"[T]here are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace."

- Aldo Leopold
(written when wood was the primary source of heat)

Our little farm is unlike any we have ever seen. We have two main goals:

First, to raise all of our animals in a state as close to nature as possible while respecting our little piece of the earth.

That means our animals are allowed to run around on the pasture in an organic environment, eating grass and breathing fresh air.

We don't use any chemical pesticides or fertilizers anywhere on our property, because we know that any living thing -- plant or insect -- on our land could become a meal for a chicken, turkey, sheep or goat.

This also means that we do not specialize in a particular type of animal. We have goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese and guineas. When different types of animals live together in symbiosis, everyone benefits. With all of these birds running around eating the bugs, we don't have a need for bug repellants, and the birds scatter their own natural fertilizer to make the grass grow for the goats, sheep and horses. This is only one example of how we all work together.

Second, to promote plants and animals that are very old or in danger of extinction because they do not fit into the "factory farm" environment.

Large, commercial farms have chosen -- and in many cases, genetically modifed -- a single best breed of each animal to raise. Chickens found in the grocery store are the "best" breed for meat production, meaning they gain weight faster than any other breed. The eggs are from chickens that can produce the most eggs with the least feed. There is a single breed of turkey that has been genetically modified to have a large breast, a single breed of cow that produces the most milk, and a single breed of most other farm animals. That means other breeds have been ignored at the risk of disappearing from our planet.