This week we had several UCA students visit the mountain to learn "hands-on" about sustainable farming. Ed Martsolf of Petit Jean Farm arranged for the students to come out to our pasture and help install electric fencing and build our broiler pens and hen-mobile. They were able to get two broiler hoop houses nearly completed and our mobile hen house (a re-purposed horse trailer) completely secure and ready for the nest boxes to be installed. We hosted an ice cream social at our place and treated the weary workers to ice cream made from raw milk, our country fresh eggs, and our daughter Avery's organic chocolate mint leaves. We hope these young men and women have gained an appreciation for the simple life and have enjoyed seeing the fruits of their labors.
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