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Learning from the "Best in the West" !

The last farm location not working out was really the best thing that could have happened to us... ...as we are currently living in the Rio Grande Valley, not even half a mile from the Rio Grande on the FIRST EVER certified organic poultry farm in the USA , Pollo Real.  Pollo Real has been doing Pastured Poultry since 1996 (20 YEARS) and has set a standard for pastured poultry operations across the country.  Looking back, we are wondering why we didn't come here first when we have such a historic farm and incredibly knowledgeable farmer, Tom, an hour away from Albuquerque?!  This is the older, experienced farmer we were meant to learn from...he knows everything about poultry. We met Tom a few months ago and things really moved fast, things had to move fast - he'd been looking for a couple to come help out on the farm and we were farm-less, job-less, and not ready to give up on our dream.  We met right after we closed things down at the last farm location, sal