The Story of Uncle Si’s Farm

Uncle Si is Silas Cole, a third-generation farmer from Jackson Springs, North Carolina. Coming from an agricultural background, Si had previous experience with hard work and a passion for land. But to him, something was always missing.

Si purchased 25 acres of land in 2018, but the land needed some serious work. He fixed up the house on the property, moved in, and started cleaning out the fields. The land had been ravaged of timber twice in two decades and was full of stumps, weeds, and trash. Picking up trash and stacking brush each day, Si was determined to make the space usable. But how? What would the end game be?

Si purchased three piglets and intended to use them for land management and meat for himself and his family, but it quickly expanded into breeding and growing pigs to sell high-quality pork products to the local community. He remains passionate about the well-being of the animals on the farm and how it directly affects the quality of the meat produced. Uncle Si’s Farm prides itself on providing a first-rate product at the most affordable price for customers.

In the beginning, he had no idea where he would be now. All he knew was that he couldn’t leave the land like it was and wanted to improve and restore it. With no prior knowledge of regenerative farming, Uncle Si educated himself on the practices, and the more he learned, the more he realized this was exactly what his land needed.

Si started implementing various regenerative agriculture methods throughout the farm, which improved the overall ecosystem of the property. Uncle Si learns something new and tries to improve more and more each day.