About Lisa Steele
Dubbed "Queen of the Coop" by the media, 5th generation chicken keeper, cookbook author and Maine Master Gardener Lisa Steele is the creator of the popular brand Fresh Eggs Daily®. She has been sharing time-tested advice on raising backyard flocks, as well as recipes using eggs fresh from her coop and produce fresh from her gardens, for more than 15 years...
LISA STEELE | Fresh Eggs Daily®
My blog was named one of the Top Ten Gardening Blogs by Better Homes & Gardens magazine in 2014 and currently enjoys more than 500,000 page views each month - and has had more than 64 million visits since I started it in 2012 - while my six books on raising backyard flocks have sold more than 185,000 copies worldwide and been translated into Russian, French and German.
I currently produce and host the award-winning "country lifestyle" television show Welcome to my Farm which can be seen on more than 300 public television stations across the country, nationwide on CreateTV, and streaming on PBS Passport - and also on public television in Australia and New Zealand. Welcome to my Farm has won 12 Telly awards, 2 Taste awards, and been nominated for 2 regional Emmy awards.
I am an accomplished home cook and Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School certified recipe developer. My debut cookbook, The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook, was published by HarperCollins in 2022, has sold nearly 30,000 copies, and been translated into Russian. It received a coveted Publishers Weekly starred review and was chosen as an Amazon Editors Best Cookbooks of the Month upon release.In 2018, I launched a private-label line of natural poultry products which has grown into a $1 million business on Chewy.com and Amazon and began appearing on retail store shelves early in 2024.
I have also collaborated with many national brands such as Duluth Trading Co., The Spice House, Lehmans, Stonewall Kitchen, Oakhurst Dairy, Lodge, and Wayfair.
I live on a small farm in central Maine with my husband, our corgi, and more than two dozen chickens, ducks and geese. My unique approach raising backyard flocks naturally, using lots of old-timers methods the way my grandparents did, as well as herbs and other holistic preventives has resonated with readers and led to the continued success of my brand.
A few of my most popular blog posts over the years include...
10+ Ways to Figure out if Chicks will be Hens or Roosters
Why Eggs Should be Stored with the Pointy End Down
How to Freeze Leftover Egg Yolks and Whites
The Secret to Perfectly Peeled Eggs
15+ Foods You Shouldn't Feed your Chickens
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