Barns

With growing families and the desire to expand, it’s easy to see why you might want a new home. But where do you start? Maybe you’ve heard about people turning garages into guest houses, but did you know that metal barns with living quarters are one of the most popular home options out there? Buying a house can be an intimidating process. Between making sure you have good enough credit…

  Poultry Farming in America Thinking about getting into chicken farming? If so, you’d be in good company. Americans buy more chicken than any other center-of-the-plate meat. Chicken consumption in the U.S. has increased practically every single year over the last half-century, and it shows no signs of slowing down. Or perhaps you’re not even looking to enter the broiler chicken production market; maybe you’d just like to raise enough…

  The Rising Popularity of Rustic Design Thanks in part to the cultural impact of home design influencers like Chip and Joanna Gaines, the rustic design scheme has become incredibly popular across America. Rustic design goes by many names, including rustic chic, modern rustic, farmhouse, farmhouse chic, western chic, and others. But no matter what you call it, rustic design places a lot of emphasis on using natural materials, antique…

  Local Farming in America Farming has grown and developed quite a bit since domesticated agriculture was first introduced thousands of years ago. In Western society, fewer and fewer of us are actually growing our own food these days. If you ate today, you likely have a farmer to thank! And where some things have changed across the landscape of American agriculture, others have remained the same. Out of the…

Hay There! Back during my late elementary and early junior high days, we had what we thought was a great retort for when someone would walk up and interrupt one of our group conversations. The unsuspecting conversational intruder would try to get our attention by saying, “Hey!” Inevitably, one of us would snap back with this witty play on words: “Hay is for horses, aren't you glad you're a cow?”…