Our story
We started with a dozen hens,a hand-painted sign at the end of the driveway, and a post on Nextdoor for our neighbors.
Twenty-one years ago we started a garden, that grew in size and scale, and added laying hens and honeybees. In the hills of the San Francisco Bay Area, we were blessed with an abundance of fresh produce, eggs, honey, and much more. A posting on Nextdoor and a self-service market in our driveway grew to what you see today.
We purchased our farm property in Alva in 2018 and started a long process to build the infrastructure and facilities necessary to farm on a larger scale. Through the Altamont Foundation we provide jobs, skill-building, and mentorship for high school students pursuing agriculture as a career. Our family does the work and is involved in every step of the processes that result in food in your shopping basket. This is not easy or fast, but things worth doing rarely are.
How we raise them
The hens range on pasture and move to fresh grass every day. They scratch-and-peck, they dust-bathe, they live their best lives the way nature intended. You can taste it in a yolk.
Our meat birds grow at their own pace and on pasture grass co-mingled with our cattle. No rush, no crowding. We raise them by the batch so they're never sitting in a freezer for long.
Everything we raise is sold within 25 miles. No trucks crossing the country, no warehouse. From our pasture to your table in a day.
"We'd rather raise fewer birds well than more birds fast."
Come find us
You can find Altamont Farms products at Rooster's on 80. Exclusively.
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