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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.
It has been very busy around here. We are just starting our Farmers Market season, a bit late. We will be at the following markets:
Quesnel Farmers Market-Saturdays May 16-Oct 17, 2026
Williams Lake Farmers Market-every other Friday May 22-Oct 9, 2026
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SMALL FARM
