We started our "Seed to Start" video series in 2020 right before COVID shut everything down. You would think that with all that extra time we could've focused our energies on producing more videos for you, right? But no, we got extremely busy with providing food for our community and a year later, feel like we are just coming up for air.
It was a great year for us in the farming business! We grew a lot of food, and sold everything we could produce at our Farmer's Market and in our CSA.  COVID opened everyones eyes to the importance of community and a strong local food system. We are happy to be part of this movement and have remained consistent and strong in our local farming community for over 13 years of full-time work and longer as a home gardener. We continue to grow this year and our excited for all we have planned for our farm. 
We now we are ready to continue our quest to educate and encourage everyone to grow a little bit of something. One reality that came out of a food shortage in our area was, that we do NOT have enough farmers to support our community. So we hope that these videos with more to come, will help you to grow a little something in your home garden this year. 
Happy Planting and follow our channel for much more to come!!

This French Toast Bake recipe takes French toast to a whole new level especially if you add fruit!! Pieces of sourdough bread covered in an egg mixture, topped with cinnamon sugar, blueberries and baked to perfection! This easy French toast casserole is the ultimate holiday or weekend breakfast!!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Refrigerate Overnight 6 hours
Total Time1 hour
Servings 8

Ingredients
1 loaf sourdough bread or white loaf bread
8 eggs
2 c milk
1/2 c heavy cream
3/4 c sugar (can easily be omitted)
1 TB vanilla
2 TB cinnamon
2 cups fresh or frozen fruit
Topping
1/2 c flour
1/2 c brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c butter cold, cut into pieces
Instructions
Cut loaf into cubes and place in a large mixing bowl. 
In a bowl or your blender, mix together eggs, milk, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla. Pour over bread in a separate bowl and mix lightly. Pour into your prepared 13x9 baking dish.
Cover your pan with Saran Wrap and refrigerate overnight, or prepare to cook right away.
Mix together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a mixing bowl for your topping. 
Cut in butter with this mixture until crumbly and place in a Ziploc bag and refrigerate overnight as well.
When ready to bake, add fresh or frozen fruit,  and sprinkle crumbly mixture evenly over the bread.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour depending on how you like it. 
Serve with your favorite syrup or sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Nature Hills Farm was proud to present a Farm Dinner & Conversation in partnership with Utah State University on Sept. 7, 2019.

We invited some community leaders to the Farm for a Farm Tour as well as a Dinner.  This dinner provided invited attendees with a chance to discuss barriers and benefits to accessing, purchasing and participating in locally-grown food in the Cedar City and surrounding areas.

The Dinner was made possible by a three-year Farmers Market Promotion Program grant from the USDA in the Fall of 2018.  The grant funds capacity-building, outreach, and marketing activities that help connect diverse population to healthy local food. 

Come enjoy a Farm Fresh Feast with our friends at Recycled in Cedar City! 

Located at 63 W Center St, Cedar City, Utah 84720, Recycled offers an amazing venue for Nature Hills to provide our Southern Utah friends with some incredible farm-to-table fare.

This summer, Recycled's remarkable owner Amanda invited us to serve up a fabulous farm feast every Friday afternoon from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. through October. 

Your taste buds are going to love all of the phenomenal food we are bringing to the table this year.  It is doing to include portable food that can either be consumed on the spot or taken along for a picnic at any of the gorgeous locations close by. 

We will have meat pies, tarts, salads, toasts and dessert items. We will also have kombucha, fresh lemonade, fruit juice and some other products that we make on the farm.

​Don't miss it!

Gourmet Lettuce Mix
Leeks
Turnip
Golden Beets with Greens
Chives
and your choice of another green.

Here are some recipe suggestions:
Turnip Sausage Stew Recipe
SHAVED GOLDEN BEET, CARROT AND RADISH SALAD RECIPE

Original Recipe and Picture by Taste of Home
Ingredients

• 1/2 pound bulk pork sausage
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2 medium carrots, sliced lengthwise and cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1 medium turnip, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 medium onion, chopped
• 3-1/2 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup stewed tomatoes

Directions

• In a large saucepan, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer
• pink; drain. Add the potatoes, carrots, turnip, onion, water, salt
• and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20
• minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in tomatoes; heat
• through. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts: 1-3/4 cups equals 445 calories, 21 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 41 mg cholesterol, 1,069 mg sodium, 53 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 13 g protein.