06/09/2026
We’re a little late sharing this one, but seeing our farm on the front page of The Madison County Journal was pretty special. 💛
Not because it’s us.
But because agriculture was on the front page.
This headline represents months of prayer, planning, meetings, questions, conversations, and ultimately one very important step forward for our family farm.
On June 1st- which also happened to be our 14th wedding anniversary- the Madison County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved our rezoning request to allow us to move forward with building four poultry houses on the new acreage we purchased earlier this year.
Praise the Lord! 🙌
This land means so much to us.
We didn’t buy it to divide up.
We didn’t buy it to develop.
We bought it because we wanted to keep farming.
We wanted more room for our livestock so we can grow our meat offerings to the community.
More room for other ventures.
More room for community opportunities.
More room for our kids to grow up doing the things they already love and have a future they can continue on one day.
The poultry houses are the piece that makes that possible.
And while this process ended in approval — and we are incredibly thankful for that — it also opened our eyes in a lot of ways.
There’s something hard about watching people move to the country and then push back against the very things that make it country.
Farms are not always quiet.
Agriculture is not always pretty.
Food does not magically appear without barns, pastures, poultry houses, tractors, trucks, dust, work, and families willing to keep going.
If rural communities continue opposing the farms that keep land in agriculture, eventually those communities stop being rural.
They become exactly what so many people moved away from.
That’s why this approval means so much to us.
It means we get to keep moving forward.
It means this land gets to stay in agriculture.
It means our kids get to watch another chapter of this farm being built from the ground up.
It reminded us that agriculture isn’t something we can take for granted.
The pastures. The cattle.
The hay fields. The poultry houses.
The open spaces people love about Madison County.
Those things exist because families are actively working to keep land in agriculture.
And that’s worth protecting.
We’re grateful to the commissioners, planning and zoning board members, county staff, friends, fellow farmers like Iron Pin Ranch, and everyone who took the time to listen, ask questions, and be part of the conversation.
Most of all, we’re excited.
In just a couple of weeks, clearing should begin on what is currently densely packed pine trees. And Lord willing, by fall we’ll welcome the first flock onto a piece of land that was nothing more than a far fetched dream until just a few months ago.
We are very happily expectant for what God is doing in this next season of Rockin' H Farm.
Thank you to everyone who prayed for us, encouraged us, spoke up for agriculture, asked honest questions, and supported our family through this process.
We’re grateful for the opportunity.
We’re thankful for the support.
And we’re delighted to be raising our family in a community where agriculture still prevails.
Here’s to keeping it that way for generations to come. 🌱
