ABOUT US

We are Jeff and Ashley Autenrieth, owners of Autenrieth Family Farm. Jeff and I always dreamt of owning and operating our own farm. When we met over fourteen years ago, the dream of doing it together began. We had both had experiences on different farms and knew we wanted to pursue having our own one day but, like many people, we weren’t sure where to begin. You really only hear about the ones that are massive and grow corn and soybeans or those that are tiny and grow everything they need on one acre. Then we read the book, You Can Farm, by Joel Salatin. We realized there was an in-between of the spectrum that would fit us perfectly. 

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We realized that we could build our farm how WE wanted to. We did not need to conform to someone else’s ideals of what “farming” meant. Our farm became our island, our sanctuary and our lifetime project. Believe me, if we could find a way, we likely would never leave. Since starting it we have learned so much, much of it through failure which can be the greatest teacher of them all but we have seen many successes as well. Through it all we have persisted and stuck with it. Now, seven farm seasons later we are more passionate than ever and have adapted our farming practices to give the best life possible to all our animals.

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