Producer

We are a family farm, dedicated to humane animal husbandry & sustainable production of healthy meat, poultry & eggs. Our farm is nestled in the Cascade foothills in the Mid-Willamette Valley, near the Calapooia River. We farm sustainably and holistically, taking care of our land, water, and local wildlife, while raising healthy and happy animals. We produce grass-fed beef, lamb, and goat; natural pork; pasture-raised chickens; and eggs from free-ranging hens.


We love our farm, yet sometimes—such as when checking a pregnant heifer at 2 AM—we ask ourselves how we got here. Then we remember, it’s all because of Michael Pollan. And Joel Salatin. Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma introduced us to Salatin’s innovative farming methods, and we were hooked! Now in our third year, we’ve implemented many of the practices Salatin pioneered. We graze animals intensively for short periods (1-3 days) in small paddocks, allowing grass and legume regrowth between grazings. This improves pasture health, increases organic matter in the soil, and promotes plant diversity. We employ a leader-follower grazing system to control parasites and flies: sheep follow cattle, then laying hens, in their mobile house, follow sheep, spreading manure and consuming fly larvae. Pasture-raised broiler/fryer chickens fertilize the fields as their shelters are moved daily. And we use a deep bedding system, feeding hay to cattle and sheep in covered areas during the rainy season. Later, pigs make compost by turning the bedding, and we fertilize our fields with the result of their labor.

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