The Start
Like most homesteading stories, it all started with some chickens. They're the gateway animal to homesteading. First came some chickens, then eggs, then more chickens, then meat chickens, then some dairy goats, then a cross country move to our own farm. 

The Family
Jessica runs the day-to-day operations on the farm. She comes up with the big ideas, creates the "honey-dos," crunches the numbers, manages the tech and cares for the animals. She loves homeschooling her girls and cooking fresh food for the family. Matt is the builder on the farm. He's handy at just about anything and is always working on a new project. Off of the farm he works as an electrical contractor. Our two girls, Estella and Elaina love playing outdoors and helping around the farm. Not pictured are Grandma and Grandpa E. They took a big chance on us and followed us across the country. They're building a house in the back 40 and are always around to lend a hand. Grandpa Jon is the primary farm hand and chief egg collector.

The Move
We are both native Southern Californians. We grew up with backyard gardens but had little livestock experience (okay, we had no idea what we were doing at first). Matt is the talented gardener, and what goes better with a garden than a few chickens? I convinced Matt we needed some egg laying hens, so we got 12 (we eat a lot of eggs). They were easy and fun. Then Matt got hooked on farming blogs and we decided to try our hands at some meat birds. We had two acres and had been doing the laying hens for a while.   While the meaties grew, I convinced Matt we should get some dairy goats so we bought a pregnant doe and feed leased (that's farm speak for ‘borrowed’) a little buddy for her. We loved Southern California, but we had known for some time that it just wasn't the right place for us to raise our family. After years of searching and exploring, the Carolina's were calling our name. We sold our California business, our house and animals and moved to central North Carolina. We love it here and are so excited to be farming our beautiful 10 acre property in Mt Ulla. 

Our Commitments:
- Our animals are raised ethically on pasture
- Our feed is locally grown and non-GMO certified
- Our animals are humanely processed 
- Our farm is committed to using regenerative farming practices
- Our product labels are clear and transparent

Jessica & Matt

Pre-Orders Available

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