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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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LATEST POSTS


  • NEVER LosT

    NEVER LosT

    Calves are often hard to find – but they are never lost.

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  • THE DOOM CLOUD

    THE DOOM CLOUD

    You would think, and I did as I scaled the side of the stock trailer and pulled myself up onto its roof, that this cloud would bring destructive weather to the farm. It looked so full of doom. But it did not. The long  black cloud merely tipped its sprinkling hat and rolled rumbling by…

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  • WHO’s YOUR DADDY

    WHO’s YOUR DADDY

    Apparently a big, old, white rooster.

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  • HAZY HOT

    HAZY HOT

    The air is hazy with muggy, sticky, humid heat. 

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  • GOING GREEN

    GOING GREEN

    Slowly but steadily, I am getting all the pigs into their Pig Pastures with all the good green feed. 

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  • DEL’S MOB

    DEL’S MOB

    Though these images do look lush, I still do not have a lot of feed. Yesterday I began to mow the plentiful thistles though. There seem to be more than ever this year. The ducks are very hard to get a shot of. They are getting very big but shriek with horror at a whiff…

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