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 →