Our Team
About Us, Our Story, and Our Vision and Practices
CHEF/FARMER JIM
My love of animals and cooking is why I am passionate about growing premium quality food for your table and ours!
My love of animals started at an early age. While working at a Wildlife Rehab Center at the age of 13, I discovered a passion for being around many different creatures. I then went to work at a veterinary clinic for a few years working with dogs and cats.
During my teenage years, I cooked often with two Great-Grandmothers, both Grandmothers, and my Mom. I would often stay the night at their respective homes so we could cook the entire next day. I was taught by the my family’s Master Chefs how to make pasta, meat dishes, bread, cakes, and other tasty dishes. I bought my first cookbook on my own when I was 14 and haven’t stopped cooking yet!
FARMERCIST PAUL
Farmer + Pharmacist = Farmercist! That’s how I describe my profession(s). I’m a pharmacist by day, but my true passion lies in producing and of course EATING healthy, nutritious food! Excellent health starts with the fuel we choose to nourish our bodies with, and I truly believe that food is medicine. One of my greatest pleasures is enjoying a meal made from ingredients at the peak of their freshness, and turns out it’s also one of the greatest gifts I can give myself.
I never would’ve predicted that I’d be living on a farm in Oregon, but here we are and I’ve never been so happy and excited to share this experience with our customers, friends and neighbors!
How We Became Farmers
During the Summer of 2014, after several years of buying meat from small farmers, successful backyard chicken egg raising, and urban gardening we got “the itch” to expand to a farm of our own. We decided to scratch the itch and moved to our farm in March 2016. We started with a hay field that we have converted to a working animal farm, farm-to-table event space, and miniature donkey experiences.
Our 6.5 acre Farm is located in Oregon City. Our farm features fresh Free-Range Eggs, Pastured Beef, Lamb, Pork, Chicken, Duck, Turkey, Rabbit, and Farm-To-Table Events and Cooking Classes. Our Donkeys, Great Pyrenees Livestock Guardian Dogs, Barn Cats, and Alpacas steal people’s hearts!
Our Community Impact
As of 2026 we serve 70+ households on a monthly basis in the Portland Metro Area with home delivery and farm pickup of our monthly CSA Subscription and online store sales. We provide nutritious meat and eggs for people’s tables and teach them what it takes to grow wholesome food in a pasture based system.
Our Farm to Table and Donkey Experiences give people a chance to escape from their daily lives and enjoy this special place we call home!
Our Vision and Practices
Healthy, happy, and well nourished animals is what we are all about. Everyone is welcome to visit to see the animals and their accommodations and to learn about them. While the grass is growing, animals are moved onto fresh pasture regularly. In the wet season, we keep the animals close to the barn for shelter and supplemental feed while the grass is dormant. All of our ruminants (Cows, Sheep, and Alpacas) are on a grass/hay only diet. Our non-ruminants (Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys, and Pigs) are fed a premium Non-GMO feed from a local family-run feed mill about one-hour away. Each batch of feed is made “fresh to order”, so it maintains high nutrient content. We believe that “You Are What You Eat” and we want you to “Know What Our Food Eats”!
Organizations We Support through Membership and Philanthropy
♦ Metropolitan Business Association
♦ North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce
♦ Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory/Clackamas County Office of Tourism
♦ Friends of Family Farmers & Oregon Pasture Network
♦ Pacific NW CSA Coalition
♦ Food Animal Concerns Trust
♦ Coalition of Communities of Color
♦ The Hough Foundation
We are proud to be members of the Oregon Pasture Network and the Food Animal Concerns Trust. Both are non-profits that act as a resource for both consumers and farmers. As consumers, you have resources at your fingertips to find Farmers and information about livestock, animal welfare, and quality food. As farmers, we have access to a wealth of information and programs designed to help us be the best we can be! Click on the logo to view their website…
We are proud to have been chosen in 2020 for a Farm Mentorship Program with the Food Animal Concerns Trust. Our Farm Mentor is Tanya with Mulligan Creek Acres. We meet regularly to discuss a variety of farm operations, marketing, sales, animal welfare, etc. This program has been very beneficial as we grow our Farm! The ChamBurn Farm also received a grant in the Spring of 2020 to help fund the purchase of freezers and develop our website and online store.
FACT was founded in 1982 as the first U.S. organization devoted exclusively to addressing the public health problems that result from raising farm animals in confined and inhumane conditions. Click on the logo to view their website…