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Food For Thought
Welcome to our Blog! We love that we are able to share more spontaneous and candid views of the farm and to educate our customers about our practices.

Chris & Sarah Ficken
Dec 10, 20232 min read
Harmonizing with the Land: Reaping Rewards through Intensively Grazing
You can almost hear the soil singing in this photo. And you can almost feel the lushness of the grass through the screen. We are finally...


Chris & Sarah Ficken
Dec 3, 20232 min read
Sitting at the Table - even when you don't quite belong
Have you ever had an incredibly mundane interaction that has totally transformed the trajectory of your life? For me, that moment...

Chris & Sarah Ficken
Nov 6, 20232 min read
Beyond Efficiency: Why Small Farms Shine in Sustainability and Ethics
We often see photos of large herds of a couple of thousand cows and ask, “What are we even doing? How can we compete with this?” The...


Chris & Sarah Ficken
Oct 29, 20232 min read
Small Farm, Big Hearts: Prioritizing Animal Welfare and Individuality
I wanted to highlight the many ways that we prioritize animal welfare and our animals’ quality of life on our small, family farm. Where...


Chris & Sarah Ficken
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Ditching the Water Woes
If you follow us on Instagram (and you totally should if you don’t already!), then you’ve probably seen an exciting project that we just...


Chris & Sarah Ficken
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Harvesting Resilience: A Decade of Sustainable Farming and Stewardship
Over the past ten years, we have worked hard to build climate resilience and sustainable practices into our farm system. As farmers and...


Chris & Sarah Ficken
Aug 25, 20232 min read
Towards Climate Consciousness
As stewards of the land, we can be a part of the solution to climate change, or we can contribute to the problem. As we increasingly feel...
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