Carin and I chose sustainable organic farming as a lifestyle. Our priority and goal is to create a self-sustainable farm organism. With solid strategies, strong teamwork, and efficient management of resources, we are able to provide for our needs and share the bountiful surplus with others.

We recognize that conventional agriculture can produce massive amounts of food. With an exponential growth of the world's popluation, it might make sense to produce food in this manner.

But in our experience and opinion, this form of factory-like production is not natural or healthy for humans or the environment. Nor does it address the reality that in the shadow of this conventional bounty, millions of men, women, and children die every year from starvation.

We know through experience that sustainable organic practices are the only ethical means in which to produce our food. Sometimes the vegetables are smaller or blemished by a zealous insect. But it is a pure and beautiful manifestation of our desire to live in balance with nature.

Community Supported Agriculture and Farmers Market venues were the obvious choice for us. By marketing our produce and services directly to the consumer, we eliminate the middle-person and wholesale brokers who absorb large portions of a typical farmer's income.

This business choice provides a livelihood and a modest income that provides for all of our needs. It also connects us to the consumer and the communities that we serve. In that, we are able to teach others about alternatives to our modern day lives.

The best part is being able to be together as a family for an entire five or six months each year. No commuting, no day care, no distractions. Just family time. Priceless.