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Since we are a seventh generation family farm, caring for the land and soil for the next seven generations is in the forefront of our farming practices. We nourish the soil with compost from our farm, and other natural ways to bring nutrients and minerals back to the land to improve the health of the soil, land and crops. We do not use chemical fertilizer, herbicide or pesticide, but instead work to maintain a balanced, healthy soil to help grow healthy plants and food. We see our farm as part of a larger community-- a network of people who are interdependent with each other. We grow healthy food for our family, friends and farm community.
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Adam Barr![]() Adam grew up in Lexington, coming to the family farm on weekends and in the summer. After graduating from Case Western Reserve University with a dual degree in Biomedical Engineering and Spanish Literature, he lived abroad for a few years working as an intern at the State Department in Argentina, and in environmental nonprofits. Adam first became interested in sustainable agriculture after reading Wendell Berry while living in South America. Adam moved back to the US and spent a couple of years apprenticing and working on other small, family farms. This helped Adam decide to continue farming his family's land, to preserve the heritage of the farm, and contribute to developing a local food infrastructure in Kentucky. He is involved with the Community Farm Alliance, a nonprofit that uses grassroots organizing to affect policy change at the state and local levels. He is also on the bard of Sustainable Agriculture Louisville, which helps educate young farmers. He is passionate about developing ways for young people to get on land and begin to farm. Outside of farming, he enjoys playing and watching soccer, speaking Spanish, and traveling.
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Rae Strobel![]() Rae grew up in Louisville, and graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in English and a minor in French. After college, she spent time living in the mountains of New Mexico, and in Portland, OR, where she first became aware of our country's industrial food system, and the need to know where our food comes from. She apprenticed on a farm in southern Kentucky before traveling around the world for a year, working on farms, doing pilgrimage, and connecting with people in the countries where she traveled. Rae spends her time helping Cedar discover the world, working one day a week in Louisville at the Kentucky Foundation for Women and organizing a Fresh Stop in Meade County through New Roots. She helps on the farm with planting, cultivating, mulching, harvesting, marketing, canning and whatever needs doing. She is passionate about building community and combining spirituality with eco-justice and eco-feminism. She is a spiritual director, and leads farm-based reflection retreats. Contact Rae at joyfuljourneys@gmail.com for more information about retreats or spiritual direction.
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