The Goosemobile, a "mobile meat market," is loaded with frozen organically grown turkeys, pheasants, chickens, beef, geese, ducks, pork, lamb, buffalo, goat and ostrich.

Tom Neuberger operates the Goosemobile but offers products from a variety of South Dakota producers.  Neuberger, Larry Eisenbeis of Marion and Eulyle Foster of Fulton offer meat from animals that have been raised naturally in free-range and pasture environments.  Hormones, nitrates and chemicals supplements aren't used.

"We feel we have a niche with 100 percent natural products," Neuberger said.

Eisenbeis supplies beef, Foster provides lamb and Neuberger sells fowl, pork and a byproduct - pillows made from duck and goose down.

Other South Dakota growers supply specialty meats high in protein and low in fat and cholesterol.

Matt Popowski of Onaka supplies buffalo meat, Ken Adelman of Milbank raises ostrich and Foster produces the goat meat.

The idea for the enterprise began in the 1970s, when Neuberger was strictly a livestock farmer.

"It was tough on the farm.  We weren't doing too well.  We had to think of something more profitable," he said.

The couple decided to raise poultry where their investment could be turned around faster.

It worked.

This year the Neubergers raised 4,000 chickens, 450 ducks, 300 pheasants, 275 geese, 125 turkeys and 150 capons.

The Goosemobile completed its first route around the state in 1984.  Back then, Neuberger and his wife, Ruth, sold only geese from the mobile market.

"We sell less now.  People don't cook like they used to.  They eat out more," Ruth Neuberger said.

The couple has modified the operation to include a variety of meat and poultry products.  Last year, they started selling red meat from the Goosemobile.

Neuberger refers to the poultry operation as "a lot of work but it is enjoyable when people are satisfied....It is a good living."

During the state Goosemobile tour, Neuberger stays in motels or with friends.

"I look forward to seeing them," Neuberger said.  "It is not just a business.  It is a service."