I was born in the spring, it is my absolutely favourite time of year. There is a smell of the soil coming alive again, of new growth, of birds singing. When you work closely with the land you start to realize signs of spring real early and I think it was designed this way to give us hope! (Especially after the insanely long and cold winters!) 

 In my opinion spring, more than the beginning of the year is a great time to think about your life and where you want to go. There is something lovely about new life that gets us into the spirit of thinking anything is possible. We “spring clean” our homes, and sometimes our lives and maybe even our Facebook friends list.  

Only when we become clear about what we want, and even what we don’t want can we truly spring clean all areas of our life and move closer to a life we are in love with. 

There is a really cool thing that happens when clarity happens, there is a focus of energy. All of a sudden doing things that required “discipline” before, become easier. Not to say it’s effortless, but you have a greater sense in your whole being of what you want. I’ll give you an example from my life recently. I have become very acutely aware of how foods affect my body  (it’s always an ongoing journey I think as it changes).  I no longer have to actively avoid eating certain foods, I just don’t want them. I know the experience I want to have in my body and I just do not want the Cadbury or New Zealand’s own Whittakers chocolate made from poor quality oils and various sugars and additives it doesn’t even satisfy my taste buds anymore. 

Getting to know the experiences you don’t want in your life is as valuable as getting to know the ones you do. Sometimes you have to experience the yucky experiences to know you don’t want them. Embrace them, this is new growth. I always say after something doesn’t really feel good, “well that’s going on the don’t want list”. 

Clarity is a fleeting thing, it’s confusion first and then you move through that to clarity. Sort of like when you move through the rough cold winter into the bright sparkly new spring, new growth, new opportunities, fresh air. 

Take a deep breath and take notice of the experiences you love and even the ones you don’t. Use the spring energy to get clarity and move closer to the life you are madly in love with. 

Yours truly the farmer’s daughter, 

We've always wanted to have a hay wagon ride. We grew up hosting them for our local neighborhood community.

This year we as 4 Baer siblings grew an acre of garlic and we want to show it all off! Come bring the kids for a day on the farm, get some garlic, taste some garlic, have a hay wagon ride, play with farm animals and various games on the farm.

Entry is FREE with the purchase of a pound of garlic! (Or 10.00 per family!)

Welcome to The Farmer's Daughter Blog. Most of my posts are found here at  www.theorganicfarmersdaughter.com

I was born on the farm in the farm house, my parents were maybe a little ahead of their time (or behind the times, depending on how you look at it). I was raised eating organic food and grass fed pastured animal meats. The conversations around my dinner table were of things such as, "why do we eat carrots instead of fruit roll ups in our lunch".

I started to play varsity rugby at Western University in London. While I was not at the farm I started to eat food only available at grocery stores. I started to experience some ill health and various things such as candida, depression, an inability to lose weight even while eating very healthy. My teeth also started to rot. While I was at school I studied business thinking that whatever I chose to do I would be able to develop it into a business.

When I came back to the farm I realized my family and the families I grew up around have been farming in a way that is sustainable, healthy and basically AWESOME! So I started selling the products and quickly realized that much of my role as a sales person involved educating consumers about food and meat and where it comes from and how its raised.

I decided I would go back to eating the food from my farm in hopes that it would reverse some of my recent health challenges. I started to have a greater understanding about health. Many of my customers often have sensitivities and health challenges so I was curious about a lot of what they were experiencing and took it upon myself to ask questions. Just to give you an idea of how important health of our animals and our own health is we grew up attending seminars put on by Bio-Ag - the natural and organic supplement company that ensures their supplements are super absorbed (many times more than the industry average).

I've enjoyed a very blessed life having grown up the way I did. If you wonder about local food and how to buy healthy. I have lots of tips and tricks as well as inside information from the farming side of things that will help you be the most informed and healthy consumer - the way you want to be.

Best of luck in your journey of food, I'd be honoured to be apart of your journey if you want to come on over and check www.theorganicfarmersdaughter.com or my Facebook page and even Twitter!