McKinney Farms
McKinney’s Farm & Hospitality in the Big East Fork Valley celebrates the dance of life in harmony and partnership with the natural world. Nature’s grand symphony is always. We do our best to listen; not interrupt; and, most importantly, be guided by and learn from the natural world that surrounds, in all its elegance and beauty. While we (humans) cannot imagine a world where we are not in charge, a deeply imbedded emotional sentiment as well, we certainly proceed at our own peril; we cannot defy nature without repercussions.
When our food is grown in harmony with the natural world (organically) we have the capacity for internal self-renewal. Health is not a static situation but rather the dynamic ability of the body/the organism to adapt and self-manage; a mutual synthesis between organism and environment. We need only provide the proper growing conditions.
Our health, vigor, and resistance to disease (our biological quality) is determined by our growing conditions and the physiological suitability of our inputs. Just as there is an intimate partnership between plant roots and microorganisms that renders plants inherently insusceptible to disease and pests, there is an intimate partnership between our biological system and the food that we eat that renders us inherently insusceptible to disease.
Our role, as organic farmers, is merely to serve as conductors of the consummate musicians: the soil microorganisms, the fungi, the mineral particles, the sun, the air, the water; all parts of a system. It is the elegant coordination of the whole that achieves success. The more they can be arranged to the crop’s liking, starting with a soil in good heart, the more bountiful the harvest. When we are guided by and participatory with the natural world in our efforts to create life-giving foods, sustainable human health becomes within reach.
So, come listen and dance with us, where beauty & miracles abound…provided they are within you. And, should you doubt for even a moment that they are, just come here and your doubts will quickly vanish into the mist of wonder at Big East Fork.
Owner Wade McKinney, 5400 Big East Fork Rd (Appointment required).
Contact wademckinney@gmail.com
ORGANIC AND NATURAL METHODS
McKinney’s Farm (5400 Big East Fork Rd)
Pestitide-free, non-GMO
Maintains and manages raised gardens.
Aromatic herbs
Tomatoes, chard, cucumbers, spinach, kale.
McKinney Farms is presently growing the below produce for the Fall harvest
Lavender Organic Cauliflower
Skywalker Organic Cauliflower
Napoli Organic Carrot
Adana Carrot
Astro Organic Salad Arugula
Arugula Organic Salad Arugula
Bellezia Organic Wild Arugula
White Russian Organic Kale
Red Russian Organic Kale
Auroch Spinach
Flamingo Spinach
Gazelle Spinach
Red Snapper Spinach
Alkindus Organic Lettuce
Green Butter Lettuce
Red Butter Lettuce
Five Star Greenhouse Lettuce Mix
Allstar Gourmet Lettuce Mix Vegetable
Green Sweet Crisp Lettuce
Ruby Red Orach Organic Specialty Green
Claytonia Specialty Green
Leonardo Organic Radicchio
Bright Lights Swiss Chard
Mei Qing Choi Green
Vit Green
Rosie Asian Green
Koji Asian Green
Carlton Asian Green
Hakurei Turnip
Purple Top White Globe Organic Turnip
Pink Beauty Organic Radish
Nero Tondo Radish
Deep Purple Onion
Parade Organic Onion
Santo Organic Cilantro/Coriander
