167. Growing Chickens For Costco with Hannah Borg
What does it look like to build a future on the family farm? This week, Jena and Mary Pat are joined by Hannah Borg, a sixth-generation Nebraska farmer who found her own path home through an unexpected opportunity: raising chickens for Costco.
Hannah shares how her family diversified their farm to create opportunities for the next generation, what it’s like raising 65,000 chickens, and how the chicken operation fits alongside their crops and cattle. They also talk about the importance of manure management and soil health, entrepreneurship, working with family, and the value of finding your own place within a family operation.
Plus, Hannah shares her passion for farm photography and documenting the everyday moments that become family history, along with a personal health journey that led her to explore tongue and lip ties, breathing, and sleep.
In this episode:
Creating opportunities for the next generation on the family farm
Hannah’s family’s diversified chicken, cattle, and crop operation
Raising chickens for Costco
The chicken supply chain from farm to processing
Biosecurity and the challenges of avian influenza
Using livestock manure and chicken litter to build soil health
Entrepreneurship and the UNL Engler Entrepreneurship Program
Finding your own path and purpose on the farm
Working with parents and siblings
Farm photography and “finding the magic in the mundane”
Documenting family, farm, and agricultural history
Hannah’s personal health and wellness journey
The legacy of a multi-generation family farm
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