Mountain Run Farm History: 30 Years in 30 Minutes

Our experience on this land began 30 years ago. But we are not the first to live here, nor the last. We must learn the history of our land, set goals for the future and work in the present to make steps towards healing our mistakes and maybe even doing a little long-lasting good for this piece of Earth and the community that surrounds it. We find artifacts ranging from 7-8,000 year old arrowheads to bricks made on this farm by slaves just a couple hundred years ago, then on to the musketballs that eventually freed the slaves of this area. Today we commune with their lineage. What mark will we leave? History will tell all about us… Mountain Run Farm strives for love and healing for our Earth and our community. But hurry, the future is always near!

After 10 years of detrimental farming practices and by financial force, a radical move toward biological, Holistic management has resurrected the ranch, bringing new health to man, land and animals, plus space for the next generation. The exciting part is, the cure is FREE! The cure is Nature! Our ultra-low input mentality had us sell all forage equipment, boycott the salesman, park the tractors, and DRIVE the animals. After 25 years of bold, experimental changes, Mountain Run Farm now serves the local community by hosting on-farm meat and produce sales and events ranging from Makers Markets and music festivals to guided bird walks and school tours. The ever-increasing diversity of plants and wildlife brings FREE opportunity to future generations to carve out a living on the land. We eat pretty well, too!