Riffle Farms

06/04/2026

This almost 3 acre pasture has had just over 55 days of rest in our May weather here in Terra Alta. It’ll get another 21 days 😮 so it’ll be standing hay 😬 but we need roughage, and this was a great experiment 🤓

It’s good to know grasses don’t seed out until about chest height 👌

Bet the local fauna is geeked 🦌

05/31/2026

There is a moment in every envelope-pushing, innovative entrepreneur’s journey when they realize the government has no idea what to do with them.

For me, that moment seems to occur approximately every Tuesday.

As small business owners, we’re constantly told to innovate. Be creative. Think outside the box. Solve problems. Create value. Build something new.

Until we actually do.

Then suddenly everyone starts looking around for a regulation written in 1968 that might somehow apply……

As small business owners, we’re constantly told to innovate. Be creative. Think outside the box. Solve problems. Create value. Build something new. Until we actually do...

05/18/2026

...And Somehow That’s Not Even the Wildest Part of This Year!

Because ranch management is a strange thing. You spend so much of your life focused on the next broken fence, the next feed bill, the next drought, the next market, the next emergency, the next board meeting, the next animal that needs attention… that you forget to look up long enough to realize what you’ve already built.

You become so conditioned to solving problems that even extraordinary moments get treated like another task on the checklist.

“Oh cool. Smithsonian. Anyway, did anyone remember to thaw the hotdogs?”

And maybe that’s the lesson in all of this.
Even the land rests.
Prairies rest.
Bison rest.

Fields need recovery periods to grow back stronger.
But somewhere along the way, I forgot that the ranch manager might need that too!

To stand still for one second and acknowledge:
“This mattered.”
“We did something meaningful here.”
“People see it.”

Because regenerative agriculture is not just about restoring landscapes. It’s also about restoring people who have spent years carrying the weight of past experiences and those landscapes. I have been conditioned to march forward, look forward, march forward.

And maybe that giant photograph hanging in the Smithsonian is proof of something bigger than I realized:

That all the exhausting, chaotic, messy years of building were actually a form of both healing and learning--something worthy of being honored :)

It's been a wild ride to The Smithsonian!

05/15/2026

Did you know that 2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer!! Holistic Management International supports ladies like us 😎

Since 2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer, HMI wanted to give a shout out to some of the women agricultural producers, leaders, and educators in our network. While encouraging whole family participation in Holistic Management training has been a key component of HMI's curriculum, the....

05/15/2026

There is technically no such thing as a “weed.”

There are only plants telling stories about the soil beneath your feet. 🌱

This week, one patch of pasture started speaking pretty loudly. Ribwort plantain. Hedge mustard. Shepherd’s purse. Growing up tall in compacted, slightly alkaline soils. Then ragweed and loads of dandelions growing in a spot where a hay bale once sat. Some burdock sprinkled in places, too.

Most folks look at plants like this and think:
“Problem.”

But regenerative management teaches you to ask a different question:
“What is the land trying to fix?”

These plants are often pioneer species. Nature’s first responders. They move into compacted, disturbed, low-competition areas and start rebuilding soil biology, breaking up ground, protecting bare earth, cycling nutrients, and creating conditions for something else to come next.

And sure enough… grasses are already growing up between them. 👀

That’s the cool part about watching land closely.
The pasture is never static. It’s always moving. Always responding. Always healing toward something.

What looks “messy” one season may simply be a transition phase toward healthier ground next year.

Sometimes regeneration looks less like perfection…
and more like patience. 🌾

05/13/2026

It takes a village and some bison to make this kind of news ;) Cheers to THE FARMERS and business owners who are making REAL food for REAL people!

If you’ve strolled through a farmers market, noshing on a hot dog slathered in dijon mustard and smokey dill-pickle relish, it’s likely you’ve already sampl ...

05/08/2026

Two country girls who followed their passions… and somehow ended up celebrating a moment at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History together. ✨

What a day!

Lauren followed her passion for storytelling through photography. I built a life connected to the land and animals. Somewhere along the way, those paths crossed in the most beautiful way possible.

We are incredibly thankful for the family and friends who showed up to celebrate with us, support us, and remind us how lucky we are to have such good people in our corner. 🤍

None of this happens alone. Not the hard days, not the dream chasing, and definitely not the moments where you get to stand back and say, “Wow… we really did this.”

Sometimes life aligns in unexpected ways when you stay true to who you are and keep following what sets your soul on fire.

Just two country girls… chasing dreams bigger than we ever imagined. 🦬📸✨