PK Pastures
Vendor
We’re a gal (Kait Crowley) and a guy (Pat Mayfield) raising pastured pork and poultry near Sweet Home, Oregon. Our animals rotate seasonally through our organic pasture and heritage oak stand. They also receive non-GMO feed from a local mill and organic cull crops from our open-pollinated seed company neighbors.
Pastured Non Gmo Use Only Organic Materials Cover Crops Antibiotic And Hormone Free Low Till Crop Rotation Polyculture Design Free Range
We are proud to be certified Animal Welfare Approved and Non-GMO, and a member of the Oregon Pasture Network.
We work with our pigs to maintain high quality grazing fodder for all our livestock and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. It’s our strong belief that pigs should be allowed to be pigs! And that means rooting. Our job as conscientious farmers is to create systems that apply their natural talents in beneficial ways. We practice rotational pasture management, and allow our pigs to work the soil for us in preparation for annual forage plantings like buckwheat and field peas, and perennial species like orchard grass and clovers. Once the forage crop is established, the pigs will be back to hog it down.
Our chickens are a fully feathered breed less susceptible to heat or cold stress than conventional meat birds. We let them live up to their name and free-range during daylight hours, then overnight in chicken tractors that we move daily. We practice a leader-follower system, turning the chickens out on ground our larger animals have already passed through to break up their manure. This disrupts the life cycles of parasitic organisms and diseases for each species of livestock and contributes to pasture and animal health- much like crop rotations on organic vegetable farms.
We are first generation farmers. Owner/Operator Kait Crowley has been working in sustainable agriculture for 10 years, and is proud to be stewarding land with her partner Pat Mayfield after serving in management roles on other small farms across the country. It’s our goal to bring you the tastiest, most ethical meat we can that’s good for people, critters, and the land we all share.
Around the web