A Ram 2500 parked in a field

LAND OF PLENTY

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Sustainable crops grow 12 months a year at Tantré Farms thanks to over 350 community-sourced farmers.

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UNEARTHING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOCAL

In 1993, Tantré Farm was founded on a humble 3-acre plot growing root vegetables. Since then, the farm has expanded rapidly in size and scope, harvesting “everything in the catalog,” according to owner Richard Andres. Roughly a third of the space is used for crops that benefit the larger community. The rest is wild area, with pasture and hay to ensure the soil stays nourished and healthy. “When families come to pick berries,” Richard boasts, “there’s no worry about fungicide or insecticide. We don’t use any of those.”

What makes this farm unique is the collective of Community Sourced Agriculture (CSA) farmers who come to the space to learn how a sustainable farm can operate. Richard believes, “There’s a sense of original discovery every year because we have new people who want to come here, work here, grow produce and see what a full season of sustainable farming is like.”

The view through a greenhouse window of a Ram 2500 in a field. A farmer with his arm braced on a tractor wheel.