With an unexpected passion for this dubious enterprise, Amundsen shares a messy, wry, and entirely educational story of the unforeseen payoffs (and frequent pitfalls) of one couple's ag adventure-and many, many hours spent wrangling chickens.
Lucie Amundsen is a writer, marketer, and reluctant farmer. She co-owns Locally Laid Egg Company, a farm that provides pasture-raised eggs in Minnesota, Iowa, and Indiana. She sits on the Hartley Nature Center board and is an active volunteer with Duluth Community Gardening Program. Amundsen also holds a master’s of fine arts in writing from Hamline University. A former contributor to the Minneapolis Star Tribune and former editor at Reader’s Digest Association, Amundsen has written for scores of publications during her freelance career. She lives with her husband and two children in Duluth, Minnesota.
2016 Midwest Booksellers Choice Award Winner
"Written with candor, sarcasm and humor, Locally Laid is, to pluck
a phrase from the book, an immersion into 'a loud, flustery poultry
tsunami.'"
--NPR's The Salt
“I absolutely loved Locally Laid! Read it in two days and enjoyed
every minute. Funny and informative.”
--Sue Grafton, #1 bestselling author of the Kinsey Millhone
series
“Witty and eye-opening, Locally Laid is a gem. I found myself
rooting for this couple of lunatics who get into the egg business
in the most unlikely of places, in the most unlikely of
circumstances. Lucie B. Amundsen, aka Bird, is utterly
uninhibited and quite hilarious.”
--Novella Carpenter, author of Farm City: The Education of an Urban
Farmer
“Lucie Amundsen's refreshingly honest account of starting a
mid-sized farm will resonate with any business owner. She brings
the perfect measure of levity to her tale, keeping the reader
laughing during even the most tense moments of this true-to-life
story. Locally Laid is a plucky read worthy of a place on every
eater's bookshelf!”
--Anastasia Cole Plakias, founding partner of Brooklyn Grange and
author of The Farm on the Roof
“As a ‘remedial adult’ with chickens, I heartily commend you to the
words, wisdom and knowledge of Lucie B. Amundsen, an author whose
voice is as earthy as a chicken run, as goofy and bright as a
pasture-raised egg yolk at sunrise, and as down-to-earth as barn
boots in mud. People ask me about chickens, I say, ‘Read
Lucie.’”
--Michael Perry, author of Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and
Parenting
"Locally Laid is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking.
With candor, humor, and a distinctly midwestern irreverence, Lucie
B. Amundsen chronicles her family’s earnest effort to bring some
sanity back to the food system.”
--Liz Carlisle, author of Lentil Underground
“I laughed, cried, and said "Amen" during this roller-coaster
pastured poultry farm start-up memoir. Locally Laid is a perfect
example of why farm apprenticeships are so important. Seldom will
nonfiction keep you from going to bed at night: Locally Laid
will definitely keep you up!”
--Joel Salatin, author of You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to
Start & Succeed in a Farming Enterprise
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