The Harborside Farms Family

The Cavers Family of Harborside Farms

The sun rises and sets on our land, big statement but true. We wake in the morning with the rooster crowing and the sounds of Mother Nature surrounding us daily. Fresh air and space are around our whole family and the farm where we live.

Our life is connected to the farm every day. We sit down to eat meals every day together as a family and enjoy working on the farm together. Our freezers are full of healthy nutritious food that we grow ourselves.

Three beautiful girls and all the spirit and energy that go with them keep us busy. We are choosing to raise our family in the country and on the farm because we believe, as parents, that this is the best place on earth to raise them. The choices are always there to move to a big center and live like many others. For years we have struggled to make sense of why we stay and what keeps us here. Always looking at the steady income of others and wondering if we were cut out for such a life. It came to us as clear as anything a few years back; there is more than the farm keeping us here.

We farmed conventionally over 7 years ago and at the time felt this was what we had to do. Deep down knowing full well we were meant to do things a different way. Constant questioning led us to farm on our own, away from family. With a lot of sacrifices made to do that, we rose up to see that farming in a Holistic way was the ultimate goal.

Changing our paradigm, getting back to loving the land and caring for it made us all sleep better at night.

Our family, animals, and land are all connected and we strive to make decisions based on that connection. Including our three children in what we do and the decisions that get made on the farm is instrumental in the success of the farm and our family.

We are stewards of the land and strive to see the holistic way of farming and caring for our family. Our land has started to heal and with the help of you, it can do so much more. By purchasing your meat from a farm like ours you are doing your part in making sure this great world of ours is cared for the way that it was meant to be.

It takes special kinds of families to stay and run a farm the way we do, it is not for everyone. We were meant to farm and plan on sinking our roots a lot deeper with the intention of building a stronger family, farm and community along the way.

It's fun at my farm, because I get to play with my sisters.

I like to go skating on the dug out. My favorite animal on the farm is the little calves.

I like to work with dad on the farm because we move the chickens.

Daddy builds a huge snow hill for us to slide down.

My sisters and I like to swing on the swings.
By Autumn Cavers, 6 years old.

Hi my name is Tawny Cavers. I love working on my farm because you can raise calves, chickens and other things.

Right now I have four calves who only need milk replacer and rolled corn and oats. My whole family has to do work but we have fun doing it.

It is hard to do work without family helping you out first. Do you know someone who works on a farm? I do, me and my family! You can be one too! You can just go out and buy a farm.

This is not just to see that beautiful sunset it is to be with your family.

Thank you for reading.
Tawny Cavers, 8 years old.

Living on a farm has its ups and downs, you either get a lot or get nothing. My family is in the process of hopefully getting, but along with getting we have to give a lot too. Ever since we started the meat shop I have been doing more with the farm, my family has been working hard to get this done. The reason that we are doing this is because we care about the food we eat and we want everyone else to start caring.

My family cares about the food that gets put into your and your family's stomach and we are working very hard to make sure that you start caring too. With this meat shop hopefully we will be able to work together instead of always doing separate jobs. This meat shop could be the best thing that we could have done.
Mika Cavers, 13