Many hands have built this farm together over the years!
Spring Wind Farm is operated by Betsy Allister and Andrew Ehrmann, with our children Faye and Max; by our fabulous 2024 farm crew: Kate Andrew, Antonia Cristofaro-Hark, Rachel Egeberg, Cameron Jones, Page Nelson, and Josie Trople; and by our wonderful working share members.
This is our 15th SEASON caring for Spring Wind Farm, and we love the complexities and joys of farming.
Betsy grew up here in Northfield, and Andrew in the mountains of Colorado; we met at Macalester College in St. Paul, in a class where we read Wendell Berry. We spent some time working on other farms before beginning our own venture in the spring of 2010. Andrew's background is in environmental studies and carpentry; Betsy's in writing and education. In farming, we have found a shared home for our diverse interests and values, and good hard work that we are delighted to share with our kids, co-workers, and working share members.
We are so happy to be caring for this beautiful land, collaborating with our sustainable farming neighbors to grow the local foodshed, and sharing the land and its bounty with our CSA community.
Read some of Betsy's Diary of a New Farmer columns for Edible Twin Cities…way back in our first years of farming!
Planning, Budgeting, Reviewing...and Reading