The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) has featured Abbe and Lucky Penny Farm & Creamery in its most recent blog, which is dedicated to highlighting Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) projects that support women and beginning farmers.Read the blog here: http://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/sare_feature_1/
These cute hogs are know as the American Mulefoot. They are a heritage breed on the Slow Food Ark of Taste. As Abbe is a Slow Food Terra Madre delegate we felt it was important to support this breed.
American Mulefoot Hog Association
Slow Food Ark of Taste
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
I spend a lot of time taking pride in the world around me. I love where I live. I'm not just talking about the farm. I love being in northeast Ohio and am constantly surprised by the beauty I see here everyday. Even on those cold winter days we all hide…
Thursday, August 27, 2009
It's fair time at the farm, and wow - what a busy week. Between running forth to the fairgrounds, milking goats, unloading hay wagons, getting the children ready for school and the two full-time off farm jobs we hold, it amazing that we are able to do this week at all.…
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
This is a bag of "Quality Mash" from the grain elevators my great-grandparents ran. It's old and faded, but the cotton used to make it still feels fairly strong. I know my great-grandmother used some of these feed sacks to make quilts and other clothing. It's an easy thing to…
Monday, July 20, 2009
When I'm drinking coffee in the morning something that John Steinbeck wrote in one of his books, I believe it was Travels with Charley, anyway, he wrote something like "I hope one day we (our nation) are not overtaken because we lack the will to bend over and pick what is…
For Madeline's 10th birthday party I painted a mermaid for her to photograph herself and her friends in. I think they liked it, but one can never be too sure. Anyway, the birthday had a carnival theme complete with a fabulous visit by a fortuneteller. It was lots of fun and having 10 girls over…
Monday, July 13, 2009
As farm parents it's easy to lose sight of why you're here. Like every parent we are extremely busy. Full time jobs, three children and over 100 goats, chickens and horses make for a full life. Yes, the simple life is in no way simple and I chuckle when people envy…