Gieske’s Produce Dan and Gilda Gieske grow vegetables and raise chickens with their three children, Miriam, Benjamin and Rebecca, on an 85-acre farm just north of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. The Gieskes moved to their farm in 1991 with their children’s health and safety in mind. They wanted a place where their children could eat vegetables […]
Tyler Farm: Flocks, Fiber and Family
“From the goats to the gardens, we consider all aspects of Tyler Farm as part of our own family,” explains Deborah Claffie when describing her family’s forty acre homestead in Limington, Maine, about 35 miles west of Portland. “Farming means more to us than the income it provides; it’s a lifestyle.” Such an inclusive, participatory […]
Lost Cabin Ranch
The Story of Our Intentions “I really believe,” Rebecca Routson says, “that every square foot of this earth requires its own particular attention.” The particular piece of earth Rebecca and her husband Don attend to is an organic farm in the Williamson Valley northwest of Prescott, Arizona. It is a place of unconventional beauty, set […]
Teague Farm
A persuasive six-year-old inspired Daniel Teague to say enough already and become a farmer, something he had always wanted to do. In 2001, Olivia asked her dad to plant watermelons for her. He was working full time as a machinist and on the weekends, building a new house for his family on the land where […]