Locating a farmer’s market near you is the first step toward getting the produce you want from sources you deem safe to eat from. Knowing what is in season and readily viable will differ based on the markets you visit, so get to know your farmers personally and learn what they currently have and will be growing in the coming weeks/months! Below is a list of different farmers we have come to work with and suggest you get in touch with, either through their websites or at a farmer’s market near you.
Barr Farms is a seventh generation family farm, raising certified organic vegetables for CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and farmer’s markets. They also raise pastured chicken, pastured pork, and grass-fed beef. They raise food with the intention of taking care of the land: growing healthy soil, healthy plants, healthy animals, and healthy people. For more info about their farm, farm philosophy, and sustainable practices, see ‘About Our Farm’. Contact them via email: farmer@barrfarmsky.com.
Larry and Michelle Lesher are the stewards of Eastward Gardens, a small scale high diversity garden located in Hardinsburg, Indiana. They serve our community from Bloomington, Indiana to Louisville, Kentucky by providing over 150 varieties of fresh vegetables, fruit, flowers, and culinary herbs. They are Certified Naturally Grown, and garden with a strict rule of no: synthetic pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizers. Rather, they use natural solutions like seawater minerals, rock minerals, microbes, seaweeds, cover crops, crop rotation, and floating row cover. At Eastward Gardens they grow living soil to provide the community with nutrient dense, safe food.
Field Day Family Farm is a commercial organic (though we have opted against N.O.P. certification, at this point) produce operation entering its nineteenth year. Over a 9-10 month season, the farm runs a CSA serving over 100 families, 2-3 farmer’s markets, and supplies 10-15 stores and restaurants in the Louisville area. The farm’s 30 acres of ground are a part of one of Louisville’s and Jefferson County’s oldest farms and could, perhaps, best be described as a kind of rural oasis in what is otherwise an increasingly commercial and highly suburban environment.
Parker’s Patch was started on a small section of a community farm called La Minga in Prospect, KY. Parker began using about 1/10th of an acre to produce vegetables for market. In 2018 the operation moved to a 1/3 acre property and was aiming to provide 20 CSA shares in addition to selling at farmer’s markets. Parker originally became interested in farming when he began volunteering on Organic farms around the US. In 2016, after working for 2 years on farms in NJ and learning the tricks of the trade, he and his wife Diana returned to Louisville.
Pavel’s market garden is located on four acres in Oldham County, Kentucky. They lease land from Foxhollow Farm – a biodynamic, grass-fed beef farm. The goal of their garden is to supply fresh, healthy, and delicious produce to their community. They do this by using natural growing methods and avoiding conventional fertilizer, pesticides, and herbicides. The fertility for their vegetables comes from their farm-made compost and green manuring (aka cover cropping) and they rotate their crops to avoid the spread of disease and pests. Pavel’s Garden grows as rich a diversity of plants as they can to help ensure a thriving ecosystem.
Rootbound Farm is the passion, business, and home of Ben Abell, Bree Pearsall, and their 2 children, Hazel Grace and Henry Sage. The farm is now entering its 9th year of growing high quality, organic produce and is located in Oldham County, Kentucky, nestled between Harrods Creek and Darby Creek. Like many Kentucky farms, the land is comprised of flat land, rolling hills, and woods. This diversity creates opportunities for a diversified farming operation. Their flat, tillable land is ideal for vegetable crop production and each year they grow over 50 varieties of vegetables, fruits, and herbs. They are grateful every day for the incredible opportunity to steward this land and produce food for the community.
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