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Healthy and EASY Homemade Chicken Broth in the Slow Cooker
Aug 3 Written By Kenna Kanneberg If you’re anything like I was, the idea of cooking a whole chicken is kind of intimidating. I grew up, like most, buying boneless, skinless chicken breasts from the grocery store and using them to cook any chicken recipe I wanted. So when I was beginning to look for more local options to source my food from, I was a little nervous to see that I would have to learn how to cook a whole chicken. You could imagine my surprise when I unwrapped... Read more...
3 Ways to Incorporate Local Foods into your Home Today!
May 11 Written By Kenna Kanneberg It’s no longer surprising to hear about supply chain issues and see signs at the grocery store indicating that a product is temporarily out of stock. After the COVID-19 pandemic, we began to realize how dependent the typical American is on the global economy, even for our groceries! It’s not uncommon to go to the grocery store, pull something off the shelf and read the packaging, only to find that the food was transported across the country, or even the world, to reach our... Read more...
4 books that changed the way we eat (and live)!
Mar 21 Written By Kenna Kanneberg Though I write this on my Spring Break from teaching, the 3 feet of standing snow in our backyard reminds me that Wisconsin winters cannot be rushed. Spring fever begins to set in, but the cold and wind encourages me to stay wrapped up in a blanket indoors! There is a certain beauty to the seasonality of our region. Winter forces us to slow down, rest and remember what we love about the warmer seasons. Personally, I love to curl up with a good... Read more...
Should you get chickens in 2023?
Should you get chickens in 2023? Feb 2 Written By Shane Kanneberg Okay we’ve all seen it, grocery store egg prices are up...like way up. Your typical, white, nothing-special, $.79 eggs are selling for close to $8 in some places, insane (at least for a commercially produced product). Now, I could go into why these high egg prices may or may not be justified but I’ll spare you the boring details because you might be thinking, “With egg prices so high, I should get some chickens!”. (One of our layers,... Read more...
What is CSA?
Feb 21 Written By Shane Kanneberg “What the heck is CSA?” Maybe you’ve found yourself asking this question after talking with that crunchy friend who mentioned it….you know who I’m talking about, the one who’s buying organic produce and avoiding big box stores (okay, it’s us, we’re your crunchy friend). Regardless, the question remains, what is CSA? Simply put, CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture but there is so much more to what CSA is! Here are some reasons why CSAs are so beneficial for your family, your farmer, and... Read more...
Green Bay’s BIGGEST Little Farm
For the past 3 years I’ve been telling people that I want to be a farmer. Every time I tell someone I want to be a farmer, they ask, “What kind of farmer? Dairy, crop, livestock?”. Unfortunately I haven’t had a great way to explain the type of farming I want to do without diving into a ten minute monologue. After my over-complicated explanation finished most people would say, “Oh cool, like the Biggest Little Farm?”. Umm sure? I’d never heard of it. Finally, after several more over-complicated conversations, comparisons... Read more...