Welcome to Rose Hill Farm!
Nestled on the west side of the Fraser River, just south of Lillooet, BC, Rose Hill Farm is a classic mixed-production farm designed to provide food security for me and my clients. With over 20 years of small-scale farming under my belt, I have been testing out ideas for how to keep food growing in my 16-acre “backyard” while juggling a professional career and family.
I have a long history as a Seed Saver, and at one point I was actually self-sufficient for all my seed needs. AT that time I was concentrating on creating several varieties of vegetables unique to my farm and my needs. But times changed, and I ended up moving to a new farm where I could focus more on integrating livestock into the picture. While I still do a lot of seed saving, it has been on hold while I have been learning first-hand how to get started with farm animals.
First I integrated chickens onto the farm. Then I brought in Dexter cows. Both additions have greatly increased my joy and productivity, and expanded the amount of food on my table coming directly off my fields.
I like to apply sound science and research on plant and animal breeding to my projects at Rose Hill Farm. That means I spend a LOT of time reading – a lot, a lot.
For example, I researched raising cows on a small scale for nearly two years before deciding to try my hand with Dexters. All that reading inspired me to start writing posts about what I have learned and the resources I have uncovered along the way and these are organized into two blogs.
You can find the hands-on how-to farm type posts under the Rose Hill Blog.
For the larger context of food security, self-sufficiency, climate change, and environmental sustainability components, check out the Food Abundance website where you can get access to the Get-Started Garden Mini-Course and other learning and growing opportunities.
For those of you interested in the cross-roads of science, nature and human nature, you can find my writing at my Substack newsletter: The Naturalized Human. This is a reader-supported newsletter that comes out once week. In it, I explore the Mind-Body-Food Connection through health, wellness, mindset, biology, evolution and nature. From growing your own food to the latest in human and environmental research, The Naturalized Human looks at what it means to be an ancient human living in a modern world. There are free and subscriber options available.
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My The Naturalized Human newsletter was featured in a Redfin article along with other experts! Check it out here: Increasing Biodiversity by Creating an Eco-Friendly Yard
You can find my latest product recommendations, hatching eggs and any birds for sale on the Shop menu.
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I hope to see you around here often!
Bye for now,
Sue
Rose Hill Farm 