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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.

My farms are organic and regenerative and full of stories. I have been writing here about environmentally sustainable farming and food and travel since 2011.

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  • HOME, AND IT IS STILL WET

    HOME, AND IT IS STILL WET

    After dragging myself and my suitcase across America and back again I was more than happy to put on my work clothes and get stuck in to farming again. After being away a few days in the tidy suburbs It strikes me is what a lot of junk we have accumulated over the last few…

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  • HOME AGAIN

    Working flat out on this weeks assignment! I will be in tomorrow morning – just thought I would let you know.

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  • I GOT A CALL THIS MORNING

    That Molly the big sow is in the neighbors barn eating his cow feed ( which by the way is disgusting stuff having 10 percent of meat byproduct in it).

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  • LAST DAY

    LAST DAY

    Tomorrow I leave for California – not for long – six days I think – so today John will do all the morning chores by himself so he can ask me any questions.

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  • RATHER MESSY

    RATHER MESSY

    Well, the porch and everything else is all in a state of rather messy half-done-ed-ness but by lunch today I think we should be all ship shape. The farm that is. My packing is another issue altogether.

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  • SHEILA

    Sheila is not as chubby as she looks in this shot – she is long and slim and tall. But certainly slim. This is why she hates photographs – the camera makes her look fat!!

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