Lisa Steele

 Lisa Steele is an author, popular television and radio personality, and creator of the blog Fresh Eggs Daily, the premiere online resource for chicken-keeping advice. Lisa has amassed an audience of nearly one million from all over the gobe, who look to her for tips on raising backyard poultry naturally, gardening tips, and her coop-to-kitchen recipes. Her previous books on chicken keeping have sold more than 150,000 copies worldwide and are among the bestselling chicken-keeping books in print. Her debut cookbook was an Amazon Editors Pick for Best Cookbooks, Food & Wine.

Dubbed “queen of the coop” by the media, Lisa has been recognized by many national media outlets, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today, Country Living, Farmers’ Almanac, Real Simple, Southern Living, Martha.com and Parade. As a television and radio guest, Lisa has appeared on the Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family, Martha Knows Best on HGTV, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, and NPR’s Here & Now and Maine Calling. Her first book was recommended summer reading on The View in 2018, and her website was featured on an episode of The Dr. Oz Show that was focused on eating eggs. Lisa also produced and hosted two seasons of the Telly Award–winning television show, Welcome to My Farm, on CreateTV/PBS.

A fifth-generation chicken keeper and Maine Master Gardener, Lisa lives in rural Maine, with her husband, their corgi, and a mixed flock of almost two dozen hens, ducks, and geese.