Black Earth Farm

With a 30 acre farmstead located in the foothills of Appalachia, raising quality small livestock perfect for home & farmsteading. Specializing in EF Dairy and Polypay Sheep and Icelandic Chickens We also utilize the services of Silva, our Karakachan livestock guardian dog, to protect all the critters from the threat of predators.

We do not subscribe to any one specific method of farming, instead we incorporate multiple methods such as permaculture, bio-intensive, sustainable, organic etc. Our goal to create a life here on our little piece of earth that requires little input from outside or non-renewable resources.

"Black Earth" is the death that occurs for the sake of life. At the bottom of the circle of life resides the process of decomposition, of disintegrating & breaking down. This composting, at the heart of farming, is necessary for life to thrive. Rebuilding out of death the circle of life creates fertile ground once again.

*Coming Soon*
Farmstead Botanicals: Holistic and Herbal products for the herd, flock, & garden