The farm was founded in September 2021 by Candice Gasper. Candice holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science and before getting into farming, had a successful career in sales and marketing in the environmental consulting and green construction industries. Candice discovered her interest in agriculture when she started volunteering at her neighborhood farmer’s market in 2016, which eventually led her to volunteering at a nearby urban farm in Washington DC. In 2018, Candice completed her Permaculture Design Certification and traveled to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region of France to work on two organic farms for several weeks through the program WWOOF France. Upon returning, she began working at Little Wild Things City Farm in Washington DC, a woman owned farm which grows microgreens and edible flowers. In October of 2019, Candice took a job as a greenhouse supervisor with Gotham Greens in Baltimore, MD, leading a team of nine farmhands growing lettuce and basil for grocery stores nationwide.
