We believe that good food, raised with a commitment to the land and the people that raise it, are the foundation of a healthy community.  Our practices and principles are guided by our peers, our mentors, by science, and by experience.

We are constantly learning, failing, adapting, and striving to be the best farmers, best employers, and best stewards of the land we can be.  In this journey we are also held accountable: by our team, by our customers, and most of all by Mother Nature.

Every item we produce is Certified Organic – veggies, eggs, chicken, and lamb.

Why Organic? There are many reasons why we choose to farm – but high on the list is our belief that farming is a path to caring for the natural environment.  Farmers manage most of the undeveloped land in the United States and a vision of farming that works in harmony with nature, that harnesses biodiversity, that cares for the soil, and doesn’t compromise the health of the farmers and farmworkers, inspires us.

Sounds great, but what does organic mean in practice? Organic farming is, at its core, a farming philosophy and management approach that seeks to farm in balance with the cycles of the natural environment rather than seeing natural systems as the antagonists to successful agriculture.  In practice this means:

• Centering biodiversity on the farm as a way to foster the beneficial ecosystem services provided by insects, birds, and other animals.  
•  Making soil health foundational to our cropping systems by prioritizing cover crops, reduced tillage, and crop rotation.  
• And, for us, it means integrating livestock rotations into our crop fields during the fallow season to restore and build soil organic matter, deposit fertility, and increase soil microbial life.

Even better, but why Certified Organic?  Being certified organic means that, beyond the convictions and philosophy behind our farming practices, we also must adhere to a set of standards and regulations codified by the US Department of Agriculture.  These form a minimum standard that we strive to go above and beyond.  All of our farming processes – plowing, planting, harvesting, storing, and transporting or crops; moving, feeding, handling, and caring for our livestock; all of our inputs, all of our sales records, all of our harvest and yield logs become part of our Organic System Plan.  This plan is then reviewed by a regulatory agency, in our case the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA).  In addition to the records review, our farm is inspected on an annual basis by multiple inspectors from the KDA.  They review more records in person, visit our crop fields, pastures, animals, crop storage, feed storage, and packing house.  They interview staff and ask questions, doing tracebacks and audits of various crops.  This inspection report then goes through at least one additional audit off the farm.  The end result is our USDA Certified Organic status.

That sounds like a lot of work.  Why do you need that USDA Organic Seal?  We believe in the story we tell.  That the way we farm is healthier for the land, for the farmers, and for our customers.  We want our practices to be put under a microscope to ensure that the story we are telling is true.  Having third party experts visit to review, critique, and improve our processes is one way to help us ensure that our commitment to you, to the land, and to our team is backed by honesty, integrity, and transparency.

Being trusted to grow food for our community is a responsibility and honor that we take very seriously. We want you to know how your food is grown, and the people who grow it. Organic certification is just one of the ways we build a shared understanding and provide transparency. We believe it cuts through confusing marketing language and allows us to make clear, verifiable claims about how we farm and care for the land, animals, and the food we produce.