Welcome
Riverrun farm is a small family farm located in Springfield, KY in the beautiful
outer bluegrass region. The farm takes it’s name from the Beech Fork River which
forms the longest border on the farm. We attempt to farm as sustainably as possible
without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides in the fields and gardens
and without antibiotics, steroids, or hormones in our animals. We attempt to follow
many of the methods of my grandparents where cover crops, manure from our animals,
rotational grazing, and crop rotation create healthy soil, plants, animals, and
ultimately people. It is trendy to call this biodynamic farming, which would have
been an unknown term on the small farm I spent most of my childhood. It was just
good farming.
Introducing the Farmers
The farmers include me, my wife, Julie, and our two children, Henry, now 5, and
Walt, now 4. We purchased the farm in late 2010.
We raise a quarter acre of kitchen garden from seeds started in our greenhouse and
have started a half acre orchard which will expand hopefully to 3-4 acres.
What We Produce
This year we have raised both laying and meat chickens, guineas, Bourbon Red turkeys,
Indian Runner and Khaki Campbell ducks, and Toulouse geese. We have also started
with a small flock of Icelandic sheep and a pair of Nubian goats. To round out the
menagerie we have our two guard llamas, Karl and Paul, two dogs, five farm cats,
and a constantly changing number of herons, hawks, and vultures which live and migrate
along the river. All of the animals are on pasture, with the birds initially in
chicken tractors and now only in the tractors at night until the chicken palace
(a lime-plastered straw bale chicken coop) is finished. We hope in the future to
raise more meat ducks, likely Rouen, Toulouse geese, and Bourbon Red Turkeys.
Coming Soon
My wife is eagerly anticipating getting the equipment to spin the wool from our
sheep, and I hope to resume my previous hobby of pottery sometime this winter.
Springfield is about an hour from both Louisville and Lexington, where we hope to
market most of our meat birds.
Visitors and farm tours are always welcome — just call
or e-mail ahead.