Farm-Raised Kids

The perfect resource for parents! Encouragement and concise recommendations leave you feeling confident in raising your kids on a farm.–Leah Webb, author of The Seven-Step HomesteadBeautiful and important … A must-read for anyone considering adding a child to the farm.–Andrew Mefferd, editor of Growing for Market MagazineOne of the many virtues of Katie Kulla’s Farm-Raised Kids is that it’s for every kind of family, whether they’re traditional farmers, or parents and kids who help create big urban gardens in our cities. This book could accelerate the movement of people forward to nature.–Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and Vitamin NThis gorgeous book offers the gifts and challenges of what it looks like to bring our children alongside in the work of healing and harvesting. I marvel at what might just be possible if more of us placed our babies in the dirt, helped them put seeds in the ground, and reimagined what it means to be part of the wild ecosystem to which we belong.–Lydia Wylie-Kellermann, author of This Sweet Earth: Walking with our Children in the Age of Climate CollapseThis is a beautiful book filled with tons of real life examples from farmers and homesteaders around the country, and their kids … it’s wonderful to see their good examples shared more widely to benefit the next generation of up and coming farmers.–Josh Volk, author of Compact Farms and Build Your Own Farm Tools

Katie Kulla and her husband, Casey, own and operate Oakhill Organics, a CSA farm in Yamhill, Oregon. They have two children, ages 10 and 13, both of whom were born on the farm and are homeschooled. Katie holds a master’s degree in creative nonfiction writing; she regularly writes for Growing for Market and has also been published in Farmer-ish, Geez, and GreenPrints.

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