Welcome to The Writer and The Farmer. This blog has been a long time in the making. I came up with the idea in late 2019 and was set to launch it in early 2020 but then Covid hit. I started thinking long and hard about how could I justify another blog where I would go visit farms when everyone was urging us to stay home. So on the back burner, it went. Instead of launching it, I launched something so totally out of my comfort zone. A live youtube and podcast called Chats from the Blog Cabin. Continue Reading
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Welcome to the Writer and the Farmer. My name is Melissa. I started this blog after a few years working at a local agritourism farm and felt led to tell the "real" story of farming. After one year of working and becoming best friends with the farmer I was working for, I felt that the story of the small farmers needed to be told. But I wasn't sure how to tell it. But just to be clear, I do not have an agriculture background and everything I will be writing about are my thoughts pure and Continue Reading
One-Skillet Lemon-Rosemary Chicken Thighs with Broccoli
I know you are probably thinking this is a blog about farming what is a recipe doing up in here. Well if you decided to support your local farmer and buy produce and meat directly from them you need to know how to cook them. Chances are you probably if you are anything like my family tried of the same old recipes over and over again. So from time to time, I will be sharing with you a recipe and today is one of these times. This one-skillet recipe is packed with flavor and is oh-so-easy to Continue Reading