Laurel Mountain Family Farms

Laurel Mountain Family Farms is located in Natural Dam, Arkansas, situated in the foot hills of the Boston Mountains, adjacent to the Ozark National Forest and along Lee Creek. We are a family owned and operated farm established in 2014, that raises registered heritage breed Tamworth pigs, as well as registered Boer goats. As the owners, Robert and Laurel Lichti are members of the Tamworth Association and sell breeder pigs, feeder pigs, butcher pigs and packaged pork products that are processed by a USDA inspected facility.

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Robert & Laurel are also members of the Boer Goat Association and are proud to raise these animals much in the same way as their heritage breed Tamworth. 

 

The Tamworth pigs, and Boer goats of Laurel Mountain Family Farms enjoy a healthy life. They live on pasture and are periodically rotated into different paddocks, where they are free to enjoy a wide variety of grasses, legumes, brassicas of our fields, and persimmons, acorns, and other nuts as well as the forest mass of our wooded areas. They do receive supplemental feed and hay which accounts for 20-40 percent of their caloric intake depending on the season.

Laurel Mountain Family Farms maintains a closed herd, meaning the farm does not swap animals or allow other animals on site. Replacement sows and boars are exclusively registered Tamworth hogs and follow strict quarantine guidelines prior to joining the herd. Much the same for our Boer goats. Farm workers follow specified bio-security counter-measures to prevent transmission of diseases to animals. Registration certificates are maintained in the farm offices for every breeding animal in the herd and copies are available upon request.

Here at Laurel Mountain Family Farms, we believe that fresh air, natural environment and low stress are the key to keeping animals healthy; therefore we do not use antibiotics or hormones as a proactive means of growth and health.  Additionally, we rely on our management practices of moving our pigs into fresh paddocks in order to provide fresh food, break the parasite cycle, as well as provide a rest cycle for the land. We use a non-medicated locally-procured (certified) NON-GMO hog ration. The inputs of grains are sourced mainly from the state of Arkansas. At any rate the grains are sourced from the closest farms possible to ensure the freshest feed to our animals. 

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Above all, the animals of Laurel Mountain Family Farms are kept calm. Workers do not use loud voices or strike animals. Electric prods are never used. Animals are migrated when moved, rather than chased and allowed to self-load and unload on trailers when required. Piglets are minimally processed and needle teeth are not clipped and tails are not docked.

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At Laurel Mountain Family Farms, animal quality of life is preferred over rapid growth and great taste over modern refinements. Laurel Mountain Family Farms will maintain a healthy pig and, true to its Tamworth breed producing superior breeding stock, healthy, delectable pork product that any family would be happy have on their table.