I was born in Plano Texas. Soon After my family moved to Allen Texas where I was raised. When I was very young I would spend as much time as I could running around outside chasing rabbits, playing tag, and who knows what else. But it wasn’t long before I realized that there were serious problems embedded in modern society.
This started when my Mom died of cancer. I knew there was something wrong besides just the fact that cancer is a deadly disease. I soon realized that cancer is only a symptom of much larger issues. For many years after this I was confused and didn’t know where to turn and I was blown too and fro by the winds of the doctrines of the world. But my family loved me and I am blessed to have someone who I can once again call my Mom through adoption.
After High School things begun to improve. At first I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life so I went to community college and started taking classes. After a few years I finally knew that I would never be able to work in an office and that I needed to work with the earth in some way.

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So I went to NE Texas where I received an AAS in Sustainable Agriculture while I was working on a small farm out there.  On the farm there was a blueberry and blackberry field, big vegetable gardens, bees, sheep, pigs, chickens, cows, horses, and even a zebra.  This gave me valuable experience and so now I know not to get a zebra because they are mean.
For a while I didn’t know what I was going to do after I got my degree, but I did know that I wanted to live in the country.  One day I won a ticket to go to Austria for an agriculturally related conference with Sepp Holzer.  This changed the course of my life.  I showed Sepp Holzer pictures of the land that my Grandpa owns and he immediately said that I needed to get to work on the land there.  It didn’t take long for me to realize that he was right.

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By this time my brother had helped me realize once again that Jesus Christ is the one and only savior of the world.  And I realized that I am blessed by him who gives me life.  He has given me a place to live and land to work.  In the past 2 years I have made a lot of mistakes and learned a lot.  By the next spring I will be working with a full ¼ acre market garden and that is only the beginning.  
I have now graduated from Tarleton University with a BS in Business Administration.  I have begun market gardening in Bosque county under the name Hansen Farm.  I have planted Blackberries, asparagus, fruit trees, and lots of vegetables while also doing work for others in the area.
As I look back on my short life so far I see that the seemingly worst thing that could of happened to me, my mom dying at a young age, actually changed my life for the better in a way that no one could have ever predicted.  If it was not for her death then I would probably not be doing what I am doing today and I definitely would not be writing this.  And so we all must remember:

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28

Daniel Kern

P.S.
Please read all of Romans 8. Romans is life changing every time that I read it.