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We are featured in the wonderful new book Growing Good Things To Eat in Texas by Pamela Walker celebrating sustainable family farms in Texas!

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WAPF BRAZOS VALLEY CHAPTER

ARTICLES ABOUT OUR FARM & OUTREACH:

2012 Houston Mayor's Award:  Champion of Food Justice

Acres USA front cover Aug. 2005

Sharing Nature's Bounty: Organic farm planning to open downtown market

edibleAUSTIN - 2012 - A Fertile Solution

edibleAUSTIN - Fall 2011 - Farmers Diary: HOMEsweetFARM

Texas Farm & Home Magazine: Growing Farmers at HOMEsweetFARM

NaturalNews.tv interviews Farmer Brad on the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act.  Watch the Video, Read the Article

Audio Interview: Living The Country Life Radio, "Farming With a Face"

Small-scale Farming Offers Opportunity, Country World News

Eat Local:  The “eat local” concept is catching on. Taste, nutritional value, freshness and strengthening the economy are important factors.  County Line Magazine, June 2009

Work and Produce Divided on Farm, Country World News, April 2009

HOBBY FARMS MAGAZINE 2008: Bringing Market to Farm  Brad came up with an idea that would bring the market to the farm, rather than bringing the farm to the market.

HOBBY FARMS MAGAZINE 2008: Family Feast
Meet the "personal farmers" of Home Sweet Farm in Brenham, Texas, and learn why they tirelessly promote the garden-to-table movement.

Farming With A Face, August 2008, Texas Agriculture Magazine/Farm Bureau

Economists, farmer point to positive trends in local and global agriculture, Texas A&M, The Batt - March 2008

Farmer Brad on Growing Concerns with Cecilia Nasti, talking about our evolving local food economy... PART 1 & PART 2

Brenham Banner Press Dec 2007: Gleaning in the gloaming -Youngsters harvest greens, radishes to give charity

Texas Dept. of Ag... Interviews Farmer Brad concerning Local Food and Community Supported Agriculture... DOWNLOAD HERE >>

Farmer Brad with Chef Amanda Love on Living Natural First Radio, Nov. 2007

Subscription Farming video featured in the Houston Chronicle

Houston Chronicle Aug. 2007, Sharing the Risks and Rewards of Farming

Houston Chronicle April 2007, E-I-E. You Owe. (Our battle for AG exemption)

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), video by Texas A&M, Soil & Crops Dept.

Guardian Newspaper 2007 on Whole Foods

Farmer Brad testifies before the Texas House of Reps. Ag Committee concerning NAIS and HB461

Farmer Brad testifies in the Texas Senate Sub-committee concerning NAIS

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2006

Brenham Banner Press 2006

Hobby Farm Magazine 2005

Brenham Banner Press 2005

Rodale's New Farm 2005

Photo by Deb Taylor

Our Farm

Our small family farm is located off the Bluebonnet Trail in Washington County "the birth place of Texas".  These rolling hills provide the setting that the earliest pioneers admired: sufficient rainfall, diverse soils, hardwood forests, abundant wildlife, and a scenic landscape.

In 2004, with 26 members, we launched the first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm serving the Greater Houston Area.  During that time we have continued to grow successfully due to the support of our community.

We grow heirloom varieties of vegetables and herbs for our committed CSA farm members.  We use ONLY natural techniques (NO synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides).  We care about our environment and the quality of our food, because our family lives here, and we eat everything we grow.

We work full time as a family on our 22 acre farm and we hope that our work is an encouragement to others as we share the harvest with our community and promote small family farms everywhere.

Our Story

We have been professional organic horticulturists since 1991.  Prior to starting our farm, we owned and operated the first 100% organic nursery in Collin County Texas and specialized in herbs, native plants, perennials and antique roses.  Brad provided consultation and custom landscape design for homes and businesses throughout Collin County, developing many of the oldest historical homes in the county which are featured in numerous public tours and events.

In pursuit of the farm dream, we sold our business and Farmer Brad worked as Operations Director for World Hunger Relief in Elm Mott, Texas.  In addition to managing multiple farm enterprises including a Grade A Goat Dairy and a CSA, the farm provided a 12 month internship program designed to train others in sustainable agriculture development in the third world.

Farmer Brad is the past President of the Texas Organic Farmers & Gardeners Assoc. and worked to promote the organic, local and sustainable food movement in Texas, by organizing the largest sustainable AG conference in Texas, developing Small Farm Workshops, and marketing networks for local farmers.

Farmer Brad continues to be actively involved in representing small farmers across the state and the nation by serving on the Administrative Council for Southern SARE and as a Board Member for the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance.

To help grow new growers locally, we offer workshops, farm tours and consulting services (when the season allows) for those interested in sustainable and organic farming.  With the proper guidance, we can help you plan and develop your farm, avoiding many costly lessons.  We are also available to speak to groups interested in promoting local food, health, homesteading, rural economy and small family farms.

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"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world"   - George Washington Carver

"Brad is a Lone Star State pioneer of the local food movement. His education programs on community-supported agriculture, sustainable foods and heirloom food varieties have transformed the area's knowledge of organic produce."  - Laura Spanjian, City of Houston Sustainability Director

Brad Stufflebeam, the "local food movement 'guru'"  - Tom Geddie, County Line Magazine,

Brad Stufflebeam, "A pioneer of the local food movement in the Lone Star State"   - Mike Barnett, Texas Agriculture Magazine

"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man.  When tillage begins, other arts follow.  The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."   - Daniel Webster