Fresh From the Farm Blog

Being a life-long learner, I love to learn new things. In our business we often need to introduce new products to our line. The creative process to bring something new to the market is fascinating. From early product research to brainstorming sessions, to prototype design, sourcing materials, Beta testing and finally approving the product and bringing it to market. Each step offers multiple opportunities to learn something new. At Fredericksburg Farms, we get product ideas from all around including customers, employees in all areas from production to shipping, sales and administration. Challenges will and do arise, and as my mama...

Remember being in school and having the wonderful respite from classes that was known as “Spring Break?” I don’t think while I was in school and experiencing this lovely vacation from teachers, professors, assignments, and exams that I truly appreciated it’s value. How wonderful it would be today as a working adult to have “Spring Break.” Freedom from staff meetings, bank reports, tax reporting, customer service, receiving and shipping, staffing issues, and the ubiquitous Zoom calls.  To get a break I do take vacations, but with a laptop and hotspot close by. A “real” spring break…those were the days, my friends,...

I don’t know how many of our customers are grandparents, but those who are know that it is one of life’s grandest roles. I cannot believe it but it has been ten years since my late husband and I became grandparents for the first time, and we got new names, Poppy and Grandye. The first time my husband and I saw our little grandson our hearts melted. The day was March 6, 2015. In these past ten years we have watched that sweet little boy grow into a loving, caring young man that knows the Lord and shows extreme kindness...

Here at Fredericksburg Farms, we are located on our family ranch and we have chickens, egg layers. My late husband bought 48 chickens a year ago and they were delivered to the PO via the mail, a cardboard box full of baby chicks. Several things were wrong here…no one needs 48 laying hens. When they are in top form they lay an egg a day. Second problem, my sweetie didn’t leave the list of the people he had promised some chicks to. He did have a plan to give some away, but it had not happened when he left us...

I am somewhat of a history buff anyway, but February 19, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of one of the fiercest battles of WWII in the South Pacific on the island of Iwo Jima. My father was there as a 19-year-old radio operator on a troop transport ship. Were my father alive today he would be 99. My dad didn’t talk much about his war experiences other than to say that he was one of the lucky ones. “I came home,” was his usual answer when asked something specific. There was a whole generation of young men...