This represents your initial purchase of one half of a heritage breed piglet ($75), plus includes a recurring $75 monthly fee for the following 5 months to cover the costs of feed and care at Wild Mountain Farm, plus a final (7th) payment for $75 to cover the costs of your share of animal harvest and processing. You can expect a minimum 50 lbs of pork cuts in the end of quality pork which will need to be picked up from an Annapolis Valley Butcher at a date we will arrange in June 2025. There are no additional costs unless more expensive processing is required (see Pig Purchase and Farming Agreement).
Half Pig Ownership (Purchase, farming, processing)
1. Term of Agreement.
1.1. The Agreement shall commence with the date of Animal purchase and shall be valid for 8 consecutive months from that date until the animal is butchered.
1.2. The Owner may terminate the agreement at any time under the condition that they find a replacement owner to take over their ownership share in the Animal and their commitment to the remainder of the Agreement, and provided that the terminating party is solely responsible for collecting any fees associated with the Animal from the replacement owner. In this case the Farmers will accommodate the process of entering a new agreement with the new owner.
1.3. A certificate of ownership will be provided to the Owner.
2. Gaurantee
2.1 Farmer will be responsible for replacing the Animal in the unlikely event of death or loss during the term of this Agreement.
2.2 During the term of the Agreement, the Farmers guarantees that the Animal will remain on track with weight gain such that the Owner will be able to realize a yield of pork cuts from the Animal within the target of 100 lbs (or higher).
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
3. Owner’s Responsibilities. Owner shall:
3.1. Pay to the Farmers the one time Animal Purchasing Fee and monthly Animal Farming Fees in accordance with Section 2.
3.2. Allow the Animal to be farmed under Farmer’s chosen practices, including but not limited to those set forth in Section 8.
3.3 Be responsible for arranging an acceptable meat pick-up appointment where they will take possession of their cut and wrapped beef.
4. Owner’s Rights.
4.1. Owner will be invited to visit the farm and their Animal at no less than 2 pre-set dates determined by the Farmers (one in each season) to see the Animal and learn more about how the Animal is cared for and how they live.
4.2 Owner will be given the opportunity to provide custom cutting and wrapping instructions to the person or business entrusted to provide butchering services.
5. Farmer’s Responsibilities. Farmer agrees to perform the following with respect to the Animal:
5.1. Manage, care, and feed the Animal with complete adherence to all aspects of Animal welfare and best practices as are understood for free-range, pasture-based production systems.
5.2. Determining best date for and facilitating appointment arrangements for Animal slaughter and processing, fees for which are collected as the 8th recurring and final recurring payment from the owner.
6. Livestock Management and Farmers Rights.
All livestock management decisions are at the sole discretion of the Farmers.
6.1. Free access to indoor shelter with dry straw bedding will be provided.
7. Animal Slaughtering and Processing.
7.1 The choice of Abattoir and meat processor to be used for the purposes of slaughtering and processing the Owner’s animal is determined by the Farmers.
7.2 Well in advance of the Animal harvest time, The Farmer’s will provide one or more suggested available and recommended options 7.3 The Farmer’s will assist the Owner to the extent required to ensure a successful harvest experience, including but not limited to negotiating a booking for harvest and processing, helping the Owner adequately understand how to navigate custom pork cutting decisions, and providing live animal transportation if required.
7.4 Abbitoir and meat cutting facility to be used is not necessarily Provincially Inspected or “licensed”, but they are reputable operations providing legal, safe, and ethical services for killing and processing livestock for the purposes of “not for resale”, family consumption. In the event the Owner wishes to legally sell for money any cuts of the future pork derived from their Animal, their Animal, additional arrangements will have to be made with the Farmers to have the killed and cut at a Provincially Inspected Abattoir and licensed meat processor, which may or may not cost considerably more, and this additional cost must be covered by the Owner to the Farmer.
8. Relationship of the Parties.
The Farmers are independent contractors with Owner. Owner has no right to control, direct or supervise the Farmers in carrying out their duties. It is agreed that neither party is the legal representative or the agent of the other party for any purpose whatsoever, and has no authority to assume or create obligations on behalf of the other party. This Agreement shall not be deemed to give rise to a partnership or joint venture.
9. Waiver.
Failure of either party to assert or enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement, or to exercise any right herein provided, shall in no way be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right by the other party. No waiver shall be valid unless in a writing signed by Owner and Farmer.
NAME OF FARMERS
Sarah Clarke and Lance Bishop
Farmers and Co-owners, Wild Mountain Adventures