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Meet the Farming Team

We love what we do because creating healthy soils, growing healthy food,
and caring for the communities we live in is at the heart
of our farm's life and mission

PictureDon and Jane
Having a farm has been a dream of Jane and Don’s ever since moving to Seattle in
 1976. You could say it’s in their blood. Jane’s Ohio father and grandmother were
 master gardeners who loved growing tomatoes, harvesting corn, and canning fruit. 
 Before Jane’s father died, he and a friend had an acre garden where they raised
 beautiful produce mostly for the local food bank. The German side of Don’s family
 came from farms in Missouri and Illinois. He too, like Jane, grew up loving the seasons and beauty of the outdoors.

Not having children of their own, Jane and Don have concentrated their energy on making their neighborhood in Seattle (where they have lived for over 40 years) and First Light Farm into communities where friendships are deeply valued. 

Now with climate changes affecting our environmental landscapes coupled with the recent population growth of the Puget Sound area, Jane and Don have widened their farm’s mission to more clearly focus on sustainability – deep care for the soil, a financial commitment to farm staff to respect their knowledge and work by paying a living wage, and care for the overall financial health of the farm itself.

PictureWarren
 Farmer Warren was born in Seattle, and spent his years of growth
 here and in Japan. He spent many-a-hours watching his Japanese    
 Mama tend lovingly to their garden, and many more hiking the
 trails of the Northwest with his hippie Papa. These experiences
 helped ingrain an affection for a variety of natural landscapes which
 he sought to explore during his time in China as a Peace Corps
 volunteer, and then his time learning about farming in Southern
 Arizona.
 When he returned to his hometown, the process of readjusting was
 a fortuitous blending of some of the different values he’d learned
 over his previous experiences. Working for a sustainably minded
 farm such as First Light helps nurture a natural ascetic, but doing it with Jane and Don  --  his community-minded neighbors for over 25 years -- has helped foster a greater understanding of what it takes to build a sustainable community as well. Perhaps these ideas together can holistically help solve the problem of food and community in the United States.

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 Farmer Jeremy joined our farming team in 2019 bringing
 with him considerable skills as a propagator, planter and
 overall farmer. His knowledge base has greatly contributed to
 the farm's overall mission.  We are grateful to have him as part
 of our farming family.




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Farmer Katsumi first came to First Light Farm several years as a mini farmer.  Since being at the farm, his skills and interest have increased greatly.  When we were looking for a part-time person to join our team in 2020, he was the perfect person.  Welcome Katsumi!

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 Farmer Reisha has a background in organic agriculture,
 permaculture design,  Western  herbalism and Northwest
 Ethnobotany. She loves plants and the great  outdoors. Although
 she no longer directly farms with us, she continues to share her 
 permaculture design talents with us and offer classes during the
 summer.  We are  delighted to sell her herbal products  from her
 medicinal farm, Wayside Botanicals, at our farm stand.

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