October 5, 2011 We have been quite busy at the 1900 farm during this harvest season! Central Iowa has celebrated some absolutely beautiful days these past couple of weeks, and while we’ve been busy in…
September 24, 2011 Food consumed by the public, both in grocery stores and in restaurants, is subject to federal regulations. As food providers, modern farms are inspected under laws governed generally by the FDA. Those…
August 27, 2011 One of the most memorable times for visitors to the 1900 Farms seems to be the days when threshing happens. We get older visitors who remember running water out to the fields…
August 24, 2011 If you haven’t heard by now, we celebrated the Iowa State Fair this past week. The 10 day long event brings visitors from all over the world who come to see the…
August 12, 2011 I’ve written about separating cream and turning that into ice cream, but I haven’t told you about one of the things we do quite frequently on the 1900 farm with our cream. …
August 5, 2011 The past two days on the 1900 farm have been a flurry of activity in the fields as the farm hands have diligently performed the task of cutting and binding the oats…
August 3, 2011 I guess whoever said it was right: you’ve got to make hay when the sun shines. The sun is beating down this week at the 1900 farm, so what better time to…
July 19, 2011 Not too long ago I posted a recipe for Demi-glacé aux Fraises that included a recipe for ice cream. To help keep you cool down during this sweltering week, I thought I…
July 12, 2011 Not too long ago one of our esteemed Living History Farms collection volunteers, Warren Tanner, spent the afternoon on the 1900 farm with one of his projects. Warren rebuilt a gasoline powered…
July 6, 2011 The new calves on our farm have been named McKinley and Teddy in honor of the White House elected in 1900. The campaigns of 1900 saw incumbent President William McKinley and his…