Bartell Farm/Community Merchants

Bartell Farm is a mother/daughter run operation raising beef, pork, and Morgan horses. Jenny & Tempie strive to produce quality, docile animals that are easy to be worked by women. All their animals are selected heavily for docility. They can pet most of their cattle herd, all their sows are gentle and safe to handle while farrowing, and all their horses have proven themselves to be great mountain rides. Happy animals are very important to them, so they are always working to improve the conditions of their operation in ways to keep their animals safe and happy. Their cows get to spend the summer months ranging family property in the mountains, their sows (when not nursing) are in large paddocks with access to streams for wallowing, and their horses are grazing pastures as long as there is grass to sustain them.

Jenny Bartell also runs Community Merchants, part farm stand, part co-op supporting local producers in La Grande.