The Farmers
Cameron Genter
Cameron grew up in Kansas surrounded by the great prairie lands of the Midwest. Drawn to plants and nature at a young age, Cameron studied Botany at Humboldt State University in CA. After a couple of years in college, he was inspired to find a more practical way of working with plants through growing food, leading him to a biodynamic farming apprenticeship at Live Power Community Farm in Covelo, CA. During this time Cameron discovered his passion for farming and working with draft horses.
Daphne Kingsley
Daphne originates from the small town of Whitehall, NY on the southern tip of Lake Champlain. She grew up on a family farm that grew hay and sweet corn and always had a mix of livestock around. After a few years in college, she found her way back to farming in 2000 as an apprentice at Live Power Community Farm where she trained in biodynamic vegetable production, animal husbandry, CSA, and farm education.
After finishing three seasons at Live Power Community Farm, Cameron and Daphne spent a few years in the Northeast continuing their farming education by working and studying on farms in Maine, Vermont and the Hudson Valley of New York. In 2006 they moved to the Driftless region of Wisconsin and bought a 40 acre farm. Starting with just an old hay field they built a solar and wind powered house and barns, installed fencing and improved pastures, and built up a diversified grass-based farm and small dairy herd, utilizing draft horse power for most farm and field work.
In 2014 they relocated their farm and a family to Boulder, Colorado where they farm about 60 acres of leased land on the city of Boulder’s Open Space & Mountain Parks (OSMP) department. They operate a successful grass-based raw milk dairy and diversified draft horse powered farm, and they have built a nonprofit branch of the farm, Living Earth Agriculture Foundation, to develop the farm’s educational and social mission.
Their mission is to build a farm that stewards the land with regenerative farming practices, produces biodynamic food for the local community, and offers educational and therapeutic programs that provide opportunities for the community to get their hands in the soil and experience meaningful relationships with the land and animals.