Katydid Ranch-Vegetable CSA, Pastured Poultry, Eggs

Katydid Ranch-Vegetable CSA, Pastured Poultry, Eggs Katydid Ranch is a 40 acre farm 2.5 miles south of Fall Creek, Wisconsin, producing certified organic vegetables, pastured poultry, and eggs. WHO ARE WE?

Katydid Ranch is a 40 acre farm that follows organic production practices and permaculture design (link) principles in growing vegetables and raising pastured poultry. We market our vegetables and eggs through a 40 member CSA program. The poultry are sold from the farm, direct to individuals. My name is Whitney Coleman and I purchased Katydid Ranch in 2005 with the dream of farming it and keeping

my horses at home. This was not a shock to friends and family as my whole life has been a series of experiences developing the passion, knowledge and skills to run a farm. I grew up on a conventional farm in Pawnee, Illinois where we raised corn, beans, hay and cattle….and cats and dogs and a few hogs. I spent summers doing what farm kids do - getting into mischief and helping out on the farm where needed. When it came time to move on to college, I attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (link farms) and studied Animal Science. While other kids picked up jobs on “the strip” waitressing, cooking and bartending, I chose to work at the University Research Farms collecting soybean research data, hand-breeding popcorn, milking cows, and feeding the calves. I loved my jobs! After graduation I joined the US Peace Corps and taught Agriculture to students in Kasane, Botswana (link). It was there that I first learned about “organic” production practices for vegetables, fruit trees, field crops and poultry. Organic farming was not by choice for the Batswana people, but due to a lack of means for purchasing chemicals. I was learning as much as I was teaching…it was a beautiful thing! When I returned to the U.S., I received a Graduate School assistantship to study Animal Nutrition, conduct primary research and teach undergraduate classes. This opened the door to 5 years of animal feed sales in Wisconsin followed by 5 years of pharmaceutical sales….moving further and further from my passion in life. And so it was, that in 2005, I finally put money and roots down in Fall Creek, Wisconsin and bought the farm!

06/10/2023

These will be gorgeous poodles!

06/10/2023
Jersey cross ribeye, steamed broccoli from the farm, and lemon garlic horseradish purple potatoes...yuuuummmmm
11/28/2015

Jersey cross ribeye, steamed broccoli from the farm, and lemon garlic horseradish purple potatoes...yuuuummmmm

More Kombucha tea brewing. This is black tea and sugar.
11/16/2015

More Kombucha tea brewing. This is black tea and sugar.

My new jun scoby (named Scooby Scoby😜) is all tucked in its bath of honey, green tea and water! I'm excited to try this...
11/16/2015

My new jun scoby (named Scooby Scoby😜) is all tucked in its bath of honey, green tea and water! I'm excited to try this Kombucha elixir in a week. I will report on it as it progresses.

10/30/2015

humor.

"Hey! You missed a few Brussel's sprouts! No worries, I'll take care of them"-🐶Zeke
10/28/2015

"Hey! You missed a few Brussel's sprouts! No worries, I'll take care of them"-🐶Zeke

Ohhhh, the colors of Fall! I still have 800 row-feet of carrots in the ground!
10/28/2015

Ohhhh, the colors of Fall! I still have 800 row-feet of carrots in the ground!

Just a couple harvest pics. Some of the leeks this week were incredibly tall!
09/25/2015

Just a couple harvest pics. Some of the leeks this week were incredibly tall!

This is Week 8 of our 2015 CSA season and oh my, were the boxes heavy! Cabbage, potatoes, carrots and lots of beans can ...
07/30/2015

This is Week 8 of our 2015 CSA season and oh my, were the boxes heavy! Cabbage, potatoes, carrots and lots of beans can really add up. The first photo is our Full Share and the second is our Half Share. Members were sent an email today with some extra info. Remember to RETURN your tomato containers with your box next week. We sanitize them and reuse for the rest of the season.

The garlic harvest looks good this year! I am excited to clean and braid some again😊. We select the biggest, healthiest...
07/24/2015

The garlic harvest looks good this year! I am excited to clean and braid some again😊. We select the biggest, healthiest bulbs to save for planting this fall, send garlic in each CSA box every week, and braid the rest. I am hoping we don't need to buy garlic seed stock, as it costs $20/lb which only plants ~50 ft! I planted 700 row ft last fall....do the math!

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S7520 CR-JJ
Fall Creek, WI
54742

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