Bellfern Homestead
We’re a 7 acre family farm in Whatcom County, Washington, where we grow meat and vegetables with sustainable practices. We raise chickens and pigs on open pasture, where they can enjoy freedom and social interaction with each other and with us. We are privileged for the opportunity to feed our community high-quality meat, eggs, and produce.
What We Do
We raise our pigs on pasture, where they enjoy a diet of organic grain, green grass, and abundant apples and garden produce.
Every spring, we raise Cornish Cross chickens in Salatin-style “chicken tractors.” Our customers tell us our chicken is the best they’ve ever tasted.
We grow enough produce to feed our family and supplement our animal’s feed. The pigs and chickens eat what we eat May through November.
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Why pasture-raised meat:
more
Omega-3
fatty acids
more vitamins
D, E, and K2
healthier
animals
healthier pasture
Supporting your local farmers
Buying locally grown pasture-raised meat is an investment in your health and your community. We’re honored to provide healthy and delicious pastured meat for your table.
- Delicious
- Ethical
- Sustainable
- Good for your health
- Good for the planet
Stories from
the Blog Archives
- When Pigs Flop; Physical Therapy for our BoarOur boar, Alexander Hamilton, got really sick this fall. I went out to the paddock we set up under the ancient gravenstein to feed AH one evening and found him napping. At that time the tree was still raining downContinue reading “When Pigs Flop; Physical Therapy for our Boar”
- American Guinea Hogs: the perennial porkA tomato plant (the classic annual veggie) typically ripens from seed to fruit in 6-8 months in the PNW. They’re an intensive plant that requires seeding as early as February, babying the seedlings with heat and light, then transplanting toContinue reading “American Guinea Hogs: the perennial pork”
- Making Mistakes: Life and Death on the HomesteadAfter Hypatia (a.k.a. Honeybunny, a.k.a. Mommabear) farrowed her first litter of piglets on St. Patrick’s Day, we gave her some time alone with her new family, separated from the rest of the herd. After about 5 weeks, we integrated mommaContinue reading “Making Mistakes: Life and Death on the Homestead”
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