“We’re soil first, water-friendly, and compassionate to our animals,” says Angie. All their meat is harvested low stress on the farm by the San Juan Islands’ unique regional USDA harvesting co-op, hung for maximum flavor and tenderness.
The Shephards currently raise and finish 30 Berkshire-Mangalitsa cross hogs a year, purchased from a family farm on Whidbey Island. They are raised outside in electric fences moving frequently throughout the year. This helps compost and clear shrubs and weeds from areas that are then seeded for pasture. They are fed organic hog grower milled in nearby Conway and then finished for the last month on fruit, local Whidbey Island barley soaked in milk and hazelnuts from a family orchard in Oregon.