was instrumental in shaping his ideals of a modern responsible agricultural enterprise.
As a Food Animal Veterinarian for Becker Food Animal Health Services, Kyle is always working to help his clients raise their animals in a safe, healthy, and profitable way. He brings that expertise to his own farm to make it the best that it can be, as well.
Kyle’s wife Emily also attended Purdue University where she received her B.S. in Food Science, then continued on to Indiana University where she attained her Master of Public Health degree. Emily loves working at home on the family farm, helping with the veterinary business, and raising their four adorable children.
