By Joel Salatin, Plain Values For decades, I’ve been direct marketing our farm’s production directly to retail customers as a direct-marketed, branded product. That means our farm embraces the role of middle-man and we have a logo. We practice craft…
By: Emily Hershberger, Plain Values This Month’s Question:Springtime is a busy time of the year for homesteaders. How do you keep such large families seemingly so organized during busy seasons? Answered by: Emily Hershberger Emily: “Out with the cold and…
By: Ivan Keim, Plain Values This Month’s Question: What does restoration look like in your community? Answered by: Ivan Keim, a minister in his local Amish church
By Rory Feek, Plain Values On our recent trip to Amish country in Ohio to spend time with the team at the Plain Values office, Marlin put together a small gathering of folks from the community, and I sang a…
By Joel Salatin, Plain Values Last month I laid the foundation for the patterns and whys of animal movement. Failure to systematically and routinely move domestic livestock is perhaps the single biggest failure in animal agriculture. But how? Fortunately, we…
By Joel Salatin, Plain Values The single biggest cost—and hurdle—in starting a farm of any size is the land cost. Our own nation has gone from free land to extremely expensive land. Old farmers today who acquired their land in…
By Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Plain Values The corn in the garden is already more than knee-high, and the first planting of green beans has been gracing the supper table for more than a week, so summer must really be…
By Rory Feek, Plain Values I once made a trip north to Amish country in Ohio to visit and spend time with Marlin and his team at the Plain Values home office. In the few days that I was there,…
By Marlin Miller, Publisher of Plain Values Have you ever tried to do something nice for someone only to make a mistake that messes up everything you had planned?
By: Jerry D, Plain Values This Month’s Question: What does restoration look like in your community? Answered by: Jerry D Miller, a minister in his local Amish church
by Shawn & Beth Dougherty, Plain Values A Child comes in the back door with a full milk can; the screen door slaps shut behind him. There is the sound of a bucket being set on the bench, the clang…
by Joel Salatin, Plain Values In animal husbandry and livestock production, probably the most common violation of God’s design is failure to mimic animal movement. Whether it’s a horse paddock, dog run, or a 1,000 cow herd, keeping animals requires…
