A fifth-generation chicken keeper, and Maine Master Gardener, Lisa Steele is the founder of the award-winning site Fresh Eggs Daily. Steele is the author of several books on backyard chicken keeping including 101 Chicken Keeping Hacks and DIY Chicken Keeping. She also hosts the “chicken lifestyle” TV show Welcome to my Farm on NBC in Maine. From the farm where she and her husband reside, Lisa is carrying on her family tradition raising a mixed flock of chickens, ducks and geese, and growing vegetables and herbs while inspiring others with her natural, fun and accessible approach to integrating gardening and backyard chickens for a more productive flock and a more bountiful harvest.
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