Pastured Life Farm

09/01/2026

Wendell Berry (1934–2026) died yesterday at 92.

He wrote that he did not want to eat an animal that had been made miserable to feed him. He wanted one that had lived a pleasant, uncrowded life outdoors, on bountiful pasture, with good water nearby and trees for shade. He called that husbandry: using animals with care, knowing them as fellow creatures, not as machines.

The animal factory, he said, is a vision of hell. Farming well requires an elaborate courtesy toward all living things.
That is the work.
Pasture. Shade. Time.

Moving the birds across ground that can still give something back.

We are grateful he named it so clearly. We will keep it.

Rest in peace.

08/02/2026

Safe and sound.

It’s just a few min after sunrise, but the girls have been awake in their coops for a couple of hours, eating their breakfast, drinking some water and then laying your breakfast.

The coop gets locked up after all the girls have gone to roost and sleep, and stays closed until we open them up first thing each morning. This helps keep them safe from ground and aerial twilight predators, as well as keeping them clear of the tractors and coop tires during their move every other day.

The added morning lights give them time extra early in the day to lay their eggs in their nesting boxes - instead of on the ground - keeping your eggs cleaner and safer.

07/30/2026

New fluff alert 🐥

The baby turkeys are here!

The brooders are full this morning. Watching hundreds of freshly hatched turkey poults find feed and water never gets old.

07/07/2026

We hate not having enough eggs - so with some additional acreage, and a bit of time, these will be coops 6 & 7 to join the fleet.

Each one we have built has felt like “enough”, but what’s surprising is that it also seems like our supporters have also had enough.

They’re fed up with commercial agriculture, and especially the way animals are raised and treated in those systems and saying “enough” and buying every single thing we can raise and produce.

We are sorry we have been low on eggs! The fires in May put the girls into a stress molt, but we have two new flocks coming into production right now, and will be sharing pics of the progress as we get the new property and coops together!

04/29/2026

If it was safe they wouldn’t need immunity.

🚨MAHA, we need you to GET LOUD TODAY about amending the Farm Bill.

The House Rules Committee is deliberating on the bill right now.

They need to hear one clear message.

REMOVE Sections 10205, 10206, and 10207.

They shield pesticide companies from failure-to-warn lawsuits, strip states’ authority, weaken protections, and erase accountability when Americans are harmed.

MAHA supports Amendments 141, 29, and 301, led by Representatives Thomas Massie, Anna Paulina Luna, and Nancy Mace.

These are critical additions to strike these provisions and restore accountability.

Comment “FARM BILL” and we’ll send you a 60-second way to tell the Ways & Means to support Amendments 141, 29, and 301.

Use it now to tell the Rules Committee Americans do not support Sections 10205, 10206, and 10207.

America’s health is on the line.

Food Babe, Anna Paulina Luna, Alex Clark

04/28/2026

Chickens + Grass

It's not complicated - in fact it's quite simple.

The chickens disturb and fertilize, then the rain and bugs transfer the nutrients to the topsoil. Next, the sun and rain do their part to grow grass and forages, while the pasture rests. Finally the cows close the loop by consuming the plants, and the cycle starts again.

With all of the brooders and pasture shelters full of broilers, its a race against summer to try and fill the freezers, before it's too hot to have broilers on pasture.

With our new air chiller and freezer project complete - we’re ready! If you’ve been waiting for pork and beef to restock, we’re picking up from the processor this week.

However, smoke from nearby wildfires has caused a dip in our laying hens production so egg limits and/or order minimums may return for a short time.