Perennial Acres Holmestead, Jonesborough, TN (2026)

08/01/2026

If you really want to know where your food comes from...

That means doing more than knowing the farmer.

It means doing more than raising the animal yourself.

To truly know where your food comes from, you have to be willing to see the entire process through.

From life...

To harvest...

To the meal on your family's table.

That's why we process every animal we raise for our own family right here on the farm.

And it's why we believe these are skills worth learning.

For generations, people knew how to raise, butcher, and preserve their own food. Somewhere along the way, many of those skills were lost.

We want to help bring them back.

Whether your goal is greater self-sufficiency, raising your own meat, or simply understanding your food on a deeper level, we'd love to teach you.

🍗 September 5 — Poultry Processing Workshop

🐇 September 12 — Rabbit Processing Workshop

🐖 November 7-8 — Whole Hog Butchery Masterclass

Or, if you're ready to dive in, save your spot with our **Fall Farm Processing Series Pass** and join us for all three.

These are intentionally small, hands-on workshops, so once they're full, registration will close.

Visit the **Events** page on our website for complete details, or comment PROCESS below and I'll send you the information directly.

We'd love to have you join us.

07/30/2026

Every animal we have ever raised to feed our family has not only lived its life here on our farm (and in many cases, was even born here), but has also taken its last breath here.

We believe strongly in processing our own meat, and there are a lot of reasons why.

First, our animals don't have a bad day.

There is no trailer ride to a processor. No unfamiliar sights, sounds, or smells. No waiting their turn at a butcher shop. By processing on-farm, we believe we're able to give our animals the most peaceful and least stressful end possible.

It's also about respect.

If we're willing to eat meat, then we believe we should also accept the responsibility that comes with producing it. Processing our own livestock reminds us that meat doesn't begin in a package at the grocery store. It comes from an animal that deserves to be cared for well throughout its life and treated with dignity at the end.

It's about responsibility, too.

When we process our own animals, we're accountable for every decision we've made along the way. Their genetics. Their nutrition. Their housing. Their health. We don't hand the final step off to someone else—we see it through ourselves.

Processing day also gives us a firsthand look at the health of our livestock. We observe the liver, heart, fat distribution, body condition, and other indicators that help us evaluate our management practices and continually improve the way we care for our animals.

And finally...

This is what "knowing where your food comes from" really means to us.
There is never any question whether our pasture-raised, GMO-free fed livestock is the meat that comes back to us. We know every step of the animal's life—and its death.

We know our food.

Because we believe so strongly in processing our own livestock, we also believe these are skills worth preserving and passing on.

That's why we've opened registration for our Fall Farm Processing Series.
🐔 Poultry Processing
🐇 Rabbit Processing
🐖 Pig Processing
Or, if you want to learn all three, join us with our Fall Farm Processing Series Pass.
For complete details, visit the Events page on our website, or comment PROCESS below and I'll send you the information directly.

07/17/2026

**Silver Fox Rabbit Kits Available!**

We've got Silver Fox rabbit kits ready for new homes!

Available:
🤎 Chocolate
🖤 Black
♂️ Bucks and ♀️ Does

One of the compliments we hear most from visitors is how calm and friendly our rabbits are. Our kits are handled daily from a young age, helping them grow into relaxed, curious rabbits that are a joy to work with.

We raise Silver Fox rabbits because they've been an outstanding fit for our homestead. They have excellent temperaments, are attentive mothers, grow efficiently, and produce exceptional meat. In our system, we've consistently seen them reach around **5 pounds live weight** and **about 3 pounds dressed** by 12 weeks—even when raised on pasture in rabbit tractors.

Our rabbits are fed a quality non-GMO pellet along with fresh greens and forage whenever available.

At this time, we have individual bucks and does available. We do **not** currently have breeding pairs or trios available because both litters have the same sire. We're hoping to have breeding sets available again this fall.

📍 Pickup is at our farm in Jonesborough, TN.

Send us a message if you'd like pricing or to reserve your rabbit kits before they're gone!

07/14/2026

Rain wasn't about to stop us.

With storms in the forecast all weekend, we spent Friday evening turning our garage into a temporary processing classroom.

Despite the rain, we had a fantastic Rabbit Processing Workshop!

And this was just the beginning...

This fall, we're excited to offer three hands-on processing workshops:

🐔 September 5 — Poultry Processing
🐇 September 12 — Rabbit Processing
🐖 November 7 — Pig Processing

We intentionally keep our workshops small so every participant gets plenty of one-on-one instruction and leaves feeling confident.

People are often surprised by how simple rabbit processing really is.

There isn't a huge list of specialized equipment.

There isn't a dedicated processing facility.

Most of the time, James can process a few rabbits on the tailgate of his truck before I even make it outside to help.

That's one of the reasons we believe rabbits are such a great place to start learning how to raise your own meat.

Over the years, we've processed everything we raise or hunt to feed our family—deer, chickens, ducks, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, goats, and even the occasional unexpected mercy cull when an animal couldn't be saved.

We weren't born knowing how to do any of this.

These are skills we learned because we wanted to take responsibility for where our food comes from.

And that's exactly why we teach these workshops.

They're not really about rabbits.

They're about helping people discover that processing their own food is something they *can* learn.

Whether your goal is greater self-sufficiency, raising your own meat, or reconnecting with skills that previous generations relied on, we hope our workshops help make that first step feel a little less intimidating.

If you'd like to be the first to know when tickets are released, send us a message with the word **WORKSHOP**, and we'll add you to the notification list.

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