Pork Whole + Half Shares
We love to cook our pork over open fire and we think you will, too.
Our pasture- raised, gmo-free and antibiotic-free pork is unbeatable. We can’t think of a better way to cook than outside on the farm with the fire blazing, sun setting, and kids playing. Even in the cold weather, there’s something magical about enjoying great food with great company out in the fresh air.
Once a quarter(ish) we invite our customers to pick up their orders at the farm and share this amazing experience with you.
our philosophy
We believe that great food doesn't start in the kitchen. Great food starts with warm sunshine, green grass, and clean water, then curated by the farmer who feeds the animal, nurtures the land, and harvests the bounty.
When food is raised as nature intended, a great meal is sure to follow.
Our pasture-raised heritage pork is GMO-free, antibiotic free, and growth stimulant free. With plenty of room to root and roam, our animals truly only have "one bad day.” We promise you the highest quality pork, raised with integrity and impeccable standards in humane animal treatment and environmental stewardship. Cheers to good food.
HOW IT STARTED
Rich Harris started farming with his three brothers in 2006 in Fort Jones, California, the small town in far northern California where they grew up. In 2012, Rich convinced his future wife, Niki, to move from high rise living in Portland, OR down to the farm and the two launched California Heritage Farms, a pastured based heritage pork operation.
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We hit the road delivering whole and half shares from Portland to the Bay Area and quickly realized how much people were craving to connect with their food and contribute to a better food and agriculture system.
In addition to growing the farm, we have been busy growing a family at the same time! Four kids in 3 and a half years has kept things crazy and fun. Oscar, Sam, Dutch, and Ada officially run the farm and can be found outside barefoot and dirty any time of the year.
In 2018, we launched Farm School, a non-profit learning center on the farm where we host education programs that connect kids with their food, their natural environment, and their creative freedom.
Farm School is a unique concept: a outdoor learning center situated on a working farm. Rather than spending a few minutes per day outside, at Farm School children spend the majority of their time outdoors. Students are immersed in hands-on learning inspired by the natural world, and guided by teachers to allow each student to reach their fullest potential.
This is where gathering and dissecting seed pods becomes a lesson in understanding an ecosystem, and playing farm stand becomes a lesson in mathematics. This approach to interconnected learning fosters an early understanding and appreciation that children are part of the natural world, not separate from it.
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