Edelen Farms

10/12/2026

Most Asked Questions About the Newest Baby Edelen.

Okay, we know this isn’t exactly farm-related, but it’s something we get asked about pretty regularly, so we figured we’d give y’all a little rundown!

When are you due?
February 2027! We’re officially counting down the months until we welcome another little farm hand to the family.

Do you know the gender?
Nope! It’s a surprise to even us, until baby arrives.

Is Alister excited to be a big brother?
Well… he doesn’t quite understand that the baby currently living in Mommy’s belly will eventually be coming home to live with us. 😂 When we ask if he wants the baby to come live with us, his answer is a pretty firm NO.
BUT, he absolutely loves playing with babies and little kids, so we’re hopeful that once he realizes he’s getting a real-life little sidekick, the transition will go just fine. Ask us again when we’re all running on newborn sleep!

Do you need anything? Do you have a registry?
Yes we have a registry! We’ll link it in the comments on Facebook for those who have asked. But please know that buying us anything is absolutely NOT necessary. Your excitement, prayers, and support as we grow our family mean so much to us!

We’re so excited to welcome another little Edelen to the family and add a new farm hand to the crew. And honestly, we love seeing how excited all of YOU are for us, too. Thank you for sharing in this sweet season with our family! ❤️

10/10/2026

One little change can make a BIG difference to your farmer. And chances are, it can help many of the other small and local businesses you shop with, too.

Whenever possible, consider paying with cash, check, or ACH instead of a debit or credit card.

Here at Edelen Farms, we lost $3,526 in potential income to credit card processing fees in 2025 alone. And in 2026, we’re already more than $2,000 into those same fees.

Think about that for a minute. That’s money that could have gone toward improving our farm, maintaining equipment, caring for our animals, or simply helping keep a small family farm running.

We know paying with a card is convenient. We use cards ourselves! And we’re not saying you should never use one. But when you’re shopping with a small business, those processing fees add up quickly, and a few dollars here and there can make a real difference over time.

So the next time you shop with us, or another small business you love, consider paying with cash, check, or ACH if it’s an option.

It might feel like a little thing to you, but to a small business owner, those little things add up.

Thank you for choosing to shop local, support small businesses, and keep family farms like ours going. We couldn’t do it without you!

10/02/2026

4 inches of rain and a baby h***y toad sighting…this delivery weekend is starting off great 😊 🌧️🦎

09/28/2026

🚚 DELIVERY WEEKEND IS COMING!

Ever wanted to try more local products but need the ease and convenience of having them come straight to your door? This is your chance!

Our monthly delivery is coming up, and orders must be placed by Tuesday night to get in on this month’s delivery.

Shop local food from Edelen Farms and our partner producers, all in one order and delivered right to your doorstep.

Skip the extra stops. Shop local. We’ll bring it to you!

Order online before Tuesday night.

09/21/2026

Thankful for the experience and all the knowledge learned but also extremely happy to be back to work on the farm today! 🤠

09/15/2026

Andrew has a busy week off the farm this week, here’s day 1

Secretary of State Robert Howden welcomed Texas Farm Bureau's AgLead cohort to his office today. Participants in this leadership program are developing advocacy and communication skills to help strengthen and advance Texas agriculture. 🚜🐄

09/08/2026

🌾 Let’s talk about farm updates and our plans for the rest of the year!

Behind the scenes, we’ve been BUSY. We’ve been clearing fields of brush and trees to help retain more grass for grazing. Land management is a huge part of farming and ranching that many customers never see—and it was going great… until the skid steer caught on fire. 🔥😅

We’ve also had FOUR large, permanent water troughs constructed, making rotational grazing just a little easier, and we’re currently prepping to install new fencing. This will create a second large yard for our hens after adding our second hen house, along with new electric fencing for the cattle pastures.

And once all of THAT is finished (fingers crossed 🤞), we’re hoping to finally start construction on something we’ve been dreaming about for a while: our farm bathroom!

That bathroom will be used for farm events and our Farm-to-Table dinners. We’re so excited about the idea of having people out here, boots on the ground, learning where their food comes from and getting to experience the farm for themselves.

But before we can open the gates, we need a little infrastructure first. So, one project at a time, we’re working toward it! 🌱🐄🐔

09/03/2026

With all the conversation around beef prices, the “Big 4,” small processors, and proposed changes to meat processing laws, we want to explain what this actually looks like for a small farm.

Farmers CAN sell beef directly to consumers. But commercially sold beef must come from an inspected process. State-inspected meat can be sold within that state, while beef sold across state lines generally requires USDA inspection.

Sounds simple… until you look at how few inspected small-scale processors are actually available.

Because of that, many ranchers sell their cattle into the conventional system, including to the large packers, rather than trying to sell directly to consumers.

Here’s what that looks like for Edelen Farms:

Andrew is currently driving to pick up beef from our nearest USDA-inspected processor.

Want to guess how far away it is?

100 MILES.

That’s roughly 2 hours each way.

Taking cattle there means 2 hours with a trailer full of cattle, then 2 hours back empty. Picking up the finished beef? Another 4 hours round trip.

That’s diesel.
Wear and tear on equipment.
Hours away from the farm.
Stress on the animals.
Stress on the farmer.
And that’s not even considering that these processors can be booked MONTHS in advance.

This is one of the reasons we’ve talked about the LOCAL Act and PRIME Act before. The PRIME Act could give farms like ours another pathway to sell directly to people in our own communities without forcing locally sold beef through the same system designed for large-scale production.

And this conversation matters RIGHT NOW.

The Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance its Farm Bill before leaving Washington for August recess, with the committee expected to take it back up in September.

Farmers and ranchers have an opportunity right now to tell lawmakers what is actually happening on the ground—not just what it looks like on paper.

We need the infrastructure and laws that allow small farms to actually feed their communities.

So, would you be surprised to learn your local farmer may have to drive 200+ miles round trip just to get their animals processed?

08/31/2026

“Farmers voted against their own interests.”

“We only want to support blue-dot farmers.”

“Well, who did you vote for?”

“Have the day you voted for.”

Those are just a few of the comments we’ve seen floating around other farms’ pages this week.

The news has been buzzing about imported beef, butchering regulations for small farmers, country-of-origin labeling in grocery stores, and a whole host of other issues affecting agriculture.

And honestly? We’re thankful that we haven’t seen that kind of hateful, divisive rhetoric here.

We’re incredibly grateful for the people who have followed Edelen Farms, supported us, bought from us, shared our posts, and stuck with us over the years. ❤️

We’ve made it through restarting this farm, COVID lockdowns, drought, record-high cattle prices, supply shortages, and plenty of other challenges. Through all of it, you guys have helped us keep trucking along.

And that matters.

America’s cattle herd is at historically low levels, and farms and ranches are struggling or going out of business every day. Agriculture is already facing enough challenges without allowing politics and the media to convince us that farmers and consumers need to be enemies.

We don’t.

You don’t have to agree with your local farmer on everything. You don’t have to vote the same way. You don’t even have to like their politics.

But you can still support them.

Because at the end of the day, supporting local farmers and ranchers means supporting the people who are raising the food that feeds your family.

So instead of letting the noise divide us, buy from a farmer. Know your farmer. Ask questions. Build relationships. Support local agriculture.

And if supporting a farmer isn’t enough reason for you, do it for yourself and your family—for food you can know the source of, ask questions about, and put on your table with confidence.

We may not all agree on everything. But we can agree that we need farmers. 🇺🇸🐄🌾

08/25/2026

It’s been awhile… let’s do a partner post! 🤝🌱

We fully believe that we can’t do it all—and we’re better when we work together with other local producers toward the same goal: feeding our community and bringing good, healthy food to our area.

That’s why when you place an order with Edelen Farms, you’ll find products from other local producers available right alongside ours. You can add everything to one order and have it all picked up or delivered together. Easy, convenient, and a great way to support multiple small farms and businesses at once! ❤️

Here are just some of the options you can find:

🥩 Pastured pork — Turkey Hollow Farm
🍞 Fresh sourdough — Twining Tree Farm
🐐 Goat milk & cheese — Lorberau Legacy Farms
🍷 Red w**e vinegar — Freedom Harvest Farms
🥕 Pickled veggies — various local producers
🍓 Jam & jelly — various local producers
🍯 Raw honey — Amish producers in the Beeville area

We’ll do our best to tag everyone’s pages below, although Facebook may limit how many we can tag in one post. 😬

👉 Next time you’re placing an order with us, take a look at our partner products and add a few local goodies to your cart!

Supporting local doesn’t have to mean making five different stops. Shop local, support local, and get it all in one order. ❤️🌱