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About the Management Team

CEO – Peter W. Burrows

Peter Burrows has more than thirty-five years of business executive experience in high-tech electronics, manufacturing, distribution and logistics, consumer-packaged goods and retail industries. He has been Chief Information Officer of two Fortune 500 multi-national corporations and served on the Board of Directors of both public and not-for-profit companies and organizations. He has won numerous business awards for innovation and advanced systems work.

Peter's knowledge of marketing and sales, business finance, systems, logistics and process improvement, has prepared him well for managing the complex business of commercial farming and retailing directly to the public.

Peter's interest in farming goes back to his childhood in the suburbs of Boston. Growing up, he loved exploring the woods and pastures of his neighborhood, where one of his favorite stops was a local farm. Peter grew to appreciate the importance of preservation, especially in rural towns, after the fields and woods of his hometown were lost forever to suburban sprawl. Peter and his wife Regina passed on their love of the outdoors and gardening to their children, Meaghan, Sarah and Christopher, who enjoyed working in the family vegetable garden and taking care of their pet chickens. After Regina passed away in 2001, Peter and Christopher decided to combine their common interests in the outdoors and the environment and purchased the land in East Wells that is now the home of Brown Boar Farm.

Peter still works full-time in Industry and lives in the city of Boston where he manages the business affairs of the farm and is establishing a customer base for Brown Boar Farm products with local consumers and finer restaurants. He visits the farm frequently to help the staff with advice and the business side of things, but especially enjoys operating the big equipment when he is there. He has used the heavy equipment to clear a house site, and recently completed a driveway up the side of the ridge where he hopes to build a log cabin for his retirement, when he can concentrate on the farm full-time.

If you have any questions about the farm you can email Peter at Peter.Burrows@brownboarfarm.com anytime.

Vice President of Farm Operations - Christopher Burrows

Although just half Peter's age, Christopher has already experienced a number of vocations that have helped him develop the skills needed to manage day-to-day operations at Brown Boar Farm. Chris has been a welder, a stone cutter and a restorer of wooden boats at a full service marina. In addition, he earned his appreciation for food as a chef in several fine restaurants. His time as an agricultural student at nearby Green Mountain College introduced him to the beauty of the Vermont area and the benefits of an old fashioned method of farming. Chris decided to make Vermont his permanent home and he has applied the lessons he learned as a child tending for his chickens and vegetables on a much larger scale.

Chris' passion for the environment and commitment to sustainable living provides a lot of the vision for the farm and the principles under which we operate. Chris concentrates on the herd development and cultivation of the paddocks used for as a source grazing for the pigs and the cattle. Fence repair and installation occupies a good part of his work week and stonewall building, equipment maintenance and constructing animal housing keeps him fully occupied as the animal population continues to grow.

Chris' knowledge of the restaurant business and what chef's want has given us real insight into how to market successfully to this important customer segment. Chris background as a chef also makes him ideally suited to oversee our catering department. If you have questions about a cut of meat for an upcoming special dinner or are interested in having an all-natural pig roast for your next family or business event give Chris a call or email him at Chris. Burrows@brownboarfarm.com.

Head Boar -Rocco

Rocco is a three-year old purebred registered Tamworth boar and the inspiration for the Brown Boar Farm name and logo. Rocco spends much of his day lounging around, dating the ladies and bossing the other boars around. He is friendly and playful, but his tusks are forming and at 700 pounds his massive size can be intimidating. Rocco has his own house and pen, but he is always in contact with the other Tamworth’s and often spends time in the woods getting his share of fresh greens and nuts that drop from the hardwood trees.

Farm Dog - Scout

Scout is a three-year old purebred Rhodesian Ridgeback and full-time resident at Brown Boar Farm. Native to Southern Africa, Ridgebacks were noted for their ability to tackle lions. Scout does not tackle any lions, but he does flush a wild turkey or pheasant from time to time and usually alerts us when there may be predators passing through the neighborhood. Scout’s shape and color makes him resemble a very fast deer so during hunting season he wears an orange collar and his own orange vest. Despite the Ridgeback’s reputation with lions, Scout is a big baby and prefers an easy chair in front of the wood stove to any sort of run-in with a predator - that is unless he has been sprayed by a skunk, in which case we make him stay outside until he has had a bath.