Legacy Acres at Stearns Brook Farm is a small, working homestead in the North Country of New Hampshire — veteran- and woman-owned, community-rooted, and built on the belief that good food, healthy land, and meaningful work belong together.

We raise free-range hens (and ducks, and quail), keep bees, tend a kitchen garden, cure meats, blend teas, and offer forest therapy in the woods right behind the house. We also make Dick's Rub — Rick's namesake recipe — because every homestead needs at least one thing that makes people laugh and then ask for the recipe.

Rick Buteau is a retired Army veteran, first-generation farmer, and co-owner of Legacy Acres at Stearns Brook Farm. He oversees livestock and farm operations, develops the farm's signature Dick's Rub seasoning blends, and brings a deep commitment to hard work, self-sufficiency, and supporting fellow veterans through agriculture.