Bear Ridge Farm VA LLC
At Bear Ridge, we believe good food starts with raising animals with care and respect. We specialize in pasture-raised heritage pork and farm-processed chicken. From our farm to you family's table, we strive to provide wholesome, high-quality food that is an affordable choice that you can feel good about serving.
Our farm is more than a place to raise animals, it is a way of life centered around faith, family, hard work and freedom. We believe in taking care of the land entrusted to us, treating our animals responsibly and building genuine relationships with the families and communities we serve.
Hello, We Are Bear Ridge!
Bear Ridge Farm began with a simple belief: there is value in doing things the way they were done before everything became about speed, convenience and cutting corners.
We are Shawn and Amy Burton, owners of Bear Ridge Farm VA LLC in Keysville, Virginia. Our farm is more than a business to us, it is a way of life, a connection to our families and a commitment to preserving the values we were raised with.
The name "Bear Ridge "actually came from a simple moment that we will never forget. One day, while Shawn and I were fishing together in a boat on our pound, Shawn suddenly said, "Look there," and pointed toward the ridge. He asked, "See that bear up there on the ridge?" I was the largest black bear that either of us had ever seen.
That moment stuck with us. Looking toward the ridge, surrounded by the land that would become such an important part of our lives, the name just seemed to fit.
Bear Ridge Farm....
Shawn grew up with dairy farming roots in Western New York, while Amy's roots run deep in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Virginia. Both of us were raised with an appreciation for hard work, family, faith and knowing where your food comes from.
Those lessons of our youth became the foundation of Bear Ridge Farm.
Today, we raise heritage breed hosgs including Berkshire, Hampshire and Yourshire, using pasture-based and sustainable farming practices. We believe animals should be given room to live naturally, on the dirt, with care and respect. We focus on producing wholesome premium food while being good stewars of the land that God has entrusted us with.
We farm much like our ancestors did, working with the land rather than against it, raising animals with care, taking pride in a hard days work knowing the value of a hand shakeand that your word means everything.
Bear Ridge Farm is about more than pork and chicken. It is about family. It is about faith. It is about freedom. We may be a small farm, but we believe small farms can make a big difference.
From our family to yours, thank you for supporting our farm, supporting our dream, supporting our small business and for believing in what we do. Thank you for helping us keep the traditions of yesterday alive for tomorrow.....