I found this book to be very helpful for me! I am a mom, married, with 4 children on 15 acres that I aspire to live off of as much as I can. We are also looking to homeschool in the future. This book was very informative on how I can include our kids around the homestead, what I can expect as a parent, what types of books we can be reading to learn from and journaling prompts after every section to help organize your thoughts and goals. Overall, if you have land and want to homestead, or are thinking about buying some and starting, this is a great read to help you find what will work best for you and provide you some solid ideas!

A good reference guide for families in the thick of homesteading or farming or those contemplating this lifestyle choice. Practical suggestions on play, work and schooling while trying to run a family business and /or hobby farm. They breakdown safety concerns and age appropriate help/work/chores. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinions.

Farm-Raised Kids
Katherine Kulla
To really get this book we need to define a CSA farm. Community Supported Agriculture: a community of individuals who pledge support to a farm operation so that the farmland becomes, either legal or spiritually, the community’s farm, with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits. While the farmer benefits from the community support, the consumer benefits by getting the freshest local foods available throughout the year. The consumer gets a ton of produce each week which offsets the original investment.
This is an interesting concept. What I found the most interesting is the discussion of raising kids on a farm. Children learn from watching their parents as well as assisting them. Not all children will be interested in farming but the author has added tips for how to encourage a child’s interest which can be done through chores and play.
Thank you NetGalley for a copy of this book for review.

I'm unfamiliar with other books in this genre. This is a great purchase for my rural library, which has lots of large families running farms.

This is a bit more biographical than would maybe be ideal. But it's nice to see all the different kinds of farming families. There are tips and tricks as well as games and other family activities.. The early chapters are structured in reasons why farm life is good for families. Later ones deal more with specialty topics that will apply to some families but not others.

The pictures are lovely.

Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for the ARC! I will purchase for my library.