Farmers

We all eat, yet most of us have not met a farmer or know where our food comes from. This is a place to meet the heroes who are growing your food regeneratively.

Kiss the Ground is bridging the gap. Since 2013, we’ve worked directly with farmers, ranchers, and various partners in the Regenerative Movement to catalyze the transition of millions of acres into regenerative agriculture for our wellness, water, and climate.

Here, we’ll share some of their stories and provide ways to connect with the farmers in your community.

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5 with a Farmer

At the end of the day, farmers are just like us — individuals with humor, wisdom, and passion. Get to know them in our 5 with a Farmer series, which features quick, heartfelt chats with the remarkable people who not only feed us, but work year-round to protect our wellness, water, and climate.

Regenerative Farms

Below are the regenerative farms that Kiss the Ground works with nationwide.

  Educators

  Kiss the Ground Media

  Grant Recipient

Jesse Smith | White Buffalo Land Trust

Melony Edwards | Ebony by Nature

Ariel Greenwood | Grassland Nomads 

Chili Yazzie | Shiprock Traditional Farmers Cooperative

Dawn & Grant Breitkreutz | Stoney Creek Farm

Adam Chappel | Chappel Farms

Graham Christensen | Christensen Farm

Angela Knuth | Knuth Farm

Kyle Apsey | Apsey Farm

Lauren Lovejoy | Blue Horn Farm

Phyllis Van Amburghh | Dharma lea Farms

Abbie Corse | The Corse Farm Dairy

Yancy Comins |  The Growing Experience Urban Farm

Tashanda Giles-Jones | Environmental Charter Middle School

Eddie Cortez | Environmental Charter Middle School

Keira Adams | Compton Community Garden 

Temu Asyr Bey | Compton Community Garden 

Kathleen Blakistone | Moonwater Farm

Rachel Black | Garden School Foundation

Brie Wakeland | Garden School Foundation

Dana Swarth | Garden School Foundation

Cary Crum

Zach Ducheneaux | Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin | Tree Range Farms

Ben Hirschfeld | Local Urban Farms

Matt Van Diepen | Local Urban Farms

Sunshine Flores | Local Urban Farms

Adrian Grenier | Earthspeed

Alex Weiser | Weiser Family Farms

Guner Tautrim | Orella Ranch \ Gaviota Givings

Jeff Mettler, Anne Gille | Mettler Family Farms

Larry Kandarian | Kandarian Organic Farms

Matthew Rose-Stark | Be Love Farm

Nate Siemens | Fat Uncle Farms

Jenya Schneider | Cuyama Lamb

Mary Heyden | Chamberlin Ranch

Russell Chamberlin | Chamberlin Ranch

Eric Tomassini | Ave 33 Farm

Mike Roberts | Baby Roots Farm

Heiko Wirtz | Sunburst Ranch

Brook Williams | Duvarita Winery

Aubrie Maze | Bramble Tail

Paul Glowaski | Dinner Bell Farms

Tim Nuss | Nuss Farms

Michelle Grupe | Grupe Operating Company

Neil Anderson | Anderson Ranch

Molly Taylor | PT Ranch

Hannah Eisloeffel | Table Bluff Farm

Adriana Diego | The Abundant Table

Starr Brainard | Saltless Sea Urban Farm

Wil Crombie | Organic Compound

Chanowk Yisrael | Yisrael Family Urban Farm

Derek Schmitz | Schmitz Dairy

Nate Walter | Walter Organic Family Farm

Mikayla Birschbach | Spring Rise Farm

Nathan Vergin | Silky Cow Farm

Deborah Mills | Mills Dairy

Hannah Bernhardt | Medicine Creek Farm

Steven Flanagan | Flanagan Farms

Larry Wardip | Sunny Acres Farm 

Yadi Wang | Oatman Farms

Rick Clark | Clark Land & Cattle

Will Harris | White Oak Pastures

Jaclyn Mommon | Laurel Grove Wine Farm

Brooke Bonner | Drinkers of the Wind

Pablo Elliot | Hill Farm

Jon Kent | Sanctuary Farms

Molly Cronk | MJ Habadashery

Joshua Davis | JC Acre

Stefan Selbert | Las Cumbres Ranch

Bob Jones Jr | Farmer Jones Farm & The Chef's Garden

Jeannie Blasberg | Flynn Creek Farm

Wendy Johnson | Jóia Food Farm

Nick and Annie Rodgers | Red Leg Farms

Mari Omland | Green Mountain Girls Farm

John Parziale | Common Ground Kauai

Jesse McDougall | Studio Hill

TJ Schiff | Schiff Farms

Mollie Engelhart | Sovereignty Ranch

Carrie Richards | Richard's Regenerative

Dan Barber | Stone Barns

Allen Williams | Etta Hills Farm

Leah Penniman | Soul Fire Farm

Gabe Brown | Brown's Ranch

Ray Archuleta

Doniga Markegard | Markegard Family Grass-Fed

Jason Mraz | Mraz Family Farms

Ian Somerhalder

Ron Finley | Ron Finley Project

John and Kara Boyd

Patrick Brown | Brown Family Ranch

John Chester | Apricot Lane Farms

Joel Salitin | Polyface Farm

Phil Forbes | Kalona Regenerative Network

Bobby Gill | Savory Institute

Abbey Smith | UVE Hub

Richard Cross | Boot Ranch

MJ Pickett | Colorado Regenerative Network

Ricardo Aguirre | Drylands Alliance

Chad Lemke | Grassfed Sustainability Group

Julie Mettenburg | The Provenance Co. 

Eric Perner | Double P Ranch

Reuben Hendricks | Cabriejo Ranch

Donna Kilpatrick | Heifer Ranch

Ann Sitler | Hickory Nut Gap Farms

Michael Kovach | Walnut Hill Farm

Rodney Saunders | Small Family Farms

Morgan Hartman | Black Queen Angus Farm

Luke Jones | Impact Family Farms

Jeremy Sweeten | Sweeten Farms

Paicines Ranch

Nick Didomenico & Marissa Pulaski | Drylands Agroecology Research

Azuraye Wycoff | Yellow Barn Farm

Jason & Erin | Aspen Moon Farms

Sarah & Michael Jones | Jones Farms Organics

Mark DeRespinis | Esoterra Culinary Garden

Loren Poncia | Stemple Creek Ranch

Hazel Flett & Nastasha Mcguirk | Bodega Pastures

Wendy Millet | Tomkat Ranch

Tim Ralston | Ralston Family Farms

Pandora Thomas | Earthseed

Cannon Michael | Bowles Farming

Don Harper | Orvis Cattle Co. 

Oona | Tara Firma Farms

Hannah Scheafer | Toluma Farms

Benina Burroughs | Burroughs Family Farms

Carol Albrecht & Chris Kerston | Chaffin Family Orchards

Seth Mitschke | Open Space Meats, Mariposa Ranch

Mai Nguyen | Farmer Mai

Brad & Margaret Buchanan | Flying B Ranch

Savory Institute | Bijou Ranch

Karel & Alice Starek | The Golden Hoof

Kena & Mark Guttridge | Ollins Farms

Meghan & Jake Takiff | Cedar Springs Farm

Michael Heller | Clagett Farm

Tim & Sue Tobin | Swallow Hill Farm

Steve & Sallie Druiett | Virginia Sweet Grass Farm

Brennan Washington | Phoenix Gardens 

Wayne Swanson Jr. | Swanson Family Farm 

Daron Joffe | Serenbe Farms

Warren Cameron | High Hog Farm

Kathy Dice and Tim Wahl | Red Firm Farm

Jeff Fisher | Bumbleroot Organic Farm

Mark Hasenick | Hasenick Brothers

Meagan Lannan | Barney Creek Livestock

Steve Tucker | Tucker Farms

Art & Helen Tanderup | Tanderups

Chad Christianson | CDC Farms

Jamal Kadri | Lima Family Farms 

Gary & Pam Kleppel | Longfield Farm

Pamela Schreiber | Eight Mile Creek Farm

Susan Richman | Belle Mare Farm

Ellen & Greg Wilt | Sublime Organics

Brenda Smola Folti | Tabula Rasa Farms

Kyle & Amanda Hoyt | All Natural Meats

Ben & Marla Bunn | Bunn Family Farms

Kathe Welch | Frog Eagle Farms

Eli Mack | Mack Farms

Art King | Harvest Valley Farm

Kelsey Scott | DX Beef

Doug Havemann | Mesquite Field Farms

Will Allen | Cedar Circle Farm

Earl Ransom | Strafford Organic Creamery

Matt Rales | APD Farm

Renard & Chinette Turner | Vanguard Ranch 

Clyde Harkrader | Pink House Farm

The Wilkes Family | Honey Brook Farms 

Thelonious Cook | Mighty Thundercloud Farm

Tony Peirick | T & R Dairy Farm

Sarah Leong | Squashington Farm

Scarlett Salome | Loveland Acres Farm

Spencer Fenniman | Hawthorne Valley Farms

James Quella | Q Farms 

Katie Marcks | Rodale Institute

Indian Creek Nature Center | Etzel Sugar Grove Farm

Rebecca & Ross WIlliams | Many Fold Farm

Ashley Minnerath | Cascadian Farm

Ashley Walsh | Pocono Organics Farm 

Matt Maier | Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed 

Mark Walterman | Thistle Whistle Farm

Melissa Miller | Miller Farms

Beverly Grant | Mo' Betta Green Marketplace

Ron Joyce | Joyce Farms

Zach Ducheneaux | The DX Ranch 

Sara Baciak | Mother Farmer

Lindsay Smith | Sowing Seeds of Change

Sara Wood | Wyoming Heritage Grains

Cameron O'Sullivan | Refuge Farms

Kristina Walker | StarWalker Organic Farms

Cody Jacobs | Open Farmhouse

Sam Nana-Sinkham | Bloom Farm

Amy Spitznagel | Idyll Farms

Paul and Kathryn | Small Vines

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Some faces of the Regenerative Community

Kiss the Ground Announces $500K in Direct-to-Farmer Grants

We are committed to helping farmers and ranchers transition to regenerative agriculture and reduce the financial barriers and risks that come with it.

Starting in November 2024, Kiss the Ground will award $500K directly to U.S. farmers and ranchers,

  • award a total of $200K to farmers and ranchers for in-person training
    AND
  • award a total of $300K for equipment, supplies, and infrastructure


We’ve received an overwhelming response and high demand for our equipment, infrastructure, and supplies grant.
 
Applications for the equipment grants are now closed. 

Training grants will remain open until we’ve awarded all 150 grants.

Yisrael Family Farm

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For every $100 donated to Kiss the Ground, we inspire and catalyze the transition of 10 acres into regenerative agriculture, working directly with farmers, consultants, and various partners. Read our full impact here.

Introducing Our Newest 10K Acre Partner!