The Life Here
In the hills of Lyles, Tennessee, Olin and Concetta West are building something that can't be rushed.
Forevermore Farm took root in 2021 — not as an investment, not as a hobby, but as a commitment to a different way of living. To soil you can trust. To food you can trace. To neighbors you actually know.
Olin keeps the land. He's up before the sun, tending fields and animals with the kind of quiet patience that farming demands. He doesn't talk much about stewardship — he just does it.
Concetta brings the knowledge. A certified Straw Bale Gardening instructor and the founder of The LOCAL Place in Centerville, she's been feeding this community for years. At Forevermore, she raises heritage Berkshire and Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs — free-range, no pharmaceutical vaccines, the way it used to be done before farming became a factory. The pork is extraordinary. The reason why is simple.
Together, they've made Forevermore a place where people come to slow down, get their hands dirty, and remember what food actually is. Workshops, farm days, time with the animals, time in the garden — all of it grounded in one belief: that knowing how things grow changes how you live.
Come wander. Come learn. Come back.
Who We Are
Olin spent 20 years in the United States Navy on submarines — sonar technician, Senior Chief Petty Officer, the person responsible for knowing what was out there in the dark. After the Navy, he spent five more years at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, maintaining the combat systems he'd built his career operating. Somewhere in all of that, he started thinking about land.
Concetta was a trauma nurse at a major hospital in Seattle — the kind of work where you don't get to ease into your day. She left the ER, moved to Tennessee, and opened The LOCAL Place on the square in Centerville — a café, a gathering spot, a reason for people to come downtown. Then came The LOCAL Drive-Thru and MADE @ The Local, a paint-your-own pottery and candle-making studio upstairs.
They didn't come to Tennessee to slow down. They came to build something real.
Olin keeps the land.
The Animals
Clementine & Hazel
Clementine is a Juliana pig. Hazel is a pot-belly pig. They live in the house, sleep on the couch, and celebrate birthdays with cake and party hats. This is not a joke — there is photographic evidence.
They don't know they're pigs. Nobody's going to tell them.
Teddy
We got Teddy for our daughter when she broke her neck and was stuck in bed for weeks. He was supposed to be a companion for her — and he was. But Teddy didn't stop there. He bonded with every animal on this farm. He babysits Clementine, supervises the garden, and has strong opinions about everything.
He runs this place. The rest of us just live here.
Heritage Berkshire Pigs
Raised free-range on open pasture, no pharmaceutical vaccines, the way it used to be done before farming became a factory. Berkshires are known for exceptional flavor — dark, marbled, deeply rich pork that tastes like pork is supposed to taste.
The pork is extraordinary. The reason why is simple: these pigs lived well.
Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Small, charismatic, and completely unaware of boundaries. The Nigerian Dwarfs arrived and immediately made themselves at home.
They have zero regrets. Neither do we.
The Land
The Straw Bale Garden
Concetta is a certified Straw Bale Gardening instructor who studied directly under Joel Karsten — the method's creator. She grew her first market garden and a 30-member CSA from straw bales alone.
At Forevermore, the garden lives inside a hand-built pergola enclosure — raised beds, straw bales, and a trellis system that fills wall to wall by midsummer. Workshops are coming this season.
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