About Us

My name is Sean  and I grew up in suburban New Jersey. Even growing up in a non-rural area, I have always had a real joy for the outdoors and nature. Without ever really experiencing one, I knew long ago that I wanted to raise my family on a "farm" ( or my perception of a farm at that time ). When my wife Alison and I had our first daughter, over five years ago, we really started to pay attention to our food. Over time, we watched a couple documentaries on food, the most significant to me was "Food Inc".

Food Inc. was a huge eye opener to us about where our food really comes from. After seeing Food Inc the third time, my life was changed, and I started to seek out information about sustainable agriculture. One of the farmers spotlighted was Joel Salatin of Polyface farms. Coupling my dream of raising my family on a farm and my new understanding of how food should be grown and raised, I started reading one of Joel's books called "You Can Farm". That sealed the deal.

At that time we had just had our second daughter, and I needed to stop reading about it and start doing it. I searched eatwild.com, a great pastured based farm directory, for a local farmer that I could talk to and learn from. The search brought me to Paul at Plaid Piper Farm who had been farming the way I wanted to, and he graciouly accepted my bid for a part-time apprenticeship. Paul raises 100% Grass Fed and Grass Finished beef, pastured broilers, pastured free-range eggs, pastured pork, and pastured turkey. I was extremely excited about the opportunity since not a lot of farmers in that area were raising the variety of animals that Paul was.

At that time we were living in Northeastern PA, and I was commuting an hour to work everyday and half hour to the farm 3 days a week on top of it. My wife is from Ohio, and it was always a goal of ours from the beginning to move back out here.......to be (edited and continued)