This was a great introduction to the benefits of bringing kids into a farm life. Inspiring yet practical, the real life stories are a fun peek into the world of agriculture.

Farm-Raised Kids was the first book I have read by Katie Kulla. It was packed full of information and tips that I will be able to use in the future as we purse having a farm. Overall it was great. I look forward to reading it in my class.

In this first-ever book on the topic, author Katie Kulla offers her own hard-won wisdom, gleaned from more than a decade of raising kids while running a CSA farm with her husband. The book also features invaluable advice and insights from other farmer-parents and a wealth of practical tips and ideas for how to engage children on the farm—including activities for learning and play, and suggestions for how to enlist kids in chores and other farm responsibilities. Included are experiences and stories of diverse farm families encompassing a variety of identities and backgrounds across geographic locations, race and genders, family sizes, and farm scales, to represent the real face of farming today.

Great overall look at farming and homesteading with kids. Well written and good for someone just thinking about starting a family, to those with tweens or teens. Lots of helpful suggestions and a diversity of advice from all different situations including international with how to incorporate family life, farm life, planting and animal caretaking. Practical tips as well as inspiration.

This is a highly enjoyable and practical book about the modern farm family. I love all the colourful photos, the outdoors shots, the engagement with farming work. Mainly the book looks at the parents' point of view, whether expecting kids or raising them. We also see the issue of moving to a farm after starting a family, and instances when the young person is the farmer. There's a chapter on grown-up farm kids. Also a look at what to post on the internet and what to keep private.

The three main hazards for children on a farm are quite foreseeable - machinery and tractors, large animals, and chemicals. In America, there are also wildlife hazards, but keeping young children and the main three separated is the only way to go.

I once saw a short documentary on ranch daughters. Some of the daughters were winning rodeo prizes, others were learning how to ride and care for ponies. This book has no horses whatsoever, though there are beekeepers, and I think the greatest benefit of having the land available would be keeping ponies and horses. This gives kids another outlet, a sport and more friends. Horses are expensive, but could potentially provide income. Another farm family book, 'Would You Marry A Farmer' by Lorna Sixsmith, similarly has no mention of horses except to say they are considered expensive. In the past, every farm depended on horses.

Farms grow food, and a lot of the photos and stories mention the joy of eating your produce. The kids get involved early, with suggestions for what work they can do to help out at what age, and they can preserve and sell the goods. Kids learn seasonal foods and recipes.

The main lesson most people say they learned, is that life changes utterly, you can't do everything, and you have to reprioritise. Raising the next generation of farmers is a huge responsibility, and this has to be done while the current farmers are young and fit enough to be working. Some parents homeschooled, even for a few years. This took up the working day. Lovely book, great advice and stories from real farm families.

I read an e-ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.

This book is full of wisdom and valuable advice for bringing children up on a farm or homestead. It covers play, safety, homeschooling and so much more and ranges from pregnancy up to teen. It is also very honest about how hard it can be, as well as showing us how beneficial this way of life can be for children. There are journaling prompts and interviews with other families that give us the opportunity to see other perspectives on this way of life. I recommend this book for anyone who wishes to learn more about rearing children on a homestead or farm, as it contains plenty of advice for including children and making the most of this lifestyle.

I enjoyed this book. It was out together well. Each chapter was informative, and nothing felt forced or even shaming other lifestyles. I've been slowly revamping my homestead for better ideas I picked up from this book. Having different perspectives of different types of farms was helpful and see how to bring kids into the mix of things was such a relief.

This book is a perfect fit for libraries in areas where small scale farms and homeschooling overlap. The book follows a logical progression of farm growth and family growth and includes chapters on farm life with older children and teens, a demographic that is often overlooked in similar "natural living with kids" publications. Although each chapter includes a handy list of adaptable ideas and discussion prompts, sections about childcare or community resources may fall flat for some readers if those options and opportunities do not exist in their region. That said, it's still a wonderful book that will appeal to many of our patrons!

A wholesome look at how to bring the family together through increasing independence, responsibility, and working together toward a common goal.

Wow! This book is a comprehensive guide to all things farm life with kids.
It has helpful tips and words of wisdom for every stage of life from pregnancy, birth and postpartum healing to the teen and even adult years of a farm kid's life. I appreciated all the emphasis on children's safety on the farm. Love the ideas on everything from organizing your home to homeschooling your kids. There were ideas for different types of play on the farm. There were discussion and journaling questions. There were even ideas and tips on how to start a farm or homestead even after having kids and how to help your kids adjust to farm life. If you are living on, or are interested in having a farm family, you need to read this book!

Delightful! I am adamant about living on a farm and teaching my kids hard work and valuable life lessons. This book is a great starting point where I can learn how to bring my kids into that kind of life.

Loved the content, pictures were nice, and I am personally familiar with the topic so it hit home for sure. But something about the writing style just wasn't captivating in a way I feel you need to be when writing a nonfiction book.

I want to start by thanking NetGalley for this amazing ARC. I have been wanting to start a homestead/hobby farm and while this book describes more about living on a large farm I was able to take away many important points in regards to how farming in general impacts children’s lives. If you are unsure of how to work farming into your everyday life or unsure as to whether you want to and whether your children will benefit from it read this books as part of your decision making process. This book helped me and I know it will help you to.

Thank you NetGalley and Storey Publishing for access to the digital ARC. As a current stay at home parent whose education and experience is animal science and agriculture based I’ve found myself wondering what it might be like to start our own farm. I found this title inspirational, and helpful in visualizing what that reality may look like. I appreciate that many people were interviewed and that everyone’s situation is different. I also enjoyed the added reading list, as this will be a helpful reference to add. I was already planning to homeschool so it’s nice to think that farming could be a secondary source of income for us while still physically raising our children! While this is not a full blown how to farm guide it totally meets the need for folks that don’t have farming friends to ask some of these questions too!

I have always dreamed of running a homestead with my family. As someone currently neighborhood living, but supporting a CSA this gives me big dreams that one day we can have land and give our children this life. I love how encouraging this book was while also not sugar coating that sometimes it will be hard. And love the idea of getting the kids involved in everyday operations. This book gives me hope that one day we can achieve this!

This book is a must read for anyone hoping to raise a family and run a small farm! I am not planning on starting a farm, but it did give helpful tips and encouragement for gardening, or doing other outside chores, with children.
I really appreciate that it had chapters about all of the different stages, pregnancy through young adult, and the farmers interviewed were very diverse in family type, size and farm situation.
The pictures that accompany the book are really lovely and the list of children's books and additional resources are really great!

I requested this book because my husband and I love to grow food, harvest, hunt and in the next few years, start a family.

This book was so good! I absolutely loved getting to know the authors family, and see how kids can unplug and just explore, play and learn outside and off their land.

Thank you to NetGalley for my ARC of this book. Okay this book was right up my alley! One of my life goals is to move to a farm to raise my kids and this gives such good advice and insight into that. I also found a lot of good information for people who don’t necessarily live on a farm, but instead a few acres of land. There was also a lot of good information about raising kids in general- most importantly to slow down! I loved this and will likely be purchasing it in the future.

I find this book to be an incredibly important topic today. People have become so detached from the land and their food sources, there are important lessons here not only for farming and homesteading families, but even more so for those who are not. We need to expose more people to this way of living, partly so they understand they have a choice in how they live and how they eat. I would love to see more information about incorporating gardening into non farm families, but this is a great resource for teaching about the farm life.

I read this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book offers helpful suggestions and relatable stories for how to balance life on a homestead with children! There’s stories from families with different situations, different areas, and with kids of all ages so there’s sure to be a chapter (or more) that readers can relate to!

Sometimes it takes way longer to get things accomplished, but by including kids on the homestead it’s teaching them valuable lessons and skills, plus we are spending time together. After it’s become a habit after awhile, they get excited to help and they know what’s expected of them since they each have specific jobs. My two year old still just mostly walks around as we work, but he’s still included, and when he’s old enough, can do more! He currently enjoys dumping food into the dog and cat’s bowls and helping “collect” the eggs. The book contains suggestions for age appropriate chores and each chapter includes discussion questions for the family to connect over!

Personally, I think this book is helpful to anyone with kids and a homestead but it does lean more towards offering encouragement and keys to success to those who make a living from farming or selling things from a large scale homestead.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for my copy.