Farmers

Gaia Gardens

Rachel Tali Kaplan grew her first vegetable on the banks of the Hollenbeck River in Falls Village, Connecticut. Today this native Mainer is the Farm Manager at Gaia Gardens, a two-acre urban, organic vegetable, fruit and flower farm that is situated between the neighborhoods of East Atlanta and Decatur. With five seasons of farming under her belt, a decade of informal teaching and three years of non-profit management, Rachel is also collaborating with fellow council members of the Jewish Farm School to develop curriculum and create programming that promote sustainable agriculture and cultivates just food systems rooted in Jewish tradition.

Greenleaf Farm

Greenleaf Farm is the second year project of Greg and Maeda Brown, city dwellers who decided to buy land, move to Barnesville, GA and make a go of serving as sustainable farmers. Some of their unique selection included squash and huge watermelon in addition to fresh greens and Maeda's home made bake goods. This year the farm will be launching a Community Supported Agriculture program.

Scharko Farms

The children are out of the house, but its still fun to grow a big garden. So, what does one do with extra veggies? Maybe someone would like to make use of these veggies. Farmers Market - good idea. So, here we are - two old hippies, sharing their wold with others. Beautiful. The Scharkos farm in Fairburn, GA. Read their recent article in Atlanta Intown.

Rhyme and Reason Farm

Rhyme and Reason Farm is located 40 minutes south of Athens, Ga on 12
acres that was formerly part of a 130 acre family farm in Greene County.
Its current stewards are Eric Cosby and Jenna Hencinski.  We are deeply
rooted in organic and sustainable farming methods, while also observing
the rhythms and cycles of the earth, moon, planets, and stars.  Rhyme and
Reason Farm is germinating from a seed that has its origins as a small
home garden.  Be on the lookout for continued growth on the web at
rhymeandreasonfarm.com Rhyme and Reason will return to market later in the 2009 season.

Farm House Beef

Farm House Beef is owned by Carolyn and Mike Bradley. Their focus is high 
quality beef production, specifically grass-fed beef – the way beef used to be! 
They focus specifically on building a registered WYE 
Angus herd. Their herd sire is from the University of Maryland’s WYE Angus program. 
They have a 100 acre modern corral and cattle handling facility where they never use antibiotics or hormones.  
Visit their website at www.farmhousebeef.com     Please note that Farm House Beef is only at market every other week, usually the first 
and third Thursdays of the month. If you would like to cofirm they will be there, please email info@farmeav.com and we'll get back to you!  

Johnston Dairy

Johnston Family Farm is a family owned and operated dairy in Newborn, GA. They work to provide a premium wholesome milk to our consumers.  What makes Johnston Family Farm different is that they produce and bottle their milk completely on their farm, so you get the freshest product possible. Their family farm cows are always happy.  It may be because they’re always well taken care of or it may be that they have acres of  lush green pastures to graze over.  With this stress free life style our cows produce an abundance of milk naturally.