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What if your batch of broilers dies? What if you c

What if your batch of broilers dies? What if you can’t order chicks through the mail? Or what if you just need a better option to grow meat throughout the year?

Cornish Cross and other fast-growing hybrids can be incredibly efficient when they are raised during the right window. They grow quickly, fill the freezer, and allow a family to produce a large amount of meat in a relatively short time.

But that does not mean they are the right bird for the hottest part of summer.

Heritage and slower-growing birds require more patience, but many of them are better equipped to forage, tolerate changing weather, and move through the hotter months without the same level of management required by a heavy meat hybrid.

The answer is not necessarily choosing one breed over the other.
The answer may be using both, in an efficient system.

Raise the fast-growing birds during the cooler spring and fall months. Raise the slower, more durable birds during summer to help ensure you always have meat in the freezer even if the broilers fail. Stagger your batches so that you are not processing every chicken on the homestead during one exhausting weekend.

This is the difference between buying chickens and building a meat-production system.

One is an annual project.
The other is part of a resilient household food plan.

I laid out the complete two-breed system, including seasonal timelines, breed options, staggered batches, processing schedules, and a backup strategy, in my newest article.

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Save this post as you begin planning next year’s meat birds.

After an eight month sabbatical from larger public

After an eight month sabbatical from larger public assemblies of the church, it seemed fitting that the first time we stepped back into it all…was in a barn. And when we sat in the car and evaluated afterwards (it was amazing btw), I said “I think I’m different than I was before.” Before—when part of a larger body of Christ. And that was a great thing. A really great thing.

Sometimes Yahweh makes us walk through seasons of separation because He has work to do within us. He wants to build confidence in the truth that you know, and unlearn the things you thought were right.

That doesn’t mean you forsake assembly (we still had Friday night fellowship here). It just means we stepped away from the normal Sunday morning in America to see where God wanted to work within us—without someone influencing us. Where did He want to scrub out dirty spots and elevate refined righteousness. Where did He want to heal and restore. Where did He want to calm and correct. Where did He want to broaden and expand.

And we both sat there and said we “felt compassion”. Not just in the air, but for other people, within ourselves. No agenda. Just worshipping Jesus at the foot of the cross. That’s it. Just church. In a barn. The simple, unadulterated gospel of Jesus.

It was a great way to start the week 💛 Happy Sunday, friends.

I’m seeing the whole “glyphosate” caused the Canad

I’m seeing the whole “glyphosate” caused the Canadian wildfire thing. And about how they are spraying it everywhere and that’s why the fires have started. And we can’t breathe etc etc. That could be true. But I don’t think most people realize this isn’t new.

Just last year Shenandoah National Park sprayed insecticides all over the park. Where do you think that overspray went? On people’s properties, in the air, in your garden, and even settling on properties hundreds of miles away since it was airborne.

None of this is new. It’s been happening for over a decade. Our air is toxic. Period. It’s not because of something new. You’ve been eating and breathing in this stuff most likely your entire life.

Here’s what I hope everyone will do—get serious about it. When you hear it’s going to happen (they often announce it before they do it) get loud to your local authorities. If you’re concerned about it nationally, get loud at your statehouses.

The world is finally waking up to what many of us have been screaming for 20 years. Yet we were called the crazy ones.

Brings a whole new meaning to Mark 16:18–they will drink poison, and it will not hurt them.

This has been our prayer for our family. But we can’t pray this while not fighting the issue.

It’s a sad reality. But it’s the truth. And here’s

It’s a sad reality. But it’s the truth. And here’s why.

Our current American generations are not homestead or agricultural minded. The regenerative agrarian movement is still very young here. And the farmers and land owners who are much older and ready to sell their property are almost always doing it so that they can have a retirement and healthcare fund. There’s no money in the way old timers did farming. That’s kind of the long game conventional ag played them into.

I watched my grandfather sell every cow he had (even though he didn’t want to) so that he could put money into their bank account so that they would never have to go into a nursing home.

I’ve talked to people who have held onto land thinking their children would steward it, only to realize they don’t even want to live in the same state is them. They want an inheritance for their kids. Can you blame them?

There are certainly people buying land from farmers for far less than a data center would, and then being conniving and selling it the following month to a data center. This happens over and over again.

But there are also people who just want to sell their land and be left alone. They think the state is going to “hell in a hand basket” anyhow, so what’s it matter to them.

Here’s the catch—whether they sell it to a data center or not, it is clear they want high dollar for their property. And they will sell it to the next developer of 350 new homes on .2 acres that comes along. Or the next millionaire that wants to save it.

Which one will come first? Time will tell. I’ve seen both. Don’t lose hope.

Pray that people would be obedient to the Holy Spirit. He is quickening many to buy large plots of land right now, but it only happens if they say “yes”. Pray that the Lord would extend more and more wealth to His people so that we can steward it well into expanding in more land ownership.

Continue changing the culture. Don’t give up hope. Raise your kids close to Jesus and agriculture. Teach them honor and stewardship. Teach your community and friends. The next generation won’t fail this task—they will understand the assignment. But until then, raise

We have become very good at buying supplements. A

We have become very good at buying supplements.

A new vitamin for energy. A probiotic for digestion. An herb for stress. A powder for inflammation. Another bottle promising to support the immune system. And some of those things can be incredibly useful.

But there is a question we often fail to ask:
Is my body able to properly digest, absorb, and use what I am giving it?

Our wellness cabinets can be overflowing while our understanding of the body remains painfully limited. This is why I believe gut health must be approached with education—not simply another shopping list.

You need to understand what prebiotics and probiotics actually do. You need to know where enzymes fit into digestion. You need to learn how food, fiber, fermented foods, herbs, stress, and everyday habits can influence the digestive process.

You do not need to become fearful of food. You do not need to purchase every supplement someone recommends. You do not need to follow every wellness trend that moves across your screen.

But you do need knowledge.

That is why I created The Gut Health Handbook for Women—and Men! It walks you through the foundations of digestive health and gives you practical information you can begin using in your own home.

Before you buy another supplement, take time to understand the body you are trying to support.

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This handbook is educational and is not a substitute for individualized medical care.

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