On our farm, we strive every season to do less but better, to grow more food with fewer steps. We no longer till or use plows: we let roots and microbes do that work. We stopped using walk-in coolers and instead deliver immediately after harvest.

Clay Bottom Farm, Goshen, Indiana. 5,721 likes · 2 talking about this · 61 were here. We are a CSA farm in Goshen, Indiana. Home of the The Lean Farm....

Meet the farmers behind Clay Bottom Farm, learn about their lean farming set up, lean composting making, paper pot transplanting, and their best-selling crops and favorite varieties.

Videos about growing food on a micro scale, from Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm books. Smaller and smarter. Clay Bottom Farm sells all of its food within 1.5 miles of the farm and grows...

You can find the Clay Bottom Farm both at The Goshen Farmers Market. You can order Ben’s Books from Fables Books . This summer, we're taking a look at some of the small farms and urban gardens you'll only find in Goshen!

50K Followers, 247 Following, 1,062 Posts - Clay Bottom Farm (@claybottomfarm) on Instagram: "Micro scale 1/3-acre no till farm. #leanfarming. Masterclass, on-farm trainings. Buy The Lean Micro Farm book and sign up for perks at our website "

Clay Bottom Farm is one of the most respected small farms in the nation, and the course is updated every season. NEW in '24-'25: Over a dozen new lessons, including a greenhouse construction series, updated information on tomato trellising techniques, packaging options for wholesale accounts, new tools at Clay Bottom, and more.

Ben Hartman and Rachel Hershberger’s Clay Bottom Farm in northern Indiana is basically an archetypal hobby-farm success story. Starting in 2006 with just 1/4 acre of rented land and 10 CSA customers, the operation eventually broadened to farm ownership in 2008, which also allowed them to leave their existing nine-to-five jobs to farm full-time.

Mar 15, 2016 · Clay Bottom Farm. Ben Hartman and Rachel Hershberger Goshen, IN. SNAPSHOT QUESTIONS. When did you start your farm? 2006. We farmed part-time, relying on off farm income, until 2011. Since then we’ve farmed full-time for a living. What do you produce? Produce, with a focus on greens. How big is your farm?

Oct 29, 2019 · On a recent Thursday evening, the Community Sustainability Project Board of Directors enjoyed a tour of Clay Bottom Farm located at 340 Hackett Road Goshen. Farmers Ben Hartman and Rachel Hershberger have been selling produce at …