Meet the Team

Owner, operator, and Farmer-in-Chief Samantha Steiner founded Dogwood Farm in 2010 to provide the northern Cincinnati, Ohio area all natural, locally raised meats and eggs.  Her passion in farming stemmed from her upbringing as a fourth generation farmer.  Growing up on a dairy farm, Samantha learned the responsibilities and importance of humane animal treatment and natural foods.  Her holistic agriculture approach provides her livestock a stress free environment and leaves a positive impact on the land.  
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Farmhand and Gardening Guru, Maricela Nickell is essential to the daily Dogwood operations.  Maricela makes sure that we all stay focused and on schedule with our farming commitments.  Maricela loves getting dirty and working outdoors....well, expect for on the frigid winter days maybe.  
Jennifer Hoban takes on the challenge of marketing and communications for Dogwood Farm. Jennifer loves talking with customers and answering their questions. Jennifer also likes to get creative in the kitchen and is always cooking up new recipes featuring Dogwood Farm products. Stay tuned for some of Jennifer’s recipes!
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As Chief Guard Dog, lets be honest....Banks is the one who is really in charge.  Banks loves to go for rides on the farm equipment, roll around in the mud, dig in the dirt, and smell everything he possible can.  Banks is a very friendly dog, so if you ever see him when you stop by the farm, don't hesitate to say hi.

Our Quality Pledge

We raise our animals without prophylactic antibiotics. We do treat an animal if it becomes ill, and, in that instance we strictly observe and exceed the FDA withdrawal times for meat.  We do not supplement our animals with hormones, natural or synthetic.
The animals lead relaxed lives in open pasture.
We transport the animals directly to the processing plants ourselves. They are not crowded into semis or shipped across the country.
When you buy from Dogwood Farm, you have the benefit of knowing where your food comes from and the team of farmers behind it.
​Thank you for supporting us!

Trust

Dogwood Farm is built on trust.  You trust us to raise nutritious, healthy, natural meat products to feed your family.  We trust our customers to select the products that they wish to purchase and leave payment for these products in the honor box on the counter.  Thanks to this foundation of trust, we are able to keep our costs low and pass on the savings to our loyal customers.

Our Livestock

Cattle

Our Dexter Angus cattle are hardy, sturdy cattle that thrive on quality pastures and hay. Because of their small size
and thriftiness, they require less pasture space than
large breed cattle and are easier on the land and
fences. Our Angus cross cattle are raised on pasture and their diet is supplemented with non-gmo corn to ensure they are receiving all the appropriate
nutrients for a larger breed animal.

Chicken

Our Cornish Rock broilers are raised in mobile
grazing pens in the pasture, open to fresh air,
plenty of grass, and room to move about. They are
moved daily onto fresh grass -- allowing access to
bugs and nutrients out of the soil, yet keeps them
safe from predators. 

Goat

Our Boer goats are pasture raised and live very
carefree lives. Lower in total fat, saturated fat,
calories and cholesterol then traditional red meats,
Boer goat meat retains a sweet flavor reminiscent
to lamb. Additionally, goat meat has higher values
in iron, potassium and thiamine together with less
sodium than traditional meats found in the United
States.​

Turkey

We raise our turkeys under the same conditions as
our chickens. Once they are large enough though,
the turkeys are moved from the mobile pens into a
rotational pasture system.​
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