Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Entrepreneurs • Megan Landes-Murphy and her husband Tom Murphy fulfilled a dream in 2021 when they bought some sheep and 12 acres of mostly pasture land along Highway 4 near Lawrence. Their 100-year-old house, barn and other outbuildings stand in the background.
One word best defines how Megan Landes-Murphy and her husband Tom Murphy met, made career choices and launched a unique-to-Nebraska business.
Sheep.
Neither spent much time around the animals while growing up in northwest Wisconsin and the Omaha area, respectively.
Now, they have sheep, a few chickens and two Great Pyrenees dogs named Milo and Birdie on their 12-acre ranch east of the small south-central Nebraska town of Lawrence.
Two years ago, Landes-Murphy launched Kestrel Ridge Pellet Co., a garage-based business that processes wool into natural fertilizer.
It's a small solution to a big p...
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