Read about the different parts of our operation, the products we produce and how we do it. Order products for market pick up here!
No Till – All Natural Seasonal Veggies
On our farm, we work our gardens a little different than what you’re probably used to. As a regenerative farm, we are 100% committed to soil health, biodiversity, carbon sequestration and nutrient density. This means we often do things the harder, more labor intensive way because it’s the right way. Instead of using equipment like tractors and tillers in our gardens, we focus our attention to not disturbing the soil and instead layering compost and mulching and other natural amendments to meet the highest level of environmental standards AND nutrient density for you. No harmful chemicals, no synthetic fertilizers and a product that truly leaves the land in a better state than when we started. See how we tend our gardens by watching this YouTube video! Browse our veggie products below! Please choose the product that coincides with the market you’ll be picking up at!
No Till – Cut Flowers
Cut flowers are a natural part of our offering as they offer pollinator and trap crop support for our no till gardens. We grow our flowers the same way we grow our veggies using all no till methods. Our flowers are sprinkled throughout our gardens to work in harmony with nature giving pollinator support and even working as a pest deterrent. On our farm you’ll find both annual flowers in our gardens and perennial options around the farm as well. Flowers are usually in season from about April to November.
Forest Raised – Certified Organic Supplemented Chicken
If you’re looking for the most natural chicken available in the Lowcountry, it doesn’t get closer to nature than ours! Our chickens are raised completely outside, without the use of coops or man made structures, spending their life foraging through forest and pasture spaces, beneath our fruit tress and napping under the canopy of the trees during the hottest parts of the day. We raise Freedom Rangers which are not like the Cornish Cross Chickens you are probably used to. Our chickens are older than your typical chicken at harvest, but that additional time on silvopasture makes for some of the most nutrient dense poultry you’ll ever get your hands on. We also do not free feed our poultry like most farms. Our chickens are only allotted a small amount of feed each day, fed at breakfast, lunch and dinner as opposed to being able to stand around at feeders all day. They spend most of their time foraging bugs, seeds and greens in our forest systems. We use only certified organic grain supplementation for our chickens which is beyond even non-GMO or GMO-free.
Forest Raised Pork
A key part of our silvopasture creation on our farm are our pigs. Our pigs move through forest systems helping to clear timber to open up the tree canopy to let sunlight into the forest floor to allow for native and annual forages. Our pigs spend their days rooting through leaf litter, finding seeds, nuts, roots, tubers and bugs. As they move through the forests lightly tilling through their rooting, they awaken dormant native seeds from the seed banks, helping the forests come back to life after they are rotated off. After the pigs move through and sections go on rest, we can later move chickens and cattle through. Our pigs are supplemented with natural grains including distillers and brewers grain from local breweries and distilleries. We are proud to be able to offer regular pork options as well as specialty options from a butcher we travel all the way to Pennsylvania for.
Pasture Raised – Certified Organic Supplemented Eggs
A key part of keeping our pastures fertilized and maintained are our egg chickens. Our chickens we raise for eggs, live on pasture with mobile coops that can go into at night for shelter. They are rotated around pasture and forest spaces helping us fertilize and manage our land. They forage on bugs and grubs and different grasses and forages all day long and are minimally supplemented with certified organic grains. We do not use any artificial inputs on our egg chickens like artificial lights in the winter to keep them laying. It’s important to us to farm in harmony with nature and allow our livestock to express their natural cycles and instincts on our farm.
Grassfed Beef
Grassfed beef is one of the smallest part of our operation but one that we continue to grow as the years pass. Our cattle are raised in the silvopasture spaces on the farm after the pigs have rotated off and the space has time to rest. They thrive on a fully grass diet, supplemented with quality hay forage in the winter time when forages are minimally growing. If we see that a cow needs additional support, we will also supplement with natural high protein grain options because above all, the well being of our animals is always what’s most important. We will not sacrifice an animal’s well being to keep to a promise of 100% grassfed. When we do not have our own beef in stock, we are proud to work with both Lightning Rock Cattle and Bronwood Beef who share our same values and commitment to the animal and the finished product. We are always fully transparent with our customers about which farm our beef is coming from so that our customers can always know exactly where their food comes from.
Answers to common Questions
It’s important to know that we never vaccinate our livestock under any circumstance. We have found that working on our breeding year after year, focusing on hearty bloodlines and livestock that thrive in systems with minimal human intervention is the key.
In rare cases, we can have injured or sick livestock. We will treat an animal with a dose of antibiotics or dewormer if an animal is truly suffering and holistic methods are proving ineffective. We will however hold products from that livestock back for our own family and always be fully transparent with our customers. Sickness and disease is rare, but it happens. We are working with mother nature and raising our livestock in completely natural environments with little intervention. Injuries can happen, sickness can happen and we would never let an animal suffer.
We never use any kind of medication as preventative measure and our feed is never medicated.
