Black Bear Farm

Hi yall!  I'm Paige, chief chicken-wrangler here at Black Bear Farm!  Thank you so much for checking us out, I hope you get a sense of who we are and what we're trying to do over here on our little farm in Dripping Springs, TX. (GO TIGERS!)  

Ever seen someone on FB or IG and said "I wish I could do that"....or "they are living our dream!"??  We did too....Black Bear Farm started after many years of daydreaming and exchanging "what-ifs". Corry (chief poop-scooper) and I would say "one day we will have land, and cows, and chickens, and fresh veggies".... and as fate would have it, the perfect little fixer-upper farm, in the perfect small-ish town in Texas, came on the market.  We knew we wanted to raise our kids with space for them to run and jump and play.  And we knew we wanted to try to provide food FOR them from that came from a trusted source, and we thought (or maybe hoped...prayed) that we could be that source!  We've never looked back since. 

We've been "for real" farming now since 2016, and what started with 25 chickens has now grown into around 400 chickens (both egg layers and broiler birds)...plus 2 cows, 2 peacocks, a handful of turkeys, 4 pigs, 5 farm pups, about a million-ish bees, 3 cats, 1 amazing greenhouse,  3 kids and 2 wannabe (maybe bonified) farmers!  When we're not working on the farm, you can find us watching our oldest daughter Brooklyn play softball...or our middle son, Brax, swinging his baseball bat...or our little spitfire, Beckett, showing his skills off (or rolling in the dirt) on the soccer field!  We live a full, busy life but it's so much fun yall!  

We truly love everything that farming has brought into out lives.  We love knowing where our food is coming from, and that it's grown ETHICALLY with the animal in mind each step of the way.  We love how much we have learned about ourselves, this process, and just life in general through farming.  But most of all, we LOVE that it connects us with the community we live in.  We are able to speak to folks about our products, and carry on meaningful conversations about food quality, animal health, best practices on the farm, what we can learn, how we can grow and how a small farm can bring a community closer together.  

Thanks again for checking us out.  Please look at our Farm Store for what we have available right now, and please make sure to check back often - we have so many exciting things coming up in 2019!  It's going to be a great year!  

 Meet the fam

Black Bear Farm is a small family farm just outside of Austin, TX. Thanks for sharing in our journey!