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BACKYARD CHICKENS

The Lunatic Farmer

People are cultishly fixated on free-range chickens. Virtually everyone had a story about predators, from hawks to neighbors’ dogs, attacking and eating these free range birds. While chickens free ranging on your 1-acre homestead are pretty, seeing the carnage after a predator attack is not.

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How the Next Generation of Farmers is Getting Creative with Land Access

Modern Farmer

Whenever issues arise, such as the roaming habits of free-range chickens, they all sit down “as humans” to talk them through and come to a solution together. “They wanted the property used, but [they] didn’t have a strong driving vision,” says Scanes-Wolfe. She has been able to take the lead on the vision and growth of the farm.