Harvest Meals 2018

Corn silage harvest is over a month behind us and I’m finally getting my notes together about this year’s lunch meals! If y’all were following along on instagram, you saw that I helped to feed our hungry crew through out the week. I wanted to put all of the meals in one place so that y’all can reference them for your own harvest meals (and for my own reference too!) I made a few notes about where I bought certain things, what was homemade vs premade and a little feedback from the crew too.

Day 1

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  • Sub sandwich with ham, cheese, mustard, mayo
  • Veggie sticks & ranch dressing
  • Apple
  • Potato salad – premade from Walmart
  • Lance Crackers

Farmer Feedback: Perfect amount of food, but unlikely that everybody ate the veggies. Dietitian Feedback: Easy to prepare and could be done ahead of time (early morning) and stored in the fridge until lunch time as nothing needs to be served hot.    Continue reading

Silage Harvest 2018

This week over on Instagram I have been talking a lot about “silage harvest” and posting pictures of the lunches we have been cooking up to feed our hungry crew. One of my followers asked a great question: “What is silage used for?” and I decided to give this one a little more in-depth answer!

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In short, silage is any forage that is harvested, stored, fermented, and fed.

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A seed.

Not long ago, someone planted a seed. “How about you share your prospective as a farmer’s wife and R.D.?” I gave it some thought but, don’t you know, its incredibly difficult to start a blog. There’s the trouble of coming up with a creative name and of course the fear, “does any one really care what I have to say?” or worse “what if no one likes what I have to say.” After a year of thought & cultivation – “From Farm to Label” is here to share my point of view on agriculture & farming, nutrition labels, and everything in-between.  But first, a little bit about how I got here –> Continue reading