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The Graham Family lives in Oklahoma and is sharing their homestead journey with all of us. Support their locally raised meats by contacting Lindsay through her social platforms.
@life_with_linz on instagram
@Grahamacres on TikTok
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Markie describes herself as a fashion major turned beginner cattle producer. Chicken despiser. Climatarian. Salad is for boring people. Most likely to microwave. Gate getter.
She's relatable right?!
Markie is building a platform for a place centered around agriculture, go to her page for humor, and education!
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
There's something magical in Bixby, Oklahoma at 181 Ranch.
Sarah shares with us her hardwork, dedication, and innovation to create meaningful events for the community of Bixby, Oklahoma.
Check out all their updates on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @181ranch
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Join the conversation with Terra and Trevor as they share their story of how they are providing raw milk shares and pasture raised chicken for their family and their community.
Follow along to see their journey as they walk you through building a milk barn, chicken tractors, and everyday farm life at Everest Acres.
@all_of_terra @tjlarsen2002
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Why do we bring guests to our ranch? Today we discuss how we changed our ranching model to incorporate the public. Join us as we talk about evolving your ideas, practices and starting something new!
It is interesting to me to learn how festivals and events grow to be a 35 year festival...I always wonder, how did they start? what were they like at the beginning? what was the thoughts behind these big events?
Today we talk about our behind the scenes of starting a festival for the public of McAlester, Oklahoma.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Courtney Fussell @LazyCCattleCo on Tik Tok and Facebook
Learn more at https://www.lazyccattleco.com/
From their website:
Courtney decided to pack up her bags and move across the county with her pets. Corbin, an Oklahoma native, joined the Navy in 2015 as a corpsman; spending his time in Virginia, California and Japan. The couple met in September of 2021 and have been inseparable since. Together, they have a full house with a cat, 5 dogs and 20 chickens.
The average age of the American farmer is currently 65 years old. Lazy C is owned by a woman, and a veteran, card carrying tribal member, both under the age of 30. We are incredibly proud that we are adding to the gender, age and ethnic diversity in the agricultural industry.
Out of 10,000 veterans in the United States, 21% were experiencing homelessness at the start of last year. Veterans make up about 6 percent of the population of the United States but 8 percent of the country's homeless population. This program is being created to help decrease those numbers. In 2020, the overall unemployment rate for veterans was 6.5%. This program will offer job opportunities to veterans who held a job in the military that doesn't correlate with a career in the civilian sector. Our program is unique in that we are hope to better the lives of service members. Not only are we offering a transitional ease and a new career to the military members, but we are striving to offer housing and a living stipend to the veterans going through our program so that way they are able to focus on their education with less financial stress.
With the help of our program attendees, we hope to offer top line beef. We are actively building our herd but have finally reached the point where we are taking orders on quarter, half and whole beef. If you are interested, please send us an email and we will set you up.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Farmers feed the nation, but sometimes it is hard to know how to support your local farmer and rancher. When a consumer wants to not only support a farmer, they want to know where their food is coming from, but finding the farmer can be a challenge or if you just want to try a product without fully committing to a full cow... that's where Karoline @rose.karoline + Grayson @gcott_4 come in.
They are very passionate about education surrounding the agriculture community. Today on the podcast, they share their purpose of starting a brick and mortar business called, The Rancher's Daughter
The Rancher's Daughter is a farm-to-table retail store on Highway 2 in Kalispell, Montana partnering with local agriculture producers to bring safe and diverse products to the Flathead Valley.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Braxton Robbins is only fourteen years old and he has wisdom to share that will benefit all ages. This young man is sharing his passion for farming and personal growth.
Today, we discuss getting involved in farming at any age, the benefits of programs such as FFA through your schools and why he enjoys goat farming.
Braxton connected with the Simply Country Ranch, from Tik Tok because he saw the video we posted about being short on hay for our animals due to the drought.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Valerie talks with us about how her family began a wedding venue next to their ranch and how it provides a location for couples to have their perfect wedding day and melds a beautiful ranch experience.
Family owned and operated ranch/event venue. Variety of wedding packages available. We sell kunekune pigs and raise black angus cattle.
learn more at https://thekinshipranch.com/
located in Cromberg, CA
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Today's episode we talk about repurposing products you create or grow for other uses.
We grew corn. This year, I am bundling the corn stalks to use in our fall festival as decorations and put them up for sale for others to purchase for their own fall decor at their house.
Along side talking about our experiences of gardening....which are not entirely successful, we are starting to share our ins and outs of putting on a festival and what that entails!
My goal with our ranch is to continually share our experiences. Often times I see events that are ran that are 10 years old, 20 years old, etc and I often compare myself to their 10th year when I am on year 2... I want to share with you what we are learning, that way if you're interested in replicating something, you know some hidden secrets from someone who is learning it in realtime.
Another part of why we share is because a lot of what we do holds our entire heart. I think it's important to share your why, how you do something, and invite people to be apart of what you're building because it allows them to know just how thoughtful you were in placing a *pumpkin patch* in this location, building a place to take photos year after year, and when someone can see the steps, they can feel excited to be apart of the finished product.
Life is not always pretty. We have a tremendous amount of work ahead of us and it often gets rocky, but those moments of sharing are just as important as the picture perfect moments.
Simply Country Music Festival Sept 30-Oct 1/2, 2022
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Holly Weilnau talks with simply country podcast about combining farming and fitness and encouraging others to see how closely the foods you eat come directly from the farm.
She talks about supporting agriculture and the community by going to farmer's markets in your city and how starting a CSA is a growing popularity need in communities which is a community supported agriculture that allows certain pick up days of fruits and veggies, kind of like a subscription process.
Holly discusses how you can join her fitness group on facebook where you can be coached by Holly and join in on her live workouts weekly.
use this link to find out more.
https://linktr.ee/Hwfaithfit
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Terra Rhodes and her family is a military family that is using their skills to learn a sustainable lifestyle. Terra talks with us about creating a garden that allows her to save money in the grocery store.
Follow along with families journey at r.farmstead on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Thanks for tuning in to talk with us about chickens!
We discuss with you what we have going on at the farm in terms of how we are incubating a new batch of chickens, letting mama hens hatch their own, and running an experiment of after a mama hens jumps off her eggs because she hatched one....can we grab those eggs put them in an incubator and let them hatch on their own?... Tune in to learn about a recent tragedy in our states of a chicken farm, what that can mean for grocery stores, and where you can get your own batch of fertilized eggs, chicks, or hens locally.
#backyardchickens #chickens #chicks #chicken #homestead #homesteading #farming #oklahoma #hatchingchickens #farmlife #gardening
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Let's catch up about farming profits, using what you have and making it work, doubling down on what you can do to make ends meet, dehydrating your abundance of eggs, and dabble in an update on successfully curing our alpaca, Costello, and welcoming bees to our farm!
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
check out their story as we learn how Finn Knows Soap shares their expertise about the process of soap creation + other products. This oklahoma local company started in 2020 to start their business dreams and talk about an inspiration!
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Follow @dodsonhillsheepshed on tik and instagram as this wonderful family learns the sheep world of babydoll sheep and other various type of sheep.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
From Jennifer Holt's podcast called, classroom exit strategies podcast
"As a former teacher, you possess so many unique entrepreneurial skills and qualities. And while starting a business may be enticing to some people, it can also be a scary thought. A multitude of questions swirl around in your mind including...
• Can I actually start a business of my own?
• Will I be successful?
• How will I know what to do?
• Where will I get customers?
These are all valid questions, but ones that can ultimately, paralyze you to the point you stay frozen with fear. Unless they don't and you allow the grit and determination you have in your soul to move you toward your goal.
Today on the podcast, Lauren Denny from Simply Stained Shop is sharing her journey from teacher to successful entrepreneur. And as with most former teachers turned entrepreneurs, she didn't start out with a plan to leave the classroom.
But her story is unique in that she has not only created a successful business with her husband, she now employs her mom, dad, and others, has a podcast, and runs a ranch! Learn why she chose to leave the classroom, how determination and support pushed her farther than she thought possible, and what she has learned along the way.
📝 Click here for a transcript of this episode.
Links Mentioned in this Episode:
• Lauren's IG: @simplystainedshop
• Lauren's website: simplystainedshop.com
• Lauren's podcast: The Simply Country Podcast
Follow me on IG @classroom_exit_strategies"
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Hold onto your wool...Lauren cries in this one. :) Let's all acknowledge that yes... she does this, it's nothing new.
You'll be hearing the first hand accounts of the hardships encountered this winter during lambing season. Lauren pulling her first lamb from Agnes, and a customer walking up ready for a tour of the ranch. Yup, that's right, talk about timing!!
But actually, the timing was perfect, it was a beautiful conversation that was had at the timing I needed to hear it about passion, learning on your feet, and remembering just how far you have come even coming from knowing little to nothing.
I leave you with, become passionate and be bad at something. If you're afraid of doing something because you believe you're too old to learn, you're wrong and that's why I am always awkwardly sharing about what we are learning along the way, because I believe there are so many of us out there that don't know how to garden, pick a horse's hoof, how to pull a lamb, etc etc and the list goes on. This doesn't just apply to farming, this applies to life, we are not perfect we are all learning something new.
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
Cinnamon and her husband Jade raise black angus cattle in Northeast Wyoming. They are firm believers in two things, Good Cattle and Good Business.They believe their good, maternal ,cows make ranching easy and the good business principles they have learned from others in the industry make it possible.
Cinnamon is a self development junkie, a stay at home working mom to two cowboy kids, a website designer, and one of the founders for Ranching. FYI. She is also very active on Instagram where you will catch her brainstorming with business owners, chasing their new border collie puppy, or drinking a now cold cup of coffee. Cinnamon loves sweets, creating, cooking, and anything in the color Army green.
Don’t worry though Cinnamon is far from perfect and let’s you know that with her common misspellings, imperfect sayings, and overall all realness of life. Join Cinnamon and let’s find something Good today.
Links: www.boxequalranch.com/ride4cdh
Or direct to donate at: https://go.rallyup.com/rideforcdh
Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
A farm you can be apart of! Rebecca at Twin Pines Farm shares her passion for connecting people with animals.
She’s known as @MommyFarmer on social media with 2M followers on TikTok!
This family is located in Grain Valley, MO where you can book visits to the farm for goat yoga, morning chores, and kid farmyard experiences.
It’s something I am captivated to watch every morning as she interacts with her farmyard. She’s relatable, shares the REALITY of restoring a historical farm and the adventures of building dreams.
I know you’ll enjoy this conversation with Rebecca, so head to your favorite way to listen to podcasts and hit play for a 36min conversation!
Shop her boutique and schedule your tour, https://www.twinpines.farm/twin-pines-farm
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Lauren Denny-- McAlester, OK-- www.simplycountryranch.com
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