Our story begins with my husband and I growing up on farms in Pennsylvania.  We loved it and knew we wanted to provide this opportunity to our children someday.  Due to the urban sprawl along the east coast, continuing the farming tradition had become very difficult for young couples.  So, in 1995, married just a few months we left our family and friends and headed west along with a few crossbred Angus/Limousin cows to the beautiful, rolling hills of southern Iowa.  

In 2001, we restored an original 1930's, hip-roofed, milking barn and opened the Harvest Barn Marketplace.  Our country store started with fresh produce and country inspired gifts.  We then added our own fabulously scented, hand-poured, soy-blended candles and delicious, homemade fudge made with only the finest ingredients. 

Our most recent additions to our store are our all natural beef and pork products.  The Angus/Limousin cross my husband's family has always believed created the best tasting beef is raised the way nature intended on our farm.  Initially, our calves flourish on the nutrition provided by their mothers, as they grow and mature the calves are able to graze on our pastures and are offered the alfalfa grass hay and corn we grow on our farm.  Just like the beef, our pork is superior and comes from farm raised hogs.  We don't feed our animals growth hormones or any antibiotics.  Our beef and pork is processed in a family owned, USDA inspected locker and then returned to us. Our quality meat products offer peace of mind in knowing where your food is coming from. 
Our newest adventure is offering many of our products at the downtown Des Moines & Valley Junction farmer's markets and soon on-line.  As supply allows we will continue to add products to our online store.  

We are thankful everyday for the opportunity to offer you these exceptional products and have been blessed with three wonderful children that have grown to love the tradition of farming and raising animals as much as as we did as children and still do today.