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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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Tahiti
Tahiti and Molly are the two gilt daughters of Poppy (my Hereford sow) who live here on the farmy. Tahiti is Jake’s gilt and Molly is mine. But Tahiti is the noisiest most robust little pig I have ever had here. And she climbs! She has such a fat face I tell her she should have been…
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Dogging Aunty
As I was going through my pictures to find one last cow picture for the calendar (which is released by the way, so check it out here). I realised that we had very few good shots of Aunty Del. So I set the dogs on the back of the truck and around the corner we…
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Calendar on Sale
I have finished the calendar this second. And I have just discovered a CYBER sale on the site that prints it. Otherwise it is just getting too expensive. The SALE is for today and tomorrow and is significant. 55% off. If you want to take advantage of this – Send me an email with your email…
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Back on Form
Timatanga Moana our kunekune pig is back on form. Tima went out into the field with her common law husband Tane Mahuta today for the first time in ages and when Ton brought them back in … she, ignoring Tane’s warnings about stairs, … – swung out to Starboard, came up onto the verandah and overturned everything…
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