Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg

Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm - from Scratch

How a Midwestern family with no agriculture experience went from a few backyard chickens to a full-fledged farmâ€”and discovered why local chicks are better.

When Lucie Amundsen had a rare night out with her husband, she never imagined what heâ€™d tell her over dinnerâ€”that his dream was to quit his office job (with benefits!) and start a commercial-scale pasture-raised egg farm. His entire agricultural experience consisted of raising five backyard hens, none of whom had yet laid a single egg.
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To create this pastured poultry ranch, the couple scrambles to acquire nearly two thousand chickensâ€”all named Lola. These hens, purchased commercially, arrive bereft of basic chicken-y instincts, such as the evening urge to roost. The newbie farmers also deal with their own shortcomings, making for a failed inspection and intense struggles to keep livestock alive (much less laying) during a brutal winter. But with a heavy dose of humor, they learn to negotiate the highly stressed no-manâ€™s-land known as Middle Agriculture. Amundsen sees firsthand how these midsized farms, situated between small-scale operations and mammoth factory farms, are vital to rebuilding Americaâ€™s local food system.
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With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, wry, and entirely educational story of the unforeseen payoffs (and frequent pitfalls) of one coupleâ€™s ag adventureâ€”and many, many hours spent wrangling chickens.
Country USA
Manufacturer Avery
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-03-01
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Avery
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-03-01
Format	Kindle eBook

Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm - from Scratch

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