The Farm

The property is nestled in a mountain valley in the Coast Range, just a few miles inland from Depoe Bay, near Newport. The climate of Western Oregon, which yields 80 inches or more of rainfall per year, presents amazing opportunities for forage growth, making it a lovely place to raise ruminant livestock. We graze the pastures rotationally, giving them time to regrow and providing livestock with a clean environment and high plane of nutrition. We harvest and store hay in the summer that is fed over winter, when forage growth is slowest. 

The pastures are surrounded by verdant forest, including our own small woodland that we are proud to steward. Our riparian plantings along Euchre Creek, and several silvopastures aid in protecting and enhancing our waterways that provide salmon spawning habitat.

The Mission

While the commodity food system has afforded many privileges in modern life (ahem, coffee), it also has many drawbacks, especially with regard to animal welfare and hidden environmental costs. We wanted to provide one alternative source of food that was produced responsibly, so that our community has the option to feed themselves according to their values. We wanted to contribute toward the kind of food system that nourishes people while fully acknowledging the responsibility we have toward the animals, the land, and our wider ecosystems. We feel able to contribute to this problem set on a small scale and are proud to offer food that is both responsibly raised, and by all reports tastes great, too.

Our Farming Practices

As a general rule, we practice data-driven management. We take and analyze soil and forage samples. When we don't know something, we find someone who does. We vaccinate sheep and cattle for common diseases in livestock that are present in our area. We use antibiotics to treat infection and pain/inflammation reducing medication to treat said conditions. We do all of this in consultation with our veterinarian, Oregon State University best practice guidelines, and drawing on our extensive experience with livestock and in land management. Animals are harvested well after withdrawal dates for any medications used or treatments given.

The herd and the flock health and wellness come first, always.