Sortomme Family Farms

He really needs a forever home. He is such a good boy and just wants to be around people. Anyone willing to put in some more work with training and consistency, would have one incredible companion. He knows sit, lay down, no(with a snap). We can have a group of folks sitting outside eating a meal, and if he begs, the "no" with a snap works, and then he will either wander off and mind his business, or he will lay down and do the same...and quicker if he is told to lay down. Calm assertive is what he needs. He wouldnt do well locked in a crate all day. If you've got a little land, he will protect it. He will protect his people and alert them if something seems off. We cant say enough good about this dog.
He is young and unneutered, so ASAP, he needs to get that taken care of. He just wants to make his people happy. Ill share more updated photos soon as I can.

We got the van, but the 50/50 raffle hasn’t hit the goal yet. If you’d still like to enter for your chance to win, I’ll put the link in the comments.

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I saw a Facebook posts recently about someone looking for farms that sell products cheaper than retail stores. We as farmers keep our products as low as we can, we really strive to give consumers the very best price we can. However, most often we will never be able to match retail store pricing. We need to talk about scale to understand why that is.

A grocery store chain will often buy beef, pork, chicken, eggs, and produce by the truckload from massive industrial systems designed for maximum volume and efficiency.

Small farms:
•Often raise fewer animals
•Use more labor per animal
• Buy feed in smaller quantities
•Pay higher processing costs per pound
• Sell directly to families instead of nationwide distributors
•We have to no only farm; but we have to be our own marketing agency. In short , we have to wear many hats.

A small farm may process in a year, way less than a large operation will before lunch.

That scale difference matters.

When you buy from a local farm you are not just buying food.
You are helping to support:
•Local Jobs
• Local food security
•Smaller supply chains
•More transparency
•A producer you can actually talk to

We may never beat industrial food on price alone.

But many families choose local because they value where their food comes from, how it was raised, and keeping farms in their communities.

I understand money is often tight. But can you really put a price of food security and nutrient density?

One of our bananas has a "pup" or side shoot coming up! Im so excited!
Edit: see comments! Theres actually 2!