How Sams Farm began.

 

Farmer Sam

 


Sam’s Farm started out as The Honey Farm in Mill Valley. Sam Honey and his family lived there on an old farm in what was becoming a suburban neighborhood. The zoning was still rural, so because of Sam’s' farming background they decided to get some chickens.

 This was not enough, so they soon got goats and turkeys. They built miniature houses for the animals and created a small farm setting. When their daughter, Michelle, started school her friends would come over all the time to play with the animals. The teacher found out and asked if they could do a field trip there. Other teachers at the school heard about the farm and soon more classes from her school started coming over on field trips The word spread and before long there were groups of children visiting from many different organizations from all over the Bay Area. Many of the children had never been near animals like these before. The animals were all used to being handled and so the children were able to have a real ‘hands on’ experience. It got to the point that more people wanted to visit than the Honey Farm could handle.

 Sam decided to buy a bigger farm in the town of Sonoma so they could continue with what they had grown to love. The name was changed and Sam’s Farm was born. Sam’s farm is a member of The American Breeds Conservancy Association, which is dedicated to saving many of the old breeds of farm animals that are in danger of disappearing. 

 They now have a registered flock of the very rare and unusual St Croix Sheep, a registered herd of Pygmy Goats, many rare chickens including Golden Laced Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Silver Laced Wyandottes, New Hampshires, Delawares and Black Australorpes. They now have their first breeding batch of Narragansett Turkeys, which are pretty spectacular. New arrivals at the farm are Dante our Shetland Pony and Thelma a miniature Mediterranean donkey. They also have bees, which produce plenty of beautiful tasting honey. Sam’s Farm makes Bird boxes, Butterfly houses, Owl houses and Bat boxes that are set up at the farm and well used.

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