Like everything in life, farming has evolved. Technology, speed and cost have driven those changes. Now large, expensive farming tractors and machines do the work. Not so long ago a team of horses or mules on a family farm prepped the fields and harvested the crops. It was slow, hard work, but the images from back in the day are so nostalgic. But then came the tractor — and off went the horses. Some breeds of draft horses nearly became extinct— a few saved by Amish farmers.

The tools and knowledge have disappeared as time goes by, but Across America, we see a new spirit to do things the old way. Teamster Luke Messenger uses his draft team to plow the fields and harvest the very hay they will eat — on land just outside Chico, California. This is Old School Farming in a big way that Norman Rockwell would have loved.