A Little History
Hi, I am Lisa Zuhlke owner of Second Breakfast Enterprises, LLC - Little Shire Farm. My husband John and I began our love for raising our own food as children with our hands in black Nebraska soil. Lisa had always worked in plant nursery and horticulture. In 2000, John traveled to Norway to study Agroecology and worked on Fukhol Gard (Farm) in Stange, NO. After arriving back in the states, the urge to grow things had to be quelled and thus we began our own own small farm market and CSA enterprise in Lincoln, NE and renewed our love for growing.
Over the past two decades we have worked with numerous gifted farmers in several states, helping develop community gardens, farmers markets, and even a new farmer training site. After several years of remodeling an acreage in rural Brookings County, in 2016 we decided that it was time to start our journey back into what we love the most...sustainable agriculture. We are now growing on 5 acres, with 1,900 square foot in our greenhouses.
In 2017, we started our infused honey enterprise with Applewood Smoked Honey with great reviews, evolving into multiple flavors in over a dozen stores.
In 2025, we received a significant grant, and now we are well on our way to having our very own commercial kitchen. Lisa will also be venturing further in beeswax products, and John has started working on our new products Honepop & Honewhip. His is also still at it with his collection of bean seeds and of course developing more great flavors of infused honeys. Carl is working on his meadery to be located in our new commercial kitchen set to open the summer of 2027.
The Future: We see a new self service market building on our farm to our products, as well the several specialty farms that surround us.
Our goal: Bring to our customers innovative, diverse, locally sourced, and always delicious honeys and honey products. Our Markets include two Farmers' Markets - Brookings Farmers Market and the Falls Park Farmers Market in Sioux Falls. We also wholesale to several restaurants and stores.
