We have spent the last 40 years working with animals, kids, and agriculture. After the pandemic began, we immediately pivoted and realized that we had a lot of experience which gave us many options to survive while the whole country shut down. We had to learn a new form of survival. We opened a restaurant on our ranch in Stephenville, Texas (DiannesDiner.com) and, utilizing our 12 traveling attractions, we created our own fairgrounds.
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Went to the WA Evergreen State Fair yesterday and visited your petting zoo. Wow! What an wonderful experience. Best petting zoo ever. Reminded me of when I was a kid when animals and people were actually allowed to be together! So frustrating when we go to fairs and petting zoos and the handlers won't allow you to touch their animals. And it was FREE! Thank you, THANK YOU! The staff was so relaxed yet diligent in cleaning up poop and insuring the well being of both animals and guests. WOW! Kids had fun and I was thrilled to pet wallabies, llamas, fawns, piglets and all the other amazingly well-behaved animals. How do they all get along so well? Whatever the secret is, THANK YOU! I hope you will be back again next year?
Sincerely,
Molly
Your petting zoo is the best ever. I went to the one in Orange County (Southern CA.). I could have spent the entire day there. Got some excellent pictures.
One genius goat was just waiting by the food dispensing machine. When people put money in, he pushed them out of the way and ate the pellets right out of the machine. A much smaller goat could never reach where the pellets came out so he was standing on top of the hay to get the sympathy vote.
I was especially impressed with the variety of animals. I had never seen where children (and adults) were also allowed to brush them.
I hope you come again every year. I will be there. I will plan it so that I can spend at least 1 hour there. Had a great time. Your animals are clearly well taken care of.
Sincerely,
Dr. Patty Boge (veterinarian)
Good afternoon,
I am writing to congratulate you on the wonderful experience that you afford children and adults by providing a petting zoo experience. My friend and I attended the petting zoo at the recent Orange County Fair in California and we had a great time there. The animals were clean and happy and the animal carers were knowledgeable and attentive to the animals' needs.
This is a great idea to educate people about animals and also to foster better animal/human relationships.
Well done!
Sincerely,
Maureen
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The Great American Petting Farm was founded in 1983 by David and Dianne Linderman and has remained the number one educational and entertainment attraction company in the country. We have coined the phrase "Edu-tainment"!
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David and Dianne realized that with their many skills and an amazing crew of young people we could do anything. We planted a pasture garden, started drinking our own goat milk, and held Kids Can Cook cooking classes and Dinner and a Show in our commercial kitchen. Combined with our 12 attractions set up in one of our pastures, it was a hit!
American Pioneer Ranch looks like a movie set, and we have always wanted to share our knowledge of agriculture and business with as many people as we can. Our next idea formed because we saw there was a need to teach people how to start their own homestead or backyard farm and learn how to make money with their ideas, so Pioneer Ranch Retreats and Workshops was born. AmericanPioneerRanch.com
We could not stop there and even opened a little store in our ranch house called Texas Junk Company. With eight families, and over 200 animals dependent on the income of Great American Entertainment Company, and with all the fairs, festivals, and rodeos closed, we had to do something to survive and fast.
A year later, we purchased another ranch 8 miles down the road from our home base and named it, American Pioneer Ranch, and the dreams began. We thought we were going to start a wedding venue with our first event being the marriage of David and Dianne’s son, Luke, to his bride, Faith. We soon realized that weddings were very difficult, especially the way we do everything, with a huge amount of detail.
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Dianne’s collection of cook books with simple, healthy, delicious Country Gourmet recipes in less than 20 minutes.
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Kids Can Cook Academy Classes in Stephenville, TX • KidsCanCook.info
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Dianne Linderman's "Dinner and a Show"
This was an opportunity to use our expertise and educate kids and families that needed to get out of their homes and breathe fresh air. David Linderman and the crew built a beautiful deck, and Dianne’s Ranch Diner was born. We not only survived, we thrived.
At the same time, Luke Linderman, an award-winning filmmaker, had the idea of creating a real life TV show about the interesting things we do and the interesting people we meet. Episodes of this extremely inspiring show will be slowly released. AmericanPioneers.tv We are so excited that many of you will join us on the edge of adventure!
One day, we would love for you to come to one of our workshops and retreats. Life is an adventure, and we will never stop until many of you can participate in what we love, working with animals and the freedom of finding your adventure.
Recently, we replaced the Texas Junk Company with a new store called Everything Texas Mercantile. We joined Go-Texan and are selling as many Texas-produced products as possible to support many of the very talented crafters, artists, and food producers in Texas. We also sell our own grass-fed, regenerative meats with our goal of teaching people about healthy eating.
Also Coming Soon … join Dianne Linderman’s Vlog Cast, Everything That Matters, discussing everything that matters in Life, Entrepreneurship, Homesteading, Farm-to-Table cooking, and the sweetest and the most wonderful things that life has to offer… and how to overcome your fear of failure. DianneLinderman.com
Luke Linderman
Texas Junk Company
Please take time and go through our many websites. We are always looking to share as much as we can about agriculture and the joy of owning your own business to keep agriculture in the forefront as America’s most important industry.
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Dianne's Ranch Diner • DiannesDiner.com
Now to present day... Introducing...
"The Rebirth of the American Spirit"
Great American Lone Star Ranch Fall Festival in 2020 • GreatAmericanLoneStarRanch.com
Check out all of our websites:
AmericanPioneerRanch.com
AmericanPioneers.tv
EverythingTexasMercantile.com
KidsCanCook.info
DianneLinderman.com
DiannesDiner.com
GreatAmericanLoneStarRanch.com
Everything Texas Mercantile at Great American Lone Star Ranch
EverythingTexasMercantile.com
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