[6] The farm does not use castration to control boar taint, relying on other methods such as selective breeding, diet, and pasturing males away from females.

[7] They raised sheep and pigs until 2009, when the farm focused on pork due to lower demand for lamb and wool.

Using funding from friends, family members, their own savings, a community-supported agriculture programs of pre-buys by customers[9] and $33,000 from a Kickstarter campaign,[1] they began building a slaughterhouse on the property around 2009,[2][3] as a do-it-yourself project.

[3] Sugar Mountain Farm started butcher shop operations October 15, 2015 under Vermont state inspection.

[10] In 2019, the farm faced potential fines in excess of $100k from the state for failure to properly enclose pigs.