We started growing our own food and raising chickens almost 20 years ago, mainly as a method to become more self-sufficient. Since that time we've found our passion for growing and preserving food and for sharing those skills with our community. We're here to build amazing soil, protect and nurture the ecosystem on our property for us and the next stewards of this land, and to make connections with others passionate about growing food. Everything on our farm is interconnected, and when we choose our actions from that perspective, we are using the methods of regenerative agriculture to improve the quality of our land and our products. 

At White Barn Farm & Apiary, we believe good farming begins with caring well for the land. Our methods focus on natural, chemical-free growing practices, healthy soil, and raising animals in ways that allow them to live as they were meant to. From pasture-raised eggs to heritage poultry breeding and honeybees working the gardens and wildflowers, each part of the farm supports the other. 

 

We see ourselves not just as farmers, but as stewards of this land and animals, working season by season to leave our land healthier, more fertile, and more alive than we found it.  

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Although not certified organic, we meet or exceed organic standards in our farming practices. We never use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides and choose to build soil and deter pests through cover cropping, companion planting, composting, rotational chicken grazing and pollinator and beneficial insect habit creation. Protecting our local watershed and waterways is also important to us, when you don't put chemicals in your soil it protects those waterways. 

We also rotate our crops and choose no-till or low-till methods specifically to avoid over-using the soil and stripping it of the beneficial fungi, bacteria and other microbes that are part of the soil health.