ONE ACCORD FARM
HOBBY FARMING WITH PURPOSE BY J E S S I E S H O O K
The act of cultivating your own food and feeding your family from your backyard has become a rewarding experience for families. With this same desire to provide fresh, homegrown food for her family, Pam Stephenson started One Accord Farm in March 2016, a 15-acre hobby farm. One Accord Farm is located in Arab, Alabama and is home to many different animals, of all different breeds and with their own purpose on the farm. There are Jersey cattle for milk, beef cattle for meat, hogs, sheep, goats, chickens and ducks. You will even find a flock of Guinea fowl running around, whose purpose to is reduce insects around the other farm animals. Two big, white dogs with wild, curly hair roam the goat pasture and watch over the herd to protect them from predators. Everything on the farm has a purpose and they all go hand in hand. Stephenson’s inspiration behind having a hobby farm started from growing up helping
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