West Fork Farmstead

08/29/2026

Jess’s breakfast food rocked, the signature mocha from Timber Grove Coffee Co. was delish, and it was so fun to see so many of you in person to chat and spend a morning on the farm. 😊 we’re doing it once more in September - watch for details in our newsletter, here, or by following the amazing Lucky Star Farm!! Thanks for coming out (and selling us out of just about everything!), all!! ❤️

08/22/2026

Happy chickens, happy life. That's the saying, right???

Jokes aside, good quality of life for our animals is hugely important to us. All our poultry are raised on pasture and moved to fresh areas regularly. It's always and forever fun to see them rush onto fresh pasture to forage.

08/20/2026

You never know what you're going to hear when you ask Claire and Brian, "what are you doing today?"

My dad is famous for responding to this question with "oh, a little of this, a little of that," which feels totally annoying for planning purposes, but also, honestly, I get it. When you have livestock and equipment and weather in the mix, you never know what you may find when you wander outside.

After lunch, for example, they stopped first to clean out a cow waterer that sank into the mud with all this rain and made a nice little mess.

Claire then made a quick sweep through the cattle to spray them with essential oils, a natural mix they use to help with fly control (has to be re-applied whenever it rains).

After this lovely farm spa treatment (mud + essential oils!), she's off to make feed for our pigs and set up cattle fencing so they can move to their next sections of the pasture. Brian, meanwhile, headed on to work on a tractor that broke down when we were in the middle of loading pigs in the early morning hours this week. Farming is fun! 😄 (but for real, it is)

08/14/2026

The menu for our next collaborative breakfast event! Open to everyone, no reservations needed. Hope to see you there!!

Check out this breakfast! There will tables in the shade, quilts for a picnic and a chance to meander around the farm with your coffee from Timber Grove Coffee Co. 🌟

08/07/2026

We are beyond grateful to have this amazing new poultry processing option so close to our farm. Small-scale poultry processors are few and far between, and accessing poultry processing has always been one of our biggest challenges. This is a game changer for us!

07/31/2026

Capped off a full day of delivering meat & eggs by picking up a couple hundred small square bales to put away in the barn.

This is always an itchy, hard job, but we’re thankful it was way less hot than it’s been lately! And one little upside of the dry weather is that our second round of small bales this season were quite a bit lighter than the first cutting. A little easier to toss them over the side of a moving trailer. 😅

In 7 years, I don’t think I’ve ever once worked in this part of our pasture without feeling deep gratitude for the beauty of our place in this world.

Did that stack in the last pic make it back without spilling??? (Yes! But ask us, but don’t ask us, about the hydraulics lol.)

07/29/2026

We started picking ripe tomatoes out of our garden last week, which means it's one of my favorite times of year: BLT season. 😍

No lettuce? No problem. Another amazing variation: layer a piece of toast, sriracha mayo, a juicy layer of thick tomato slices, and bacon on top. That's been my breakfast for several days running now, and it feels like a treat every morning.

Our next home deliveries are this Thursday, July 30, so head over to our website to grab some bacon! We also just restocked our pastured chicken and are delighted to have chicken breasts and thighs back in stock.

07/23/2026

Chickens are always on the move around here! We move our laying hens to fresh pasture every week so they always have good grass to forage in. Happy, healthy hens=delicious eggs.

07/22/2026

Our 3rd group of broiler chickens are out on pasture! It's a joy to see themin the sunshine, lush grass, and fresh air.

06/27/2026

As a pastured meat and egg farmer, I love this time of year—one of the rare moments when we have absolutely everything in stock!

We have new batches of pork, beef, and chicken in the freezers and the hens and ducks are all laying eggs well, meaning that when it comes to protein, we’ve got you covered.

On our menu at home tonight: pastured chicken with homemade basil pesto.😋