4-08 We are thrilled to announce that in April 2008 our barn was selected for the Alcona County Quilt Trail Project! We will have a 8'x8' quilt block with the "North Star" design to commemorate the life-saving work of the Underground Railroad which the state of Michigan and Quakers played major roles in. We plan to have a small historical display featuring information about the history of the Underground Railroad. We are very grateful to the Hollyhock Quilt Shoppe in Harrisville, Michigan for their founding and ongoing support of the Alcona County Quilt Trail Project, and their contribution to the Underground Railroad historical display at Quaker Hill Farm.
February 2008, The Alpena News The Alpena News featured an article about the Locally Grown Foods Movement, and interviewed Kimberly Anne Makela of Quaker Hill Farm in Harrisville, Michigan, about the new special interest group that started in Alcona County, Michigan called Alcona Local Foods Association (ALFA). ALFA's mission is to promote locally grown foods in the Alcona County Area through education and farmer's markets. Kimberly Anne Makela, President of ALFA gave a history of the newly formed group and their objectives and project goals.
Reporter and newscaster Sarah Oskey from CBS Affiliate WBKB TV interviewed Bill Makela of Quaker Hill Farm about beekeeping. It was a beautiful day for a story, the sun was shining and the bees were active.
Sarah and her colleague Monica Ott visited the hives, removed a few frames and later extracted honey in the extractor and filled jars with fresh golden honey. It was a wonderful day - we are so glad to have had such lovely visitors! Thank you Sara and WBKB - TV!
Quaker Hill Farm photography by Quaker Anne was featured in Old Schoolhouse Magazine in 2007 as part of the "Life on the Farm Unit Study".
Photos of "Miss Purdy" the chicken (a character in one of Quaker Anne's online farm stories) and her chicks were featured, along with a recommendation to visit Quaker Anne's Children's Farm Stories at www.QuakerFarm.com If you haven't read Quaker Anne's online farm stories yet, click here. The stories are highly recommended and are a wonderful educational resource for home schooled children (ages 6 - 9) studying science, farming or history. ...delightful children's stories about life on the farm, complete with beautiful illustrating photographs... - The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Note: We are very grateful to have had our photos from Quaker Hill Farm in the same issue of Old Schoolhouse Magazine that featured a large article/interview with Ken Ham, co-founder of the Creation Museum, entitled "Can Parents 'Over-Shelter' Their Children?". It was an honor to be in such company. Quaker Anne's Children's Stories is a creation-based ministry as well. It is of course not nearly the grand magnitude of the remarkable work that has gone into the Creation Museum, but, every voice speaking truth is important! - Quaker Anne
