Lillian Lee Farm LLC

We are a small family farm located in historic King William County, Virginia. We raise meat chickens on our pasture and added pork in 2019; raised in the hardwood forests of our farm. We also have 25 laying hens that provide us with incredibly tasting fresh eggs. They also allow us to supply a neighboring farm with eggs for one of his enterprises .

Our farm was originally part of a larger family farm, Dorrell Farms, decades ago that had been heavily row cropped, then unmanaged over the last twenty years. Our farm is comprised of mostly hardwood forest (beech, oak, hickory, poplar, among others) with 17 acres of pasture in the middle.

While we are just starting our farming journey, we are committed to using responsible and sustainable practices that will regenerate the pastures and forests. We are also committed to providing the animals a happy life in an environment that allows them to live as close to their natural instincts as possible.

What does this mean exactly? For the pastures, that means NO "chemical burns" which is nothing more than a euphemism for large scale spraying of broadleaf herbicides. No use of chemical fertilizers, no to minimal tilling, and no planting of non-native species.

For the animals, that means no inhumane, confinement in an overcrowded feedlot, packed into tight crates, or spending their entire lives on concrete floors. We use fencing and chicken "tractors"only to the degree needed to protect against predation. This allows the animals the opportunity to feast on grasses, bugs, nuts, and roots for a significant amount of their nutrition. Supplementing only with non-GMO feed, free of hormones and medication.

The chickens are rotated to fresh pasture twice per day in their "tractors", safe from ground and aerial predators. They leave behind their droppings to improve the nutrients in the soil, as well as freshly turned earth from their scratching. Building soil and improving the overall health of the land.

We keep our pigs in paddocks using portable fencing in the hardwood forest rotated regularly to fresh forage. Replete with mast crops of acorns, hickory nuts, beech nuts, and other forage from the forest floor. We also keep them in our pasture for short periods of time to allow them to improve the overall soil quality.

All of these practices result in food that is not only more nutrient dense and better tasting than what you get in the grocery store, but also food that is more humanely raised, and environmentally friendly. Food that not only makes you feel good, but also food that you can feel good about too.

Farm pickup and visits are welcomed, just contact us ahead of time so we can be sure to be available when you arrive.