Things are getting a little too chummy around here, so I thought it was time to ruffle some feathers with the truth bomb about your food. It’s NOT the same food your grandparents ate. According to USDA research, to get the same nutritional value from a carrot today as you would have from a carrot in the 1970s, you would need to eat 1.5 times more carrots. Broccoli has lost over 50% of its calcium. Spinach has 30% less iron. Tomatoes have less protein, riboflavin, phosphorus, calcium and vitamin c. The list goes on and on. Why? It’s not just on farmers. It’s also about consumer demand and the way we’ve prioritized cheap, abundant food over nutrient-dense crops. Farmers don’t see a market for better produce because you can’t see nutrient quality, and even if you could, it’s rarely cost-effective. For most farmers to stay afloat, they have to focus on yields over quality. I am but a lowly Nebraska produce farmer, so I don’t have all the answers, but we’re gonna discuss some of the solutions in the next video! #farm #food #farming #foodblogger #healthyfood #healthy #nutrition #nutrients #foodie #fact #facts #funfact #history #agriculture #farmer #didyouknow #science #healthylifestyle #healthyeating #produce #vegetables #garden #gardening #crops #harvest #foodtiktok #foodtok #farmtok #shilohfarm

Here’s the original pumpkin pie that the first Americans actually ate at Thanksgiving 🦃 Your family is going to be so impressed when you show up with this 🤪 #pie #pumpkinpie #pumpkin #pumpkins #pumpkinspice #thanksgiving #history #pilgrims #nativeamerican #historical #food #foodie #foodblogger #dessert #yum #recipe #baking #garden #farm #homestead #fact #facts #funfact #funfacts #pumpkinseason #holidayrecipes #recipes #foodtok #shilohfarm #thanksgivingdinner

Are there financial benefits to being a farmer? Well, that depends on how you look at it. 🙃🙂 Thanks to a complicated tax system, many farmers reinvest most of their income into assets like equipment, land, and inputs instead of letting it sit in the bank. Why? Because the less cash you show on paper, the less you owe Uncle Sam. And with property taxes already taking a big bite, farmers are looking to keep as much money as possible working for the farm, not the IRS. It’s not about avoiding taxes—it’s about survival and smart reinvestment in a business with razor-thin margins. Farming may be rewarding, but it’s not for the faint of heart! 😮‍💨 #farm #farming #farmer #tax #finance #money #farmers #income #interesting #didyouknow #bank #banking #government #fact #facts #funfact #funfacts #educational #education #ag #agriculture #tractor #combine #assets #land #taxes #shilohfarm

5 Pumpkin Facts 🎃 Early folk medicine taught that pumpkin pulp could remove freckles and cure snakebites. In some cultures the seeds are still used to treat parasites like tapeworms 🪱 The pilgrims didn’t use pumpkin as the filling in their pie. They used pumpkin as the crust! The pumpkin pie we all know and love didn’t come around until the 1700’s and was invented in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥧 Pumpkins are native to Central America but are now grown on every continent except Antarctica 🥶 95% of all processed pumpkins are grown in the state of Illinois 😳 There are over 45 different varieties of pumpkins and the largest one ever grown weighed 2,749 pounds 🏋🏽 #pumpkin #pumpkins #fact #facts #funfact #funfacts #didyouknow #history #pumpkinpie #pie #thanksgiving #historical #food #foodie #foodblogger #fruit #seeds #medicine #illinois #farm #growing #crop #seed #pumpkinpatch #shilohfarm

We finally got the perfect Frankenstein pumpkin! 🎉🎃 Gourdon Ramsey II turned orange too quickly and Spookley the square pumpkin decided to embrace his curves so that left me with one last hope. Thankfully PumKen Jeong turned out perfectly! Once we get him some sunlight and warmth he should orange up nicely 👍 #pumpkin #franken #frankenstein #pumpkins #pumpkinseason #garden #gardening #grow #growing #plant #fruit #food #exotic #halloween #fruitmold #cool #pumpkinpatch #fall #farm #farmer #homestead #growing #gardener #plants #shilohfarm @Gordon Ramsay @Ken Jeong