Our Amazing Team
Our team has been all-in on the natural food trend since the beginning. From our first 1/4 cow order we were sold. We’ve grown our own food for many years
the Plant Lady
Joan Brandmeier
Kurt’s partner in crime for all things food & nutrition. Joan spent many years in the plant world and brings great expertise to the team
Content Editor
Molly
Molly’s grasp of the English language is second to none. She keeps us honest and saying what we mean, clearly and correctly.
Okay Developer
Melvin Schmugmeier
Melvin definitely keeps things quiet when it comes to his work. It’s almost as if he doesn’t even exist.
Kurt Tietjen
Founder & President
Multi-year, multi-company online media executive, that loves great food, and has started this as a labor of love & a great new adventure
Modified Google Ratings
Over the last several years, there has been a significant inflow of what really appear to be bogus reviews on Google Business Profiles. Because of this, we have decided to present both the displayed Google Rating as well as a modified Rating.
About Us
We are not farmers, but we do intend to be. We have grown a significant amount of our vegetables for a number of years and are very focused on paying attention to what we put in our bodies.
As a barbecue lover, we decided to include meat in this “better” food focus. Living on Long Island, there are not a lot of farms, so we’ve started to do an enormous amount of internet research as well as a lot of e-commerce to start purchasing better meats. We’ve all been to the grocery store, and we know that by purchasing that much meat for resale, at best, we can expect to get average meat. Yes, there are some stores that specialize in and have some very good meat on their racks.
Pasture. In the Pasture section of our site, we will be focusing on and presenting you with all of the options that we find (many of which we do sample their products) for pasture-raised, no-hormone meat. We love direct-from-the-farm sales, but we will also be including some of the online meat retailers that we like, like Wild Forks.
Field. It’s not easy finding farm fresh produce, so we will be including a wide range of “field” offerings. We will include, when we can find them, farms that will ship produce directly to the consumer. We will also be including information about seed retailers (since we love to grow our own), including helpful information to make the most of your gardens.