Farm History

It all started when...

In 1908, Abby’s great grandfather immigrated from a small village in the Carpatho-Rus region of Eastern Europe, today part of the Ukraine. He worked several years in the coal mines to make money, and when WWI broke out, he stayed in the US rather than return to be drafted into the Russian army. He sent for a woman from his village, Mary, and they were married and bought this land in the 1920s. For the next 60 years, they raised tobacco, dairy cows, and four children on the farm. 

In the 1960s, they closed down the dairy operations and much of the former pasture land has been overgrown with forest. What remained, was converted to hay field. The family slowly left the business of farming but maintained close ties to the land. Abby visited often during the summers of her childhood, exploring the forest, climbing trees, and staining her lips blue in the raspberry patch.

Abby and Kit purchased the farm from Abby’s family in 2020 and are stewarding it into its next chapter. It’s an absolute privilege to live in a place where their ancestors lived and to have the access that we do to capital and equity. They are committed to leveraging this privilege whenever possible towards equity, reparations, restoration, and healing.