Founding Farmers

Patchwork Family Farm and Thornfield Farm have been growing and selling food in the Blue Ridge Valley for going on 15 years.

We both, Amy and Susanna (lead farmers at Patchwork and Thornfield Farm), share a deep passion for stewarding the land—we are most comfortable with our hands firmly in the dirt. However, as we have grown alongside each other and with the local food community in Roanoke, we can’t help but engage in the obvious need for a communal approach to increasing access to local food.

Our community is hungry for more, better access, to high quality local food and this project is designed to help meet that need.

Joining farms

  • We are Hailey and Mike Snowden. We've come to farming through a love of dirt, good food, and a sustainable and honest livelihood. We absolutely relish sharing the fruits (and leaves! and roots!) of our labor with our community. Our farm is our home for the long haul, and our goal is to improve its biodiversity and soils year after year. We use cover crops and pastured livestock to nurture the soil, and use only OMRI (organic) approved inputs. Lear more here.

  • We are Cricker and Liz Brooks, a husband and wife (and 2 dog) farm team passionate about providing our local communities with food of exceptional quality, nutrition, and taste. We believe that great food and true health begins with vibrant, healthy soil and everything we do on the farm works in support of this belief. This means growing certified organic produce, with a focus on soil building- free of synthetic chemical pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides and GMO’s. Learn more here.