Over the past two decades, we’ve been privileged to experience more sustainable approaches to food production, distribution, and consumption both locally and abroad. During that time, Steve became a prolific student of organic farming and permaculture via Will Allen (Growing Power, Inc.), Mark Shepard (New Forest Farm) and Grant Schultz (Versaland). Kelly became proficient at cooking healthy meals with the vast amounts of produce Steve grew and fell in love with “eating the rainbow.”
In May 2015, with permaculture design consultation from Peter Allen (Mastodon Valley Farms), we planted 3400 perennial fruit and nut trees and shrubs into 12+ acres of former cornfields on our new land. That year we also began establishing raised beds for annual vegetable production.