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Stories include:
How Bees Make Honey

A Chicken is Born

A Haircut for Sheep

A Baby Horse is Born

A Baby Goat is Born

Lassie Saves a Lamb

...delightful children's stories about life on the farm, complete with beautiful illustrating photographs...
- The Old Schoolhouse Magazine

Quaker Hill Farm ~ In the News ...

11-13-08
Making it in Michigan - 2nd Annual MSU Product Center's Conference.

Kimberly Anne teaches Internet Business Marketing at this conference and meets special guest and keynote speaker Eric Villegas, author of Fork in the Road cookbook and award-winning PBS cooking show.

Kimberly Anne and Eric Villegas

Fork in the Road cookbook is an excellent work featuring Michigan foods prepared to perfection! It is sure to become a favorite in Quaker Anne's kitchen!

10-24-08 THE BAY CITY TIMES
True North Read the article here.

9-8-08
The ALCONA COUNTY REVIEW Read the article here.

9-2-08 Animal Planet
Quaker Hill Farm was filmed for a new show and series for Animal Planet called Dogs 101 which will premiere in October. Quaker Hill Farm was chosen for their working farm Collies. To see the photo essay of the event click here!

8-08 The Alpena News
Bill of Quaker Hill Farm is featured in an article about raising bees and the raw honey sold at Quaker Farm.

North Star Quilt Block Quaker Farm Alcona County Quilt Trail Project

7-21-08 Alcona Quilt Trail Block Installed at Quaker Hill Farm
The North Star Quilt Block was erected on our barn! Quaker Bill carefully installed the block in 4 sections. To see the step by step process, read "A Block is Born" at the Alcona Quilt Trail web site.

7-08 WBKB TV Interview at Quaker Hill Farm

6-9-08 WBKB TV
Interview with Quaker Anne on the Internet Marketing Class she was teaching at Alpena Community College.

Barn at Quaker Hill Farm, Alcona County Quilt Trail Project

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.

Warren Pierce interviews Quaker Anne, Quaker Hill Farm

3-22-08 - WJR Detroit Radio
News/Talk 760
Warren Pierce interviews Quaker Anne from Quaker Hill Farm about the subject of eggs.

February 2008, The Alpena News

The Alpena News featured an article about the Locally Grown Foods Movement, and interviewed Kimberly Anne, "Quaker Anne", 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.

1st month 2008 ALFA President
Kimberly Anne, "Quaker Anne", of Quaker Hill Farm was elected President of a newly formed non-profit group, Alcona Local Foods (ALFA). ALFA is an enthusiastic group of farmers and citizens dedicated to connecting area residents with locally grown foods, produce and products. ALFA encourages relationships between growers and the community through education and information about the nutritional and community value of locally grown foods.

Sara Oskey interviewed Bill Makela of Quaker Hill Farm about beekeeping

9-26-07
Quaker Hill Farm Beekeeping Story aired on WBKB - TV

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.

Monica Ott visited Quaker Hill Farm with Sara Oskey in September 2007

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!

Soapmaking Article by Casey Makela, of Quaker Hill Farm, in the Summer 2007 issue of
Hobby Farm Home Magazine

Photos by Quaker Anne featured in Old Schoolhouse Magazine

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 by Quaker Anne featured in Old Schoolhouse Magazine

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