14/06/2026
Behind the pretty banners and mobile freezers at market is a steady stream of work, every day, all year. It's a good thing we like it and are grateful to get to make it our life!
We mean it when we stand at market and tell your animals only have one bad day. We do our very best to make sure their lives are happy and comfortable, meeting their nutritional, environmental, and social needs.
Even loading and traveling to the processor we keep as low stress as possible. We feed them on the trailer for several days, so that on sorting day they load themselves. By the time a pig is big enough to go to the processor, they've already loaded on and sorted off of the trailer once a month for several months, so they really don't even blink an eye. They will spend the evening in the shade with food and water, and leave at 5:30 in the morning.
We had 2 pigs in another trailer because we loaded them at the old farm a couple of days ago. Introducing them to a new pasture and group would have been too stressful and we didn't think we could get everybody on the same page for an easy load, so we decided to feed and water them on the trailer and then just combine them. After just 3 days on the trailer (only 2 pigs, in a big trailer) they stink. The whole thing was a mess. It was a glimpse into what raising pigs in confinement might look and smell like, and I hated it! I know pigs got a bad reputation for their smell, but our pigs on pasture don't smell. Not any more than any other animal on pasture can. Sure they love their mud, and they need it in the heat, but we make sure they have wet areas available to make a clean mud wallow for themselves. (It's not been hard this year with all the rain 😅)
You can catch us and our pasture raised meats, eggs, and skincare products at Downtown LS Farmers Market , Mission KS Farmers Market , at the farm store on Fridays, or through home delivery available on our website. Just know, if you ask us about our farming practices, we may talk your ear off, but it's only because we love what we do so much!
Know your farmer, know your food 💚
