I'm Hannah Usher and I am so glad you are here!
If you are here, it means you are looking for a source of healthy, nourishing, healing food, that tastes amazing. It means you are tired of eating health food that tastes like cardboard, or supermarket food that more resembles waste than something you'd want to eat. You're looking for the best food on the planet! or maybe you are just looking for a little bit of luxury to bring to your dinner table., Either way you have come to the right place!
If you landed on my home page your found out I started Rocky Ridge Farm to save my life, I'll tell you a little bit more about my story and how it all started and how the farm saved my life below. If you keep scrolling, you'll also learn about our farming principals.
If you are here, it means you are looking for a source of healthy, nourishing, healing food, that tastes amazing. It means you are tired of eating health food that tastes like cardboard, or supermarket food that more resembles waste than something you'd want to eat. You're looking for the best food on the planet! or maybe you are just looking for a little bit of luxury to bring to your dinner table., Either way you have come to the right place!
If you landed on my home page your found out I started Rocky Ridge Farm to save my life, I'll tell you a little bit more about my story and how it all started and how the farm saved my life below. If you keep scrolling, you'll also learn about our farming principals.
I was considered a miracle child, born premature suffering from with Amniotic Banding syndrome, that took both ring and middle fingers on both my hands and my index finger on my left hand, all my toes except my pinky toe on my right foot and left my other leg with scaring around the ankle. The doctors said I may never walk. Despite my disabilities I met all of my milestones early. I grew up a couple of blocks from downtown Reno, Nevada, in a trailer park, my family wasn't a farming family. So how did I end up here? Well, I always had a love of animals and would befriend every stray in the trailer park and once rescued a sick duck from the park and helped nurse it back to health. Then one day through a twist of fate we ended up moving to Cortez, Colorado so my family could look after my grandmother, my mom got a job at the local farm store, and it started with baby chicks & ducklings, followed shortly a horse, and pony. All of which I was allergic to and aggravated my asthma, but I loved them, so my doctor kept me medicated. Little did I know this was the tip of an iceberg.
When I was 17, I was at Shriners hospital to have surgery to improve the function of my hands. During the appointment the doctor asked several questions which lead to them discovering I was experiencing unusual joint pain for my age. They ran some tests. and diagnosed me with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. For years I had struggled with the pain and inflammation my condition caused. I tried several medications & refused others due to possible life-threatening side effects. I went to doctor, after doctor, I tried supplement, after supplement. By the time I was 21, when I should have just been getting my life started, I couldn't get out of bed without a handful of Advil. I was always exhausted and had no energy from fighting the pain. I was in a downhill spiral.
A friend suggested I try drinking Raw milk to help heal my immune system. I was eating what I thought was a healthy diet (boy was I wrong), but I figured what the heck and I gave raw milk a try. Soon after I started drinking raw milk I noticed, I needed my inhaler less, my allergies weren't terrorizing me & I didn't need the Advil anymore. It turned my health around. Then my raw milk lady went out of business. I couldn't get raw milk, and within weeks all of my symptoms started to return. Desperate for the raw milk my body needed I bought a milk cow and from there my farm grew. As I continued to add more nourishing foods to my diet my health continued to dramatically improve. As of today, my health has improved to the point I have been able to also pursue a full time career as a Farrier, and support my love of horses. Having access to this healing food changed my life and I knew I had to share it. It has been my mission since to provide amazing food to the rest of the world.
