Mockingbird Farm

Mockingbird Farm Mockingbird Farm is a small farm where animals are treated with respect, kindness and dignity. Happy

New purebred Murray Grey heifer on the farm this morning. I love this breed so much. Isn’t she beautiful?
09/15/2026

New purebred Murray Grey heifer on the farm this morning. I love this breed so much. Isn’t she beautiful?

Get on over to One Bite Is Everything and give this episode a listen. The thing I keep trying to explain to people is th...
09/10/2026

Get on over to One Bite Is Everything and give this episode a listen. The thing I keep trying to explain to people is that the reasons that regulations around meat processing exist is not because the farm in your community was poisoning people or making them sick. It is because the large meat packers even back, then were packaging, sick animals, sending out rotten meat to be sold, mixing things into meat that didn’t belong, etc. So there is no reason for the farmer in your community who eats their own products to have to follow the same regulations that JBS has to follow for example or Tyson has to follow. If I am harvesting animals and packaging them and handling everything correctly, nobody’s going to get sick from that. And this podcast talks about some of those kinds of issues. For example, where our farm is now located, I would have to drive a minimum of four hours each way to a USDA processor. So what that means is, I have to put animals in a trailer and haul them for four hours. Drop them off and then drive home. So that’s eight hours of my day minimum. Assuming everything goes well I then drive four hours a couple of weeks later to pick up that meat and then drive four hours home with that meat. Because it’s four hours I now need some kind of infrastructure to keep that meat frozen for four hours. And I have now just spent another eight hours away from the farm. So 16 hours in order to get an inspection label on my meat that is completely unnecessary because my small local butcher is conscientious and capable and professional and clean. And that is assuming everything goes well. I have returned to a processor up to five times because of issues, things that went wrong.

08/31/2026

I am going to have a little rant here so feel free to skip reading this if you’re not down for that. We started this farm because I believe strongly in happy meat. And that everyone needs to realize their meat has a face. You don’t have to go see that face if you don’t want to. But I do have to see that face. I have to make the decision about who lives and who dies on this farm. I like meat. I’m not going to stop eating it. And, in order to enjoy adorable little piglets, eventually decisions have to be made. Because we can’t afford to feed them all.

I try to be patient, but I have to admit that I start to get really cranky when people start in on “but you won’t eat THESE cuties, right?!” Maybe is the answer. Because the thing is, I think they’re all cute. I love every one of them. I mourn them all when they go, no matter what. It’s not easy. But I do take comfort in knowing I give them the best life I can, as well as the quickest, most painless death. That’s what I signed up for. I’ve zero interest in veganism. And I won’t be lectured to by people who’ve never done what I do every day.

08/28/2026

An educational moment in which I was out of breath from pulling the feed cart and hefting big buckets. 😂

We’ve collected a few fun little prizes for the kiddos so be sure to come out to Port Angeles Farmers Market Saturday an...
08/27/2026

We’ve collected a few fun little prizes for the kiddos so be sure to come out to Port Angeles Farmers Market Saturday and get your piglet cuddles on.

Come out this weekend to support our market and cuddle the piglets. It’s going to be a fun time. Lots of great stuff at ...
08/24/2026

Come out this weekend to support our market and cuddle the piglets. It’s going to be a fun time. Lots of great stuff at the market, music plus US!

We are doing a fun thing this weekend. Come out and see us! Port Angeles Farmers Market
08/24/2026

We are doing a fun thing this weekend. Come out and see us! Port Angeles Farmers Market

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