About Me

Hi guys,

I'm Hailey. I'm originally from Nashville, TN. I grew up totally a city girl. People ask me all the time if I grew up on a farm or if my family gardened. Nope. My mom had a little garden one year in our backyard and I think we grew a few tomatoes, but thats all I can remember.

After High School I did a little traveling and decided to be a farmer. Why you might ask? Because I noticed that there's a lot of hungry people out there and I had big dreams of feeding them. Still do. So I moved on up to Kentucky and enrolled in UK's Sustainable Agriculture Program.

While at UK, I was introduced to some new heros like Aldo Leopold, Joel Salatin and Wendell Berry. I discovered Permaculture, animal husbandry and the pillars of sustainable agriculture: growing methods that are economically viable, uphold environmental stewardship, and are socially just. Wow! This was good stuff. The best find of all though, was my man! I met and married my husband, who brought me up to Northern KY.

After four years of farming using organic methods, growing food in my own backyard and some experience teaching backyard gardening, my thumbs are still a light beige colored. No green thumbs here. So I have confidence that anyone and everyone can grow food. Whatever color your thumbs are!

Discovering a love for travel after High School. Along the way I discovered I wanted to learn a skill to teach others. 

Wes and I at our wedding. Eating organic salad and pastured chicken I helped raise and grow from the farm.

Growing on an organic farm in Montgomery, OH. Shortly after getting married and moving from Lexington.

Check out my blog, Seeds For a Living, to learn more about me and what I do.