Ana Skemp

Ana Skemp

Editor-in-Chief Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm

Ana Skemp is a mother, a farmer, and a maker at Deep Roots Community Farm in Wisconsin. She raises grass-fed beef, KuneKune pigs, Icelandic Cross sheep, Pygora fiber goats, ducks, geese, and chickens. In the summer, the farm is opened up to local school kids for educational programming. Her family recently became the next generation to tend the family apple orchard.

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Raising Grass Fed Beef
Get Started Raising Grass Fed Beef
Add a few cows to your homestead and start raising organic, grass-fed beef. A Wisconsin farmer talks about her family's experience with running a successful small-scale beef operation where buyers…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Raising Grass Fed Beef
Grass-Fed Cattle Care: From Calf to Beef
Let's talk money: how can you sell your grass-fed beef, and how do you manage feed costs? The cost of your care and maintenance is a factor in the profitability…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Freeze Drying 101
Practical Freeze Drying
Is a freeze dryer worth the expense? Ask a farmer who's been freeze drying for a whole year. Learn why her freeze dryer is an indispensable component of her family's…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Freeze Drying 101
How to Freeze Dry Eggs
What do you do when you have too many eggs? Freeze drying eggs is almost as simple as scrambling them—and they taste pretty close to fresh when you're ready to…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Freeze Drying 101
How to Freeze Dry Mushrooms (Especially Foraged Ones!)
Can you freeze dry mushrooms? Of course you can! Learn why mushrooms, especially if you can forage them up yourself, are some of the most unique and delicious freeze-dried ingredients…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Freeze Drying 101
Freeze Drying Herbs & Teas
Halt flavor and nutrient loss in your herbs and teas by freeze drying your herbs after collection. We talk about some favorite foraged and home-grown herbs for freeze drying, as…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
Freeze Drying 101
Homemade Freeze Dried Meals & Mixes
Turn your leftovers into instant meals for future you, and your overabundant starters and cultures into gifts for your friends. You can freeze dry much more than single ingredients! Get…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
What it Takes to Homestead
Running a Horse Boarding Barn
Learn how farmer Ana quit her full time job and transitioned to being a stay at home mom by opening a horse boarding barn on the family farm. She shares…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm
What it Takes to Homestead
Bottle Calf Feeding
Start the day with a bottle feeding at Ana's farm, as she introduces their local bottle calves and shares the joys and tribulations of caring for young livestock. A bottle…
Ana Skemp
Ana Skemp Editor-in-Chief • Mother Earth News, Deep Roots Community Farm