About Us
From a young age, Tasha and her three sisters understood that a healthy life meant eating clean foods. Her father, a military man, made sure that healthy eating was a priority for his daughters. Her mother, an amazing cook, always had home-cooked meals on the table for them to enjoy. Fast food was an occasional, special occurrence for her family. There was always much debate on which restaurant chain they would visit. Growing up on a farm meant that Tasha got to experience clean food on a daily basis. As special of a treat that fast food was, their processed ingredients never ranked as closely as the fresh ingredients she helped pick each day. Her family focused on staying self-sufficient and organic. The use of a grocery store was never needed often, as growing up on a farm (and in a farming community) meant that being self-sufficient was possible. Tasha’s family never saw meat or vegetables in plastic. Their dairy and eggs did not come from freezers. Instead, milk and butter came from a local dairy farmer and their eggs came from their own chickens. Eventually, Tasha left the farm to pursue and receive a Master’s degree in Business, Finance, and Marketing. Tasha was very successful in her pursuits after college and gained an interest in wellness and healthy eating by taking care of her husband’s parents.
Today, Tasha owns 400 acres across four farms with an amazing team of hard workers. These farms are located in several townships located in Washtenaw County. Sow Good Farms practices sustainability through the use of solar power, and aquaponics. The farm has a wonderful, diverse staff that helps it remain a closed loop farm, meaning that there is zero waste. This loop farm produces fruits (such as blueberries and brambles) and vegetables (over 30 vegetables typical for the Midwest) that are always pesticide free and organic. These vegetables and fruits are grown year round with growing processes using technology, solar power, and greenhouses. Sow Good Farms also uses lunar and regenerative practices, lunar farming allowing the moon to influence the growth of plants and stimulate leaf growth. The other uses involve enhancing the entire farming ecosystem, placing heavy premium on soil health, controlling water and organic fertilizer use and more. All pesticides and chemicals are avoided. GMO’s are forbidden on our farm!
The main goal of Sow Good Farms is to help thousands of people in the Midwest create a better, independent relationship between themselves and their food. We do this by educating them through our learning events, online events, exposure and fresh produce in areas of food insecurity. The health and wellness of people is important to us. This is why we also devote ourselves to supplying our fresh ingredients to residents that live in urban areas where fresh foods can be hard to come by. Sow Good Farms takes great pride in helping low-income communities learn about fun and sustainable ways to get fresh food and ingredients such as backyard gardens and supplying free vegetable seeds, smart device mentoring, and compost!
