Shenk Family Farm

Shenk Family Farm Our farm prioritizes happy and healthy animals, community, land and farmers. We love offering our customers a connection to their farmer and their food.

We offer pasture raised meats, eggs and monthly subscriptions to our local area. We (Joe & Rachel Shenk) are based out of Newport, NC near the coast. Do you desire to have a connection to your food and your local farmer? Is confidence in where your food comes from important to you? Us too, you’re in the right place. Our farm exists to provide quality meat & eggs in a way that ensures happy and hea

lthy animals, community, and farmers. We are privileged and stoked that together as a family we get to steward the land and animals God created, watch nature flourish as it was intended, and walk alongside people as they lead healthier lives and prepare delicious food. We look forward to serving you with integrity and transparency. We currently offer pasture raised chicken, pork & eggs and grass fed beef from our friends at Piney Woods Farm. Visit our website for more info!

Opening day of the is tomorrow 🎉We will be back under the live oak with all our regular meats, eggs, soaps, whipped tal...
04/10/2026

Opening day of the is tomorrow 🎉

We will be back under the live oak with all our regular meats, eggs, soaps, whipped tallow, tallow beeswax candles and more, though we are low on chicken until next week.

Come slow down, enjoy the fresh air, support the amazing local farmers and artisans and catch up with neighbors ❤️

Let’s talk Easter eggs—both the kind you eat and the kind you dye! 🐣💛First up: Deviled Egg Tips 🥚✨If you’re making a bat...
04/01/2026

Let’s talk Easter eggs—both the kind you eat and the kind you dye! 🐣💛

First up: Deviled Egg Tips 🥚✨
If you’re making a batch this weekend, here’s what we’ve learned over the years:

✔️ Use an Instant Pot for hard boiling—sooo much easier to peel
✔️ Our family doesn’t use a written recipe… just mix, taste, adjust
✔️ Our go-to includes mayo, mustard, apple cider vinegar, salt & paprika (and sometimes a dash of hot sauce 🔥)

They’re always a crowd favorite and super easy to prep ahead!

Next: Dyeing eggs? 🎨🐓

Yes, you can dye brown eggs—and they’re stunning!
Instead of pastels, they turn out rich, earthy, and vibrant ✨
(We actually like them more than the white ones! The brown ones are on the left and white ones on the right for comparison)

Want to take it a step further? Try natural dyes made from ingredients like red cabbage, turmeric, beets & more 🌿

Whether they’re for your Easter table or your Easter baskets, we hope your eggs bring a little joy this weekend 💐

Comment below with your favorite ways to prep eggs for Easter!

🐣🌸 Easter at the farm looks like...⛪️ Church in the morning🍽️ Lunch with the fam🐖 Ham, deviled eggs, scalloped potatoes,...
03/31/2026

🐣🌸 Easter at the farm looks like...

⛪️ Church in the morning
🍽️ Lunch with the fam
🐖 Ham, deviled eggs, scalloped potatoes, lemon sponge pie 🍋

And a fun, chaotic Easter egg hunt with cousins and friends kiddos running wild 🐰💨

My favorite Easter food used to be Starburst jelly beans…
Anyone else?!

Now? It’s our hickory smoked ham 🙌

Cold-smoked with real hickory wood, no glaze even needed (but if you do want to get fancy, I would love to send you a glaze recipe 👌)

It feels really special knowing our own pigs helped feed our family (and so many of yours too 💛)

And you want leftovers- ham sandwiches, quiche, soup, yummmmm.

If you’re still planning your Easter meal, we’d be honored to be part of your table.

🐣 Tell us your favorite Easter traditions 👇🏼

Spring is all about new rhythms and new beginnings. Figuring out what works and what doesn’t. All that to say, we wanted...
03/23/2026

Spring is all about new rhythms and new beginnings. Figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

All that to say, we wanted to share this to remind everyone of our new weekly schedule with our pick up in New Bern from and our Mobile Farm Store being set up weekly now at .

We are so grateful to partner with these amazing businesses!

And thank YOU for supporting our family and our farm every time you snag meat and eggs from us. It means the world to us to play a part in the meals you share around the family table ❤️

Like you, we value transparency, especially when it comes to what we’re feeding our family.We are thrilled to offer you ...
03/11/2026

Like you, we value transparency, especially when it comes to what we’re feeding our family.

We are thrilled to offer you opportunity to not only get to know us, your farmers, & ask any questions you’d like, but also a chance to step foot on our farm and witness first hand how your food is raised.


It would be our honor and privilege to invite you out to the farm to get a true sense for how we care for our animals and why we chose to raise our animals this way.

We are offering two different farm tour opportunities this spring!

🐓 Home School Farm Tour on Friday, March 27th at 9am - an educational tour for homeschool families

🐖 Customer Farm Tour on Saturday, March 28th at 9am - a tour for our customers to see how their food is raised

We are not set up like a petting zoo but you usually get an opportunity to snuggle a baby chick or two and sometimes the piglets are brave and curious enough to sneak under their wire to nibble on your shoes 🤣

What can you expect to learn about and see on the farm?

Our heart for farming
Baby chicks
Meat Chickens
Laying Hens that produce eggs
Pigs & piglets
Cattle
Livestock Guardian Dogs
Q & A Time

>>>To learn more and to sign up for one of our farm tours, comment below or visit our link in bio 🌟

We look forward to seeing you on the farm soon!

📣 NEW BERN MOBILE FARM STORE TRANSITIONING TO ONLINE ORDER PICK-UP LOCATIONNow that we are going to be processing more c...
03/10/2026

📣 NEW BERN MOBILE FARM STORE TRANSITIONING TO ONLINE ORDER PICK-UP LOCATION

Now that we are going to be processing more chicken this year, we have decided it’s more sustainable for us to set up our Mobile Farm Store twice a week instead of 3 times.

That being said, TODAY will be our last time setting up our weekly Mobile Farm Store on Tuesdays at Mikes Fine Jewelers.

We are so grateful for this amazing local business that allowed us to share their space with them for years.

Starting on Thursday, March 19th at 2pm, we will begin weekly New Bern online order pick-ups at off Trent Road.

So you’d order from our website by Tuesday at 9pm and meet us at Small Batch Specialty Gifts on Thursdays at 2pm in the parking lot to snag your farm goods.

If for some reason, you can’t make it at that time, the store owners have graciously offered to hold your order inside their shop until 6pm.

They got such fun gifts, prepared meals and even an event space and more inside their amazing little shop!

We’re hiring someone to be the face of our Mobile Farm Store!First, I wanted to honor our sweet friend and current Mobil...
02/24/2026

We’re hiring someone to be the face of our Mobile Farm Store!

First, I wanted to honor our sweet friend and current Mobile Farm Store Lead - Abigail.

She is one of the most genuinely kind and hard-working people I know. She’s loyal, smart, super knowledgable about so much and has been an integral part of our farm team.

Plus, she’s the woman behind all the amazing signs that many people thought came pre-printed. Nope! It was all her :)

She is taking a step back here in a few weeks to have more margin to focus on her own growing business - ☕️

So let’s chat about who we are looking for ☺️

If you love good local food, have a passion for regenerative agriculture, enjoy talking with people, and care about where food comes from, this might be the perfect fit.

You’ll be the friendly face of our farm—sharing our story, helping customers, and selling our pasture raised meats at weekly locations.

Thursday afternoons + a few Saturdays each month.

Interested? Comment “Yes!” or message us for details!

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842 Chatham Street
Newport, NC
28570

Telephone

+12526226803

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