25 Products American Farms Once Made Themselves — Now Billion-Dollar Industries
2.8K views · Aug 14, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@lorenstribling6096 · 1 month ago
I am 72. I have churned butter, canned veggies, made jelly and pickles, milked cows and made quilts and blankets. My mother made her biscuits with lard and I have never been able to reproduce the taste of them. Picking fruit and berries in summer was a task we enjoyed because we got to eat a bowl of ripe berries with cream when we finished.
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