Long before we had all these pigs roaming the pastures. And before we moved the 200 year old barn to the farm from a few miles down the road (did you know we did this?). And before we built the Farm Store, Greg and I made a deal with the powers that be. If the stars...
There’s a trend that I’m sure you’ve seen in action countless times before. The farmers that live down the road make the decision that it’s time to retire and the farm kids aren’t the least bit interested in taking over the family...
You probably won’t believe this. But every year or so, we actually interview a bunch of our customers. It might sound strange, but I’m totally serious! We spend time creating a list of topics we’re curious about and questions that we might want to...
There was a time not that long ago, where you probably heard us say that we were never, EVER, going to hire employees. It’s true, we probably wouldn’t have been able to afford to hire someone at the time. But that’s really besides the point. Our mindset back...
No one could tell us how to keep the farm afloat during the pandemic. There was no guide or how-to for us to reference. In a very short amount of time, everything we thought we knew about the farm and where we were headed, was tossed up in the air. And it was up to us...
We bought another cow. Like the last one, it wasn’t destined to graze our pastures. Raised carefully on a farm an hour west of here, it was destined for our freezer. Our butcher tells us he clocked in at over 800 lbs hanging weight, which means that he was well over...
