Our Philosophy

We see ourselves as part of rather than apart from the natural world. If you asked us "why do you farm" our most succinct answer would be "because we love our land". Farming is an intimate expression of values and any society that has lost the centrality of the farm in its day to day life is a broken one. Nobody has captured the essence of farming and its connection to ecology, environment, culture and society better than Wendell Berry, so we need not attempt to do so here. Our views are not original and are shared by the farmers whose books we list below.

Influences and Inspirations

J. Russell Smith, "Tree Crops"
Joel Salatin, "Folks this Ain't Normal"
Mark Shepard, "Restoration Agriculture"
Masanobu Fukuoka, "The One Straw Revolution"
Wendell Berry, "The Gift of Good Land", "The Unsettling of America"
Hellen Atthowe, "The Ecological Farm"
Michael Pollan, "In Defense of Food", "Botany of Desire"
Bill Mollison, "Introduction to Permaculture"
Michael Phillips, "The Holistic Orchard"
Helen and Scott Nearing, "The Good Life"
Akiva Silver, "Trees of Power"