Our Story
The Race Family Farmstead was established in 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. An opportunity arose and the Race family moved to East Tennessee with a vision of starting up a farm to provide their family and the community with a local source of healthy food including farm fresh eggs, pasture raised poultry, and forest raised pork. In 2021, we welcomed two family milk cows to the farmstead and added Big Red the bull in 2023. The farmstead is also home to two Great Pyrenees livestock guardians!
Our farmstead is a first-generation farm centered on regenerative agriculture and permaculture practices. Creating and maintaining a healthy agroecosystem, and taking care of the land, set the foundation – allowing nature and the livestock to thrive.
We raise Berkshire pigs, a variety of egg-laying chickens, and Cornish Cross chickens through rotational grazing. The livestock and land are never treated with antibiotics, medications, vaccines, hormones, chemicals, pesticides, or fertilizers, providing you with the cleanest and most natural food products.
Nick
About Your Farmer
Nick was born and raised in a small town in Massachusetts, where he served his community through the fire department and emergency services. Growing up in a rural environment, Nick also learned about the invaluable benefits that nature and the land have to offer. Leaving his agricultural roots behind, he pursued a degree in fire science and worked as an Emergency Medicine Technician (EMT). Through his experiences as an EMT, he learned that healthy foods equal healthy people. He quickly realized that he wanted to be the source of that healthy food while continuing to serve the community. His dream became a reality and the Race Family Farmstead was born.