Organic farming is not just a technique, but a way of life. We try to live our values and want to help you reconnect with the land and improve your personal health too.

We live with our animals and drink from shared wells on our family farms. Many of us are stewards of generations-old farms that we want to improve and protect for the next generation. As parents and community activists, we want safe water and meat for our young children. We seek to protect your family’s well-being too with our home-raised meats.

We are people of strong faith from diverse backgrounds. Some of us are back-to-the-land types and some of us never left the land, and are Amish. Plenty of us pray for our animals and we all give thanks for the opportunity to be farmers and grow your food.

It is our mission to provide the healthiest, best tasting, environmentally wise and humanely raised meat for you. Please give us a try!


Select the Producer Number as printed on your Wholesome Harvest meat package to see and read about the farmer who raised your meat!

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(Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)

Producer #350	Jon has farmed his entire life, with experience on farms as far away as New Zealand. He currently raises organic crops along with his exclusively grass pastured livestock in rural Minnesota. His children help him with running the farm and the wisdom and support of his parents are invaluable. He believes that the organic cultivation of the land and soil teamed with the organic raising of livestock is an essential step toward the preservation of our resources for future generations.
Producer #260	Jon manages and oversees the farm operation and markets the crops and livestock. His wife, Rita has done quite a bit over the years. She has disced, plowed, mowed, raked, baled, and hauled hay, hoed beans, spread oats, hauled manure, helped with harvest, helped with cattle, lambs, and pigs (when we had them)-work them, sort, give shots, had bottle lambs and was the "vet" to some ewes, cows, and pigs when they couldn't have their babies. Jacki, 22, is living in Illinois and working at a car dealership. She is going to college part time and does Pampered Chef. When she comes home she helps with baling hay, discing, building fences, and whatever needs doing when she's here. Boni, 21, helps on the farm full time and watches a girl with disabilities once in a while. She does the bulk of the cultivating and helps in many other areas--disc, plow, plant, mow, rake, bale hay, hauls in and combines, sorts and works livestock, etc. Jodi, 19, graduated this year and found a job in Illinois at Schieler and Rassi doing bookkeeping. She has helped disc, rake hay, mulched, sort cattle, and helped make fence. Matt, 16, is the handyman on the farm. He has done about everything there is to do in the field, with livestock, and helps to get machinery ready and kept in working order. Heidi, 13, has raked hay, disced, bottle feeds calves, takes care of the chickens and gathers eggs. Matt and Heidi are both schooled at the home. Everyone helps walk beans in the summer and the girls help their mom take lunches out to the fields.
Producer #180	A community of 90 families in the rolling hills and valleys of southwest Wisconsin participate in Wholesome Harvest. An elder for the community wrote this statement for the website, "Faith, Family, Farm...The common bond that unites their community is a faith in Christ Jesus and His teachings, and group conscience on how to live such faith. Holding that the family unit is the most important factor in the strength of any church, community, or nation, they seek what nurtures and protects that unit. This is what brings them to farming. Sharing a commitment to keep the family together causes them to seek options in small scale farming that can utilize simple means, such as horse farming and the resulting chores that are a great means of instilling responsibility and diligence in children. Their personal convictions support organic practices in the care of the land and animals as a means of honoring God and creating a sustainable agriculture. Such practices allow them and their children and grandchildren to continue to live off of the land. The families presently raise beef, turkey, and chicken broilers for Wholesome Harvest. These enterprises fit in well with already existing farming enterprises such as dairying and produce farming. By working together in unison, we can maximize the benefits and minimize the negatives and live in harmony with our convictions. If you saw a photo of us, you would think of us as a culture, but the way we think and live is a result of our faith...and we are first to say, that if our way of life ceases to be a result of our faith...we are in truth, merely just another culture... Yes, we are an Amish community." (Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)
Producer #170	Joe and Wende farm in central Iowa. They raise organic sheep, chicken, duck, and turkey, as well as organic oats, corn and hay on their 120 acre organic farm. They planted 500 trees and shrubs on their farm in 2002 as part of their plan to diversify the ecosystem on their farm.
Producer #000	Tom and his wife Caroline farm in central Iowa. Tom raises duck for the coalition and was glad to have ducks on the farm again since decades ago Tom's dad raised ducks. Their grown son Eric farms with them on their diversified livestock farm. They all have second city jobs in order to get by, but look forward to the chance to stay on the farm with additional farm enterprises and give up the city jobs.
Producer #120	Mike and Mindy live with their three children, Tanner, Taylor and Max in Eastern Iowa. Their family has been farming the land for over 125 years. Says Mindy, “We enjoy farming organically because it is rewarding to raise a wholesome product. We feel good about sending our food to the consumer.”
Producer #710 & #720	Paul & Sarah are from Marquette County in Wisconsin. They raise purebred Berkshire hogs and heirloom vegetables. As organic producers, they strive for true sustainability of their operations as well as protecting the environment for their family's next generation of farmers.
Producer #130	Catherine farms with her brother and mother in Miles Iowa. They farm 240 acres without chemicals since 1987. Catherine writes, “My father, Paul, a dedicated farmer, used chemicals to combat quack grass and thistles but it shortened his life. He died in 1967. He developed leukemia and lived only one year from time of diagnosis. The present knowledge that is available for soil tests and safer alternatives for weed control he would of been one of the first to incorporate that knowledge into his farming. My brother, Kirk, now farms the land with my help doing the paperwork. We sometimes get discouraged, but we know deep in our hearts it is the right way. We want our future children to be strong and healthy and that is by having healthy soils, clean air and clean water."
Producer #300	Dan farms the hilly soils of northeastern Iowa. His farm is an excellent habitat for grassland birds that are declining across much of their former range due to intensive, irresponsible modern framing practices. He enjoys rotating pastures and has farmed since 1970.
Producer #290	Allen & Nancy have been certified organic since 1999 and have always believed that chemical-free farming is the best approach to preserving the soil. They run a dairy operation and also raise organic corn. They have raised four children on the farm and they still contribute to the daily upkeep of the farm. They take pride in being "a small family farm with healthy & contented animals."
Producer #230	Nestled in the heart of the Red River Valley, Lynn and his family made a commitment to sustainable organic farming practices in 1993. They have been farming organically since and aise organic certified Black Angus beef and organic grains.
Producer #360	Bruce has been farming for over 20 years and currently manages 145 acres of organic farmland. His operation is always evolving and believes that nature possesses the best model for maintaining the health of the land.
Producer #220	Lloyd, his wife Carol, and their four boys are pictured to the left. Their home is in southeastern Iowa. They are proud to be providing you with food that they have hand raised. They believe that the organic methods that they follow are better for their animals and healthier for the consumer. They have farmed organically for the past seven years and raise beef, sheep, chicken and pork.
Producer #150	Mark and his family operate a small farm where they raise lambs, chickens, turkeys, and fresh fruits, berries, and vegetable. He is actively engaged in supporting his local community. He supervised environmental studies and direct marketed farm products from his farm.
Producer #140	Amos and his wife farm in northeast Iowa. They are proud grandparents of future farmers and all their children are farming. In addition to raising poultry, they have a greenhouse business and Amos is an expert barn carpenter. They rescued an 1800s homesteader's log cabin, moved it to their farm, then reconstructed and repaired it there.
Producer #270	Mike, His wife Martha and three daughters live in Story County Iowa. Their farm is nestled in a grove of trees along a winding creek.
Producer #310	Bill, his wife Mary, and son Jeff raise organic certified cattle in Lenox, IA. BIll is a member of B&B Partnership with another organic farmer. He also works for AgConnect, an Iowa Rural Business Development Center.
Producer #320	Don has been farming organically on the rolling hills of Iowa pastureland for many years. He believes in following the natural order of things and puts a great deal of faith in the mission of organics.
> Producer #330 & #340	Erin and her parents Daniel and Bonnie farm in the rolling hills of Northeast Iowa with fellow farmer, Glenn. They are truly devoted to maintaining the highest standards by staying up-to-date on other producers' practices, conferences on sustainable agriculture, and sharing information with the community. To them, "Organic Farming is more than a production odel, it is a way of life."
Producer #160	Dave and his family farm in central Iowa. They grow organic crops and hope to raise organic beef and chicken in the near future.
Producer #730	Moses and his wife farm in rural Lancaster County, PA. They have farmed organically for many years. (Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)
Producer #380	Homer and his Amish family farm on a small farm in the western Maryland mountains for over 25 years. He writes that he "strives to produce top quality animals" and "enjoys all of farming and its variety of chores." The poultry his family raise go outside in the pasture and in the fresh air of the mountains, without smog. (Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)
Producer #370	Norman and his wife Donna have been organic farmers for 16 years. Country Lane Farm in rural Lancaster County, PA is where they raise organix chickens and pastured organic layers, along with organic vegetables. (Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)
Producer #280	David and his wife Rita farm in rural Van Buren county in Iowa. They have farmed organically for many years.
Producer #240	Jonas, his wife, 9 children, and 1 grandson (2 are married) live in South Central Iowa and farm their 165 acres organically. They have hay and pasture and run beef cow and calf pairs. In 2004 a building was put up for 6000 organic laying hens and now sell organic eggs. They raise some hogs and broilers and their organic farming is better for the environment and is healthier to eat the natural way. (Editorial Note: Amish people prefer not to have close-up photographs so the photos we use to represent our Amish members are illustrative to represent their community.)

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