Un poco acerca de nosotros
TUsaquen
Pronounced /oo'sa'ken/
Usaquén es primera localidad establecida en Bogotá, Colombia. Ubicada en las colinas orientales de la capital. Nuestra familia creció visitando esta colina a menudo, mi madre tenía muchos recuerdos del área e incluso hoy en día es un lugar favorito para pasar el tiempo libre cuando visitamos la ciudad.
Hace algunos años, el trabajo de mi esposo nos hizo mudarnos a las montañas del este de Tennessee después de vivir muchos años en Nueva Inglaterra. Fué un ajuste cultural difícil, pero vivir en las montañas humeantes hace que sea imposible ignorar la belleza de todas las fincas que rodean el área y decidimos zambullirnos en la aventura de agricultura, nos unirnos a la comunidad y ayudamos a las nuevas generaciones a apreciar el valor por La Tierra, tradiciones agrícolas y el aprendizaje de dónde proviene la comida.
Queríamos registrar un nombre de para nuesta mini finca que se sintiera hoagareño. Greeneville y Usaquén tenían muchas cosas en común: ambos lugares con una historia increíble, colocados estratégicamente en las montañas y bien sembrados en nuestros corazones, por lo tanto, elegimos a Usaquén como una buena representación de nuestra cultura en las hermosas montañas humeantes.
Esta es nuestra historia inicial, luego, cuando crees que las cosas estan resuletas algo radical sucede...
Poco sabíamos que Dios tenía diferentes planes para nosotros y ahora nos reubicamos nuevamente y estamos ahora establecidos en Michigan desde septiembre de 2018, estamos seguros de que las aventuras aquí nos llevarán a conocer personas maravillosas y nos permitirán compartir el amor por la cosecha propia y la auto sostenibilidad compartida en nuestra nueva comunidad.
Una familia con sueños de Agricultura
¿Qué haces cuando tu corazón tiene hambre de más de lo que está sucediendo ahora?
Bueno, profundiza más, encuentra a dónde te lleva tu pasión y persigue tus sueños.
Jim comes from an engineering background were things are carefully planned. So, being an sponsor of this impromptu venture has been great, he has come out of his comfort zone to spend time learning many new animal skills, building houses, pens and spending quality time with his goat farmer.
Nick, left UT Animal Science school in pursuance of other goals but the background of his education has served tremendously when it comes to be my right hand at administering medications and shots without any help or supervision. I can bounce theories with him and he offers reliable hands whenever I need to travel, not to mention he truly enjoys hanging out around animals.
Super Mayah, she is a trooper and my partner in most animal adventures. At 16 she has a fervorous passion for horses, gentle love for goats and even when things can get uncomfortable she embraces farming. She started our first home garden few years ago and has been the inspiration to grow our own produce, she is a very resourceful young farmer.
I am Pilar, half city girl-half country girl. I am an unconditional fan of beauty and authenticity.
I love to be organized, travel, places with history, handmade crafts and FOOD, I grew up in a home where mom introduced lots of flavors and exquisite textures to the palate so in other words I consider myself a food fanatic with curiosity for gourmet flavors.
My hope is to infect you with joy, love for God and his magnificent creation of which we take advantage every day, spend a pleasant time blogging, fill you with ideas inspiring you to take the risk of trying food creations too. I wish to motivate you to turn your "cosina" and home into a special place, with charm, a unique space for you and for those who love you.
Designer by profession, coffeeholic, born in the world of cows, with immense passion for goats, lover of our canine friends, horses, cats and enjoying farming to make my passion a way of life.
I hope to see you here again!
Jim and I were born and raised in Bogota, our little family was established in 1996, we became ex- pats in '99 and since then we have moved many times and embarked many adventures; along all the life transitions comes a time when you plateau, the activities you used to do and enjoy no longer play a role, kids grow and chase their own adventures...
Living in TN for the last 4 years brought many changes to our lives including a renaissance for simplicity and rooting. In search of my roots I decided to farm. Raising goats, cattle, milking etc. My amazing family fully supported the dream. Today we are blessed and happy to say this adventure has united us in different ways and every member of the family has pitched in, rolled their sleeves and learned a lot!
