03/13/2026
This year is the year of the Women farmer.
This year from me!
You are going to see the real realities of being a women farmer on this page this year and i hope it inspires you! My situation is quite unique since I farm with my 2 sons, Forrest and Winston and 1 crew member this season, Lynn. Everyday they come to the farm with me and help me either with harvesting, weeding, or playing while I’m knees deep in projects that repairing the high tunnel or planting seeds on time.
I think nowadays people often farm apart from their kids or families to really grow their business/farm. While I see the benefit in it I also see how farmers use to do it back in the day, when farming the land was the only way they’d stay alive for the winters and provide for their families 10-20 years ago. I look at my business as I look at my family… slow growth OVER time. This year will be our 7th year growing (HOLY COW!!) and I’m in it for the long haul, meaning what I’m doing now will hopefully carry on for my boys to run the farm which would be 10-15 years down the road. Farming has ALWAYS been centered on family and faith in God... You quickly realize how little control you have when farming when it comes to low rain quantity in summer, high heat days causing a drought, abnormally cold weather in the fall, and thrip invasion coming within 24 hours to your dahlias that you NEVER expected. You realize you need to trust God for the crop abundance that you planted because you can put a seed into the ground and HOPE it grows.. normally it does but it does take faith to make sure it does. I really want to show everyone on here what it looks like to take a previously corn/soy bean field and make it abundant with flowers bringing LIFE to Crystal lake and the Chicagoland area.
Farming cannot be controlled when you’re working the land outside, yet there are measures you can put into place to prevent natural things from happening but other times… things just happen 🤷♀️
So back to the year of the women farmer… I want to be really transparent with everyone here on social media to show what it really does look like to farm with a family AND be a women. It’s tough work but I’ love it.
