Our Practices

At Rucker Farm we raise pastured beef, pork and poultry through regenerative agricultural methods. Our mission is to steward the soil and grass to work in relationship with mother nature allowing the animals to play their role and do what they do best! We are committed to raising quality, ethical food for our family and to have a lasting positive impact on the land for our children.

Our Animals

Our Chickens are rotated to fresh pasture daily. 

Our Cows are moved to fresh grass every 1- 4 days with a goal of monitoring our grass and forage health.  

Our Pigs are moved typically once a week, or as needed, with overseeding practices behind them. Pigs have access to pasture and wooded areas and are free to root as much as they like- no ringed noses here!

We do not use hormones in our animals and do not routinely administer antibiotics or vaccines. However, as responsible stewards, we believe in providing care when an animal is in distress or pain. If an animal shows signs of infection or disease, it is often a reflection of its environment. We hold ourselves accountable for maintaining a clean, healthy space for our livestock at all times. If an animal is ever injured and requires antibiotics, we would not hesitate to provide them—always ensuring full transparency about how that animal is managed moving forward, especially regarding its suitability for consumption.

Our Feed

Our animals are raised organically. We supplement with a local, freshly milled grain for our meat birds, and pigs. We are hopeful to transition to an organic feed in the future, though we seek to avoid supporting deep tilling farming practices as we believe they are not inline with our regenerative practices. ALL animals are given access to fresh pasture their whole lives and are never confined to eat only grain.

Our Chicken Harvesting

At Rucker Farm we operate under the Exempt Public Law 90-492 with a 20,000 bird limit. Garrett and Isabelle typically harvest 165 birds in a single processing across two days. We love when people come to the farm to learn and participate in this final stage of the life cycle, this ties into our ideal customer...

Our Ideal Customer

We are here for those who want a relationship with the food, farmer, and land. As a multigenerational family farm, we want to grow with you and your family. We value legacy, transparency, and honesty, so ask the hard questions and let's have the conversation. Our ideal customer want's a full chest freezer of meat that will provide them with the peace-of-mind in knowing they are feeding their family food that had a positive impact on the environment, is deeply nourishing, well cared for, and who's life was honored and respected. We appreciate those who use as much of the animal as possible, use ancestral wisdom to learn how no part of the animal goes to waste.

We do not claim to be experts; we are learning and evolving, and have set-backs like everyone else. Though we invite you to participate in the Regenerative Agriculture movement. We believe everything you eat will either help you or hurt you, that food is medicine, and that nature is our greatest teacher.

In Health,

Isabelle, Garrett, Toren, and Sigrid