Your parish bulletin ads, grown into something better.
A directory of Catholic farming families where neighbors can find what's ready this week, split a beef, learn a skill, and pick up after Sunday Mass.
What the Bulletin will be
The ads in the back of the parish bulletin have always connected Catholic families with each other. The Three Acres Bulletin does the same thing, but it's searchable, organized by region, and updated with what's actually ready each week.
A directory by region
Find Catholic farming families near you, each with their home parish listed.
What's ready now
Eggs this week, lambs this fall, turkeys for Thanksgiving. Seasonal, not static.
Group buys
Split a beef, a hog, or a pallet of wheat, and pick up at your parish after Mass.
Skills days
Butchering, bread, fencing, and bees, taught by families already doing it.
Livestock
Breeding stock, stud service, guardian dogs, and started birds from families you can visit.
The year on the land
Feasts, Ember Days, and Rogation Days, with what they've meant for the farm and the table.
Land
Acreage for Catholic families, with the drive to the nearest daily Mass on every listing.
A weekly bulletin
One email each week with what's ready, what's coming, and what's on the calendar.
The founding member offer
The first families to list are the ones who make the Bulletin worth visiting. That deserves something in return.
List your farm- Free for life. Your core listing never costs anything, no matter what changes later.
- On the directory from day one. Your farm is live the moment we launch.
- A founding member mark on your listing.
- Help with your description. Not a writer? We'll draft it from your answers and send it to you for approval.
How it works
Fill out the form
About six minutes. Tell us what you raise, what's ready, and how people can get it.
We verify your family
A quick check with the parish reference you provide, so buyers can trust every listing.
You go live at launch
We'll send you your listing to review before the directory opens.
Your privacy comes first
Your email and phone stay private unless you choose to show them. By default, buyers reach you through a contact form, and your farm's street address is never published.
Questions
Does it cost anything?
No. Founding members keep their core listing free for life, and basic listings will stay free for everyone. Later there may be optional extras and a way to support the Bulletin, but nothing will be required to be listed.
Who can list?
Catholic families and small businesses producing food, livestock, goods, or skills for their neighbors. You don't need to be a big operation. A few dozen eggs a week counts.
Do you handle payments or take a cut of sales?
No. Buyers contact you directly and pay you directly. The Bulletin never holds anyone's money and never takes a share of a sale.
Is this connected to a Catholic organization?
The Three Acres Bulletin is an independent project. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by any diocese, parish, or organization.
Where does the name come from?
From "three acres and a cow," the old distributist hope that families could own enough land to support themselves. The Bulletin exists to help Catholic families do exactly that.
Who's behind it?
The Bulletin was started by Daniel DeVore, who runs a regenerative pasture family farm in Callahan County, Texas. Questions are always welcome at the Bulletin's email.
Help build it from the ground up.
Know other Catholic farming families? Send them this page. Every farm that lists makes the Bulletin more useful for everyone.