This is our time! We have found that we are truly blessed being here on the farm.  Allot can be said for clean air, quiet walks and bright stars at night.  Yet the most peaceful feelings that we have found is the security in growing our own food, raising our own livestock, helping our nieghbors and seeing our boys grow. Having the ability to dream and develop our farm into a sustainable, locally-based family business today is truly amazing. 

And it is happening  - one family farm at a time! The grass-roots economy, community networks and local agriculture is catching on by storm because people can weigh its value in their own lives and families.  We are living healthier, securing our finances and staying connected to each other with true purpose.

The times are tough for allot of Americans! I wonder if most people haven't really gotten off to true beaten path of humanity - family, community and supporting the farmer. Being an Iowa farm boy in the sixties and seventies meant going to town once a week, helping do the chores with grandpa and finding mom to see what was for supper that night.  We had barn dances, roller skating midnight madness, and the State Fair! But most of all was helping each other as a family to can vegetables, put up jam and peaches and slaughter the hog and fat steer in the fall to fill the freezer. We took care of each other and our nieghbors. We spent our money at the "mom and pop" grocer and "five and dime" store on the square in town keeping secure and fed together. Americans need to get back to the farm and small communites in rural America and revitalize the spirit of community.

These are the traditions that we are teaching our family, our friends and our nieghbors- to keep it local, grow it right and give back to your community!