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In May of 2019 we, (my husband, our daughter and myself), moved from the Okanagan to an acreage in the Cariboo . In the Okanagan we had rented about 2 acres and started our farming life. We built a chicken coop and bought 25 day old chicks intending to keep only 5-6 hens.
We currently have 27 hens and 2 roosters. After a bit we graduated to trying meat birds. We then purchased 2 weaner pigs, a castrated male and a female, with the intent that they would both be for meat. The female, Crazy Pig stayed and is now our oldest breeding sow. We bought her a friend Digger, she is our other breeding sow. I could not justify having 2 pet pigs so after quite a search we found our boar, Oohtred.
We started raising our own meat animals because we were not happy eating grocery store meat as we did not know how the animals were treated or what they ate. We wanted nutritious, organic food from humanely raised animals.
In fall of 2020 we received our slaughter license, we are now able to slaughter on farm. This means less stress both for our animals and us. We no longer have to transport live animals over 2.5 hours away to a strange and stressful environment.
In spring 2021 we kept 2 females, these will be raised to be our 2 new breeding sows. In the summer of 2021 we travelled to Coldstream, BC to bring home a new male to become our new boar. So we now have Stevie, Hazel and Charlie.
In fall of 2024 we received our health inspection and permit for our cut and wrap facility. We can now do all our processing on farm. All cutting, curing and sausage making is now done by us. This process took about 5 years. We are so happy to finally have 100% control of our product. Our aim is to make consistent and tasty pork cuts, hams, bacon and sausages.
Finally updating!
We have now been processing--cutting, wrapping, curing and making sausage in our new permitted facility for a bit over a year. It has been quite the task. A lot more to think about and plan vs. just dropping off sides at the butcher. Although it is a lot of hard work we are very happy to be 100% in control of what our pork looks like and how it tastes.
Regular market season is finished for the year, we will be attending a few indoor markets, please remember we sell all year and can be reached by phone, e mail or facebook messaging. We can deliver to Quesnel, Williams Lake and Prince George.
Indoor Markets
--Quesnel Farmers Market Indoor-November 29 and December 6--10-3 pm each day
Quesnel Arts and Rec Centre-500 N Star Rd Quesnel
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SMALL FARM
