chickens

  • Fruit of the Coop | It’s your Business, Life and Community all Wrapped up in one

    Fruit of the Coop | It’s your Business, Life and Community all Wrapped up in one

    Fruit of the Coop, LLC is a 7-acre farm located in the watershed of the Big Sioux River near Brandon, South Dakota and is owned and operated by Stephanie Peterson. Stephanie attended Dakota Rural Action’s Farm beginning course to learn how to operate and succeed in her chicken egg business where she sells pasture…

  • Ernest Weston:Thunder Valley CDC

    Ernest Weston:Thunder Valley CDC

    Above: Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator at Thunder Valley, Ernest Weston, stands in a newly built green house on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. “I remember the morning I left for school. I loaded up the Dodge pickup at 4 a.m. and then went inside to say goodbye to my family. We all…