“So, Lucie…what are you up to?” I get that a lot. People want to know what I’ve been up to post book. And it’s a legitimate question. The answer is like me —a messy blur of things. Of course, I’ve worked with Jason and the whole LoLa team to open the berry wing of the operation: […]
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A Student asks, ‘Why Shop Local’ — well, that’s a fun question
We have a lot of college students contacting us as they study agriculture or marketing or even writing. But today I heard from someone studying business and she dropped this question: Why is it important for locals to support small businesses as opposed to big chain stores? You’ve likely seen the memes about shopping local […]
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What Future Lu would tell naive Past Lu about Farmin
Returning to 2012, I’d likely find us around the kitchen table. My husband, Jason, would be animated and engaged as he tried to jam together the rough-edged pieces for our pasture-raised egg farm, Locally Laid. Though less excited, I’d be equally animated: a dangling raw nerve looking over his shoulder. That’s because we weren’t putting together […]
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Paperbacks & Postcards
I’ve known that the Locally Laid book was dropping in paperback on Tuesday, February 28th for a while, but even so — it’s rather snuck up on me. It was months ago that my lovely peeps at Penguin Random House were going back and forth on covers. And despite all you’ve heard about heartless big publishing […]
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Why Dec 31 is one of our favorite days…
On the last day of the year, Farmer Jason and our farmer/accountant Jeremy count up all the egg deliveries we did over the past 12 months. Then we plant a tree for each one. It’s a tip of the beak (so to speak) to our carbon footprint, even as we strive to […]
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Cocktail Party Primer — All Poultry Edition
It’s happening. Right now, folks are dusting the cheese trays and reaching into the high cupboard for the cocktail shakers in preparation of holiday parties — but are you ready with winsome conversational small talk? No worries, Locally Laid has you covered with interesting poultry chitchat which will surely be the social lubricant of any […]
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