Our speaker was Michele Logan, owner of the Maranatha Farm, a regenerative forest farm in the Somerset Hills of New Jersey.Michele was concerned about her wellbeing after an autoimmune diagnosis and discovered that "organic" labels rarely guarantee true food quality. Recognizing that we are what our food eats, she realized that human health begins with soil health.
In 2015, she moved to Somerset Hills to restore a 90-year-old farm. Her mission was to heal a landscape plagued by invasive species and erosion, transforming neglected land into a source of genuine nourishment and to provide food for herself, free of chemical contamination.
The farm has evolved into a much bigger project to provide a source of chemical free nutrition for the surrounding area. They grow and raise an increasing array of products ranging from eggs produced by chickens on a soy-free diet to, shitake mushrooms, baked goods, jams, honey and even cut flowers. The farm is open to visitors and there is a robust website which should be consulted for the full story of this truly different local enterprise: https://www.maranatha.farm/ .