New Term For a New Calling (Austin)

As Lauren and I have been endeavoring to homestead and look into shaping our vision, we've done a lot of adapting and growing of what we want to build. But lately it's become much more than just being sustainable in our own right. The best way I can think to say it is that God is not leading us to build a mere homestead; rather, He is revealing to us a vision of what I call a farmstead.

Farmstead Vision: Mob Stocking? (Austin)

This video is a gem to me. It didn't take very long into researching sustainable livestock management to run into the concept of Holistic Mob Stocking. I understood basic concepts of it and was aware of some benefits as well as some of the most noted names in the field, but I didn't have much understanding of what the finer points were to this system. Well yesterday I found it, and to boot it's by one of the most successful Mob Stocking employers in the country and in the world.
His name is Greg Judy and his primary operation is beef cattle in Columbia, Missouri. If you're at all interested in livestock management, environmental restoration, quality food, or sustainable agriculture then I strongly recommend you spend the 75 minutes to watch this video. This stuff is amazing.

New Internet! (Austin)

I'm back! Finally moved back into town a week.5 ago and am finally getting settled in with enough time to start updating y'all on my experiences on the orchard this last month of June. Lauren continues to miss out on the fun while on internship in Pennsylvania for the summer, so it'll just me be for the next month or so until she can get back. But there's plenty to tell about so I'm gonna get started on it with some back-dated videos I took at the farm that will mostly end up on the Facebook page. There's about six of 'em total, most are less than a minute so check Facebook to find them. Don't worry, I'll have a few that you can easily find here too :) Starting with this one! Just a little knowledge and a trivia for your afternoon. Y'all have a great weekend!