HOWLE’S HINTS B Y J O H N H OW L E
THE HERB FARMER Fruithurst From
to Farm to Fork
HOW’S YOUR GARDEN SIMPLE TIMES
Pictured left to right: Lexie (4-year-old daughter that passed away last November), Addie-8; Kaleb; Stetson-15 months old, Karah, Dusty-8, and Maddie-6.
“Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful and most noble employment of man.”
The journey begins in Fruithurst, Alabama, and ends at the tip of a table fork. What started as an attempt to provide their fledgling family with healthy, locally raised meats led this young couple on an odyssey to create a first-generation, grass-fed farm operation. Their destination is known as Rock House Farms LLC. In the beginning of their marriage, Kaleb and Karah Skinner were far from being farmers. Kaleb was driving over an hour into Atlanta every day working construction, and Karah was running a small salon out of the back of their house. Once their first child ar-
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