About Us

 

Barefoot Gardens started as an idea when we moved from Eugene OR to Bucks County PA in 2003. At the time there were no CSA‟s in the county. We began our search and in 2007 we found a piece of land to lease which is 1-1/2 miles from our house in town. The land was previously used as a “sod farm” so we knew it would take several years to build up the soil fertility. Also, we were transitioning from backyard gardeners to small scale farmers and knew it would take several years to build up our skills. To be frank, we didn‟t know what we were doing…

After a few years of building the farms infrastructure while working other jobs AND growing vegetables, flowers, and herbs for our small CSA, we are still having fun! The grand ideas, unrealistic expectations, and illusions have faded, but our goals of connecting our community to wholesome food and good land stewardship is just as strong as when we began.

As our skills are strengthening, we are getting better at growing food, and we are finding that our members are getting better at cooking with unusual vegetables and are really enjoying eating healthy and enlivened food.

We are committed to each other and to our community.