"You can farm"
— Joel Salatin, Polyface Inc.
The Farm Plan
Viking Farm sits on 10.5 acres atop a hill in beautiful Van Alstyne, Texas. After 19 years travelling and living as an Air Force family we up and moved to a farm in the country. The plan is to raise plants and animals in a synergistic regenerative fashion to get maximum benefit, in a modern day permaculture homestead. We want to create wholesome and healthy food for our family and our community. We aim to be a learning environment for children and adults who visit the farm.
What We Farm
Alpacas
They’re fuzzy, gentle and cute. Aside from that, think SUPER sheep. Better than sheep in every respect (except price!), they can be used in pretty much the exact same way.
Bees
Honey Bees are a precious global resource, without which, food production becomes extremely problematic. We plan on raising a modest amount of bees on our farm (initially) in a sustainable, chemical free fashion, minimizing labor and input costs.
Chickens
Eggs. Meat. Tilling. Fertilizing. Bug management. Pasture sanitation. Tons more reasons to keep yard-birds. Plans include mobile chicken coop, as well as chicken tractors for meat birds.
Trees
We have roughly 100 pecan trees of varying ages, most in an orchard, but a few others scattered about the property. Once the orchard gets some fine tuning and we tightly manage it, we plan on making Pecans a part of our fall crop.
