Next month I will be priveliged to speak at the Reformation of Food and the Family Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This is a groundbreaking conference, seeking to discuss what the Bible says about what we eat. Joel Salatin will be a featured speaker. I am scheduled to do several workshops and panels. Please pray …

It is a very busy season around the farm here, and it is hard to take time to blog. I guess blogging on a farm changes with the seasons along with everything else. The Lord is very gracious and merciful, and has blessed our growing season more than my skill and efforts merit. May he …

Many people I know who are interested in farming don’t do it as a ca­reer. It’s more of a part-time pursuit than a primary means of income. But some of them desire to do it full time. They just don’t see how they could practically do it. In looking at the income of their current …

The Lord has blessed us with gorgeous weather so far this spring! It has given us a great chance to get some projects done outdoors, and I thought I would share a few pictures with you. Above is our milk cow and a few of our laying hens in the pasture. The hens are doing …

This is a short video I took last fall explaining a little bit about how we use chickens in our garden. Since incorporating chickens into the garden its productivity has greatly increased, since many of the manual tasks of cleaning up weeds and applying soil amendments have been almost entirely replaced by utilizing the God-given …

One of the biggest factors in farming unprofitability today is government intervention. In his eye-opening book, War on the Poor, historian Clarence B. Carson claimed, “ There is no reason, except for government interference, that farming should not be as profitable an undertaking as any other productive pursuit.” Why is the government’s intervention such a …

Recently Mr. Kevin Swanson, host of Generations Radio, interviewed me about farming and my new book, Born-Again Dirt. You can listen to the program here.

  My father is originally from Indiana and comes from a long line of farmers. His grandfather had a diverse hog operation, keeping his hogs out in the fields and raising his own feed in a rotation that included wheat, soybeans, corn, and pasture.  When his grandfather passed away my Dad’s family moved out and …

I am very pleased to announce the release of my new book, Born-Again Dirt, Farming to the Glory of God. The Lord has enabled me to finally publish it after several years of study. I have profited much from what I have learned in writing Born-Again Dirt, even if no one else ever reads it. But …

It is interesting to note that an agri-lifestyle is very consistent with and supportive of the Biblical model of the family. The abandonment of the agricultural family economy during the industrial revolution is partly responsible for much of the breakdown of the Christian family and morals. Humanist historians Will and Ariel Durant, well known for …

No, I’m serious. I really think someone should start a business producing one-legged chickens and selling them as pet yard chickens. How exactly you would humanely get the chickens to only have one leg I haven’t figured out yet. Ours was a rescue. We call her ‘Chick-a-henny’. (Real original, I know. I must confess I …