who we are
Common Good Farm is looking toward our 15th season of growing good food through good farming in Lancaster County! We are a certified organic & certified Biodynamic®/Demeter farm – one of about 150 certified Biodynamic farms in the United States. In some ways, the certifications are just a reflection of our striving to grow the highest quality produce, eggs & meat through soil vitality & conscientious farming practices. We use Biodynamic & organic seeds as available, focus on open-pollinated & heirloom varieties & limit our use of hybrids. We’re a mom & pop farm...food is grown from seed to harvest by Evrett Lunquist & Ruth Chantry. Our farm is located just 1 1/2 miles north of Raymond, Nebraska.
Prior to farming in Nebraska we worked on a community farm/CSA in Wisconsin & Evrett worked on market farms in Minnesota. Ruth was born & raised in Omaha, so our Nebraska roots & commitment to the area runs deep & long. Our impulse for farming Biodynamically comes from our experience with observing plants as living things, not merely as passive recipients of soil-based nutrients. With Biodynamics, farming is about creating a whole farm as a vibrant entity through the farmers’ impulses. Through it we develop ourselves as individuals & farmers to serve our land & our community through agriculture. Biodynamics & sustainable farming are exciting & creative endeavors...directed but not prescriptive.
Why do we farm the way we do? We feel called to grow good food, pure & simple...for people we know or come to know. Farming this way provides that which is uplifting nutritionally & spiritually for us & for our customers.
We provide much that is delicious & hopeful & dynamic in CSA & sustainable farming:
Prior to farming in Nebraska we worked on a community farm/CSA in Wisconsin & Evrett worked on market farms in Minnesota. Ruth was born & raised in Omaha, so our Nebraska roots & commitment to the area runs deep & long. Our impulse for farming Biodynamically comes from our experience with observing plants as living things, not merely as passive recipients of soil-based nutrients. With Biodynamics, farming is about creating a whole farm as a vibrant entity through the farmers’ impulses. Through it we develop ourselves as individuals & farmers to serve our land & our community through agriculture. Biodynamics & sustainable farming are exciting & creative endeavors...directed but not prescriptive.
Why do we farm the way we do? We feel called to grow good food, pure & simple...for people we know or come to know. Farming this way provides that which is uplifting nutritionally & spiritually for us & for our customers.
We provide much that is delicious & hopeful & dynamic in CSA & sustainable farming:
- Stewardship of our human, animal & plant communities.
- Growing & providing the most local, delicious, nutritious foods we can...good food for the spirit & the body.
- Preserving & creating wildlife habitats with farmer as land steward.
- A family owned & operated farm that is supported by the community & in turn supports the community with good food & good farming.
- Engaging, supporting & helping to sustain the most local food system we can...this creates some level of personal sovereignty that isn't part of any industrial food system
