Our family farm started in 1953. Since then, our farm has grown to support eight families. We feel lucky to have a family that shares a passion for farming and works together to grow food for many families.

Here’s a new recipe to try with your family featuring one of our favorites, beef!

Beef & Vegetable Skillet

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I’m really excited about the Field Moms coming to visit us on Saturday, October 15.  I’m looking forward to hearing their questions.  Sometimes I think that’s a problem with agriculture – we need to open up more, listen more, and communicate with our customers. We need to be more consumer-driven.

I’m also looking forward to showing the Field Moms around our farm, and putting them in our combine. I love bringing groups through here, and opening their eyes to what modern agriculture is really all about. It’s always interesting to see what the biggest surprises are.  

For instance, when we bring teachers here, they’re surprised at how much technology we have on the farm, like GPS and precision farming technology on our machinery.  

Another big surprise is that even with our size, it’s still a true family farm. Our farm supports eight families.

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Hi, my name is Lynn Martz and welcome to our farm. My husband, Mike, and I farm with my parents, brothers and our son, Justin. Our farm consists of beef, corn, soybeans and wheat located in northern Illinois just 65 miles west of Chicago.
  
We are one of the farm families you can tour on the Watch Us Grow website. We hope, along with other farm families, to help answer questions about farm life and why safe nutritious food is important to us too. I hope you will follow along with our blog and ask questions if you like.

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