Happy Herd

Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? Well it's your lucky day, Brandon took the time to write up a little history on our family farm and how it has flourished in to what it is today. Our farm was started in 1898 as a traditional homestead with livestock, hay, oats, wheat, corn and of course a large garden. The farm kept up with farming practices and used the most up to date equipment and ideas to be profitable. Our farm started going a different direction than mainstream farming in 1987, when soil health practices started becoming apparent.  In 2000, we transitioned to organic to be more profitable and because we didn't like the chemicals and all the possible unknown dangers associated with them. We then listened to God in 2020 and started converting our farm to a ranch to use less fuels and allow nature to become the main factor in our operation. We try to operate our ranch with nature, not against it, and provide the best possible food to our family and you. Som...

From the perspective of a city girl, I had no idea what farming entailed let alone regenerative farming. It has taken me the better part of seven years to truly understand the transformation our farm has gone through over the last 100+ years. My father-in-law's (Paul's) ancestors worked with nature because they did not have another option. They had chickens, cows and horses... some raised for food and dairy products and others used to help work the land. It was only fairly recently that large equipment and chemicals were brought in to help work the land and develop consistent crops.  Paul had the foresight to see what chemicals were doing to our land and made the decision to begin the process of turning our farm land into certified organic land 24 years ago. While that has shown a significant difference in the health of our soil and the crops we produced, there was still a desire on our hearts for further change. We then felt led 2 years ago to put our faith into action and do ...