Your local farmers....

I've been reading a fantastic book. It's by one of my favorite authors, Joel Salatin. If you are wanting to learn out the food system, check out his books. Our local library carries them. I tend to check them out & love them so much that I end up ordering them to refer back to often! 

There's a great section in the book that talks about how some people consider farmers unintelligent, that they don't know better & stay on the farm, not furthering their education. This couldn't be further from the truth! Farmers are quite intelligent and care about their land. So while many of their friends go to a popular college & move away for a high paying job, we go to college, spend the same amount of money for our education, then come back to the farm. Farmers won't get rich, but it's a passion. It's a desire to leave this land in better shape that we when we got it. It's a love of the animals, a desire to educate our small towns and to provide the option for people to have healthy food from a sustainable source. 

So, with that being said, here's a little background on My Farmer and myself. 😉

We were high school sweethearts. 💕 We were set up on a blind date. I was a city girl, he was a farmer. After high school, we went to a 2 year college. We got married 1/2 way thru our college years. We pushed on & finished. We both got our degree in Business. My Farmer majored in Retail, I majored in Marketing. We started farming while in college, borrowing some ground from My Farmers family. My Farmer worked off the farm to pay for the future farm we wanted, while I stayed home to raise our children. Two farms later, we are where we belong. We have both furthered our education. My Farmer takes many classes each year to learn new methods about sustainable farming, mob grazing, etc. He also works off the farm at a major university's research farm. So he farms around the clock! I am a few months away from receiving my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. While I'm in 'school mode', I will continue on to receive my Masters in Education & Agriculture. 

So take comfort in knowing that your food is our full time job. We love each animal and sometimes we are up all night long during a difficult birthing process or to protect baby lambs or goats from predators. We weather storms to protect our animals. We spend every waking hour making sure all are comfortable, have fresh water and are healthy. Our days & nights are spent producing high quality, safe, lean, beyond organic foods for our family and yours!

We love the land, we love our animals & we love our job.  We are Right Where We Belong. 💕