It all started with a date, a dream and a dog.

The seeds were planted. We knew we wanted to farm as a family, somehow, someday.

Fast forward to 2021. By training, a nutritionist and an engineer forging our path together farming as a family, challenging the status quo, asking hard questions and unafraid of taking on new challenges. Kate, the one who loves chemistry and nutrition, and Sam, the one who brings the logic and farm know-how, have questioned just about everything we thought we knew and are continually learning a new way forward to grow the most nutrient dense food we possibly can. For our family, and yours.

Teaming our experience and skill sets, we’ve questioned what the actual nutritional value is of our grocery store food, how it gets to be that way, and what we can do to raise the nutrient bar. We’ve learned that we can enrich our soil by ecologically sustainable means to raise healthier animals and healthier plants without much (if any) intervention and thus produce food on the table that goes back to the ‘old days’ of unadulterated, nutrient dense, healthy food that truly nourishes the body and soul.

You’re probably thinking…enough with the big words. What do you actually do?

We are working to raise custom meats, eggs and garden vegetables and fruits in ways that allow for all of the vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins to be as nature intended.

And now, are you thinking… but doesn’t each food item at the grocery store already do that?

Well, depending on where you shop and what you buy, maybe. But most likely - no.

We were eating a well rounded diet (or so we thought) of conventionally produced meat, fruits and vegetables and thought we were doing pretty well in the health category. We didn’t have any obvious signs of poor health. But, come cold and flu season, you could always count on at least one or two bouts of not feeling well. And then we had routine blood work for physicals and discovered there were key nutrients that were much lower than they should be. How could this be? Kate’s a nutritionist, and cooks most every meal we consume, and makes sure that its a balanced diet of whole, fresh foods. Well, turns out there’s more to the story! It matters what’s inside the pretty piece of fruit, or veg or cut of meat. It also matters what isn’t involved in producing those products - like herbicides, pesticides, commercial fertilizers, etc.

So, Sam and Kate sat down and drafted a plan. We knew how we were going to begin farming - we were going to grow the food we thought we were consuming.

We researched all the things, because that’s how we roll, and then we rolled up our sleeves and got started. Certainly things aren’t changed overnight, but we’ve begun the journey - adventure, really. Our land lacked top-soil, like many plots of land that have been conventionally farmed for many decades, so that was and is our starting point. We’re building up our soil to be strong, resilient and healthy, and we’re using nature to do it. Pastured animals, free range chickens, vermiculture composting in addition to traditionally composting on large plots of our land are all part of the puzzle to regenerate our land and restore true nutritive value to the food we produce. Join our newsletter to learn about new things coming available - meat pre-orders, clean products we make on our micro-farm, etc. and receive farm updates. Follow the adventure into more of the what’s and why’s we do at On Point Farm via our “Farm Pointers” where we will break down a practice we use or a product we make for an inside look with each post!

Regenerating soil health doesn’t just end with food production. Access to clean, non-toxic products that we use and also end up in our groundwater matters too! To help in that effort, we’ve created a product line that contains our home-made, non-toxic formulas for household staple products: laundry soap and hand soap.

Oh yes, and if you’re wondering where the dog fits in. Farm dog and namesake, our energetic pointer Max who insisted our first real estate purchase have adequate space to run and roam.

We hope you’ll stay in touch,
Sam & Kate