Do you feel stuck trying to find helpful mentor for your new business or hobby venture? A helpful mentor can make or break the success of your new experiences at the drop of a hat. You might be wondering why you even need a mentor to help you. Trust me. A good mentor makes all …
A slice of pizza is a slice of agriculture. A slice of agriculture: Have you thought about your pizza ingredients grown on a farm? It’s National Pizza Day and I’m here to talk to you today about how your favorite food is grown. Yes, grown. Of course, you can’t grow a pizza from the ground …
World famous pie. Super-size cinnamon rolls. Small-town hospitality. That is what you get when you travel to Dover, Kansas. An “unincorporated” town just southwest of the capitol city of Topeka, it is a tiny, quiet village famous for having amazing pie. Small town equals big eats. Dover, Kansas has amazing food. It’s comfort food. Like what Pioneer …
Wondering how to feed chickens at any stage of life to help them grow their best? After many years of raising chickens for both meat and eggs, I’m here to day to tell you all my secrets. But please be aware of my biggest secret. There’s so many right ways to feed chickens at any …
Wondering what happens when chickens outgrow their pen or brooder? Well, they get a new pen, of course. It’s super important for chickens at any stage to have plenty of room so they don’t start to peck on one another. If you jump start chicks in a brooder, they’re going to grow fast. So fast …
Are you going to find reasons to shop local this holiday season? Shop small to support backyard businesses and family businesses who work hard every day. They cater to their community and to their employees. So, why not support them? Because every little bit counts to keep businesses in our rural areas. Every little bit. …
Looking for an easy way to humanely harvest meat birds? Humanely harvest meat birds in just four easy peasy steps. Why? Because having your own fresh home raised chicken in your freezer is so worth it. Each year, we feed about 25 chickens for eight weeks and then harvest them ourselves. Here’s a week by week …