How ordering, pricing, shipping, and pickup work. If your question isn't here, just ask.
Our cuts are sold by the pound. The price on each product page is per pound, with an approximate package weight and estimated total.
Because every hog is different, no two packages weigh exactly the same. Some come in slightly over, some slightly under — and they usually balance out across an order.
So we look at your order in total, not by individual package. If the combined price is within 5% of the estimate, the price you see at checkout is the price you pay. If the total price is more than 5% off the estimate, we recalculate using actual weights. Overages are charged to your card; underages are refunded. You'll get a final receipt with your shipment.
Cuts and sausages ship frozen in insulated packaging with cold packs or dry ice. Orders placed by Tuesday ship Wednesday for end-of-week delivery in most of the continental US.
We don't ship to Alaska, Hawaii, or outside the United States.
Yes. Everything ships flash-frozen and vacuum-sealed, packed in an insulated box with enough cold to keep things solid through transit even in summer.
If your shipment arrives partially thawed but still cold to the touch, it's safe — refreeze right away. If anything arrives at room temperature or compromised, email us and we'll make it right.
Frozen and properly stored, our cuts keep up to six months in a standard freezer with no loss in quality.
After thawing in the refrigerator, use cuts within 3-5 days, ground pork within 1-2 days, and sausage within 5 days.
Email us at orders@janusfarms.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the issue, and we'll either refund the affected items or replace them on your next order.
We don't accept returns of perishable meat for obvious reasons, but we stand behind everything we ship.
A cut sheet is the document where you tell the butcher how you want your share processed: thickness of chops, size of roasts, what gets ground into sausage, whether you want the belly cured into bacon, and so on.
If this is your first share, don't worry — we'll walk you through it on the phone. No prior experience required.
Pickup is by appointment only at our farm in Sterling, CT. After your hog is processed, we'll confirm a pickup window with you and have everything packed in coolers ready to load into your car.
Plan freezer space ahead of time — a half hog fills a small chest freezer, a whole hog fills a large one.
Please don't drop by unannounced. We may be out in the field.
We're a family farm in Sterling, Connecticut. We ship cuts frozen anywhere in the contiguous United States. Quarter, half, and whole hog shares are available for pickup at the farm.
Our hogs live outdoors year-round, with access to shelter when they want it. They root, wallow, forage, and behave the way hogs are meant to. The exercise, the variety of forage, and the time it takes to grow them is what gives the meat its character.
We do not claim USDA Organic certification, which is a specific regulated label we have not pursued. We feed a non-GMO grain mix supplemented with seasonal vegetables and use no hormones or routine antibiotics.
See our practices page for the full picture of how we raise our hogs.
We don't use growth hormones, ever. Federal law actually prohibits hormone use in pork production, so technically no pork in the US is raised with hormones — but we mention it because most people don't know that, and we want to be clear about what is and isn't in our meat.
We never use sub-therapeutic antibiotics — the kind given as a growth promoter or to compensate for crowded conditions. If a hog gets sick and antibiotics are the right treatment for that animal's welfare, we'll use them, and that hog won't be sold as part of our pork. Animal welfare comes first.