We've created a tenfold core value protocol to make sure that we don't fall into an 'empire' attitude.

The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is.

Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

We believe that the farm should be building 'forgiveness' into the ecosystem. What does that mean? That a more forgiving ecosystem is one that can better handle drought, flood, disease, pestilence.

From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner.

Gluten intolerance and celiac disease are direct results of American agriculture policy and, specifically, the government's wading into the food arena.