Full of Flavor - Ohio Farm Bureau

"We want to bring people to our farm. It’s been part of the community since 1855 and so few people actually knew about it ...Three years ago we began building a hillside terrace that now has a large country style oak table for up to 20 people." — “We want to bring people to our farm. It’s been part of the community since 1855 and so few people actually knew about it …Three years ago we began building a hillside terrace that now has a large country style oak table for up to 20 people.”

"I am fascinated by the world around me and how it works, be it soil biology or the nutritional content of kale. It’s a world that few are part of, starting from bare winter ground and turning into a lush crop of food." — “I am fascinated by the world around me and how it works, be it soil biology or the nutritional content of kale. It’s a world that few are part of, starting from bare winter ground and turning into a lush crop of food.”

"We would want to continue working with other chefs in the region to help create a food identity for this region. We want people to know that Cincinnati and the Ohio River Valley has a food culture distinctly its own." — “We would want to continue working with other chefs in the region to help create a food identity for this region. We want people to know that Cincinnati and the Ohio River Valley has a food culture distinctly its own.”

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When Richard Stewart decided to return to his family’s Hamilton County farm, he had a lot to consider: How to farm in an increasingly turbulent weather pattern. How to transition to meet his customers’ demand for organic products. How to revive a former swath of farmland that had been mined for gravel. How to grow more crops in a smaller space.

“These are all puzzles to be solved,” he said. “I love puzzles.”

He knew, whatever path he took, he’d have to be profitable. And so the freelance illustrator joined his father as a full-time farmer—boarding horses, making hay, tending a market garden, supplying chefs, attending farmers markets, growing grain and keeping bees.

“We learn as we go and we try to grow without incurring large amounts of debt, which can be a blessing and a curse. On one hand a bad year is never horrible, but quick growth is always impossible,” he said. “We are patient. In the end, many of the things we do simply fit together and complement each other.”

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Find out what’s happening at the farm by visiting the farm’s website or search for Carriage House Farm on Facebook.

Carriage House Farm will be a stop on the Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series Sept. 14.

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