About Our Farm

We started our farm in 2019 with the goal of producing local, naturally grown vegetables involving members of our family and community. Everything Saint Fiacres sells is produced on the farm. All vegetables and seedlings are grown from seed without the use of synthetic chemicals or pesticides. We don't use a tractor in vegetable production and we don't till the land. Instead we have adopted no-till, sustainable, and efficient methods that include soil tests, OMRI certified soil amendments, flame weeding, stale seed beds, modern tools, organized systems, and good agricultural practices that are always being improved. We aim to be transparent and have now chosen to join the Certified Naturally Grown Program. Farm tours are available and we are willing to answer any questions as best we can about the products and processes we use on our farm.

MEET YOUR FARMERS

Nick & Jessica Gressel
Owners & Farmers

“It was a lot of work to build a business and grow a following,” shared Nick Gressel, co-founder of Saint Fiacres Farm. “You're the farmer and the planner and the marketer and the salesman." And let’s also include the title of expert in Nick’s list of many roles. Any farmer knows the slue of technical expertise that actually goes into running a farm, especially when you’re abstaining from using large farm equipment. Thankfully in a prior life, Nick was a mechanic and now applies those skills to automate their greenhouses and watering system. It can all be controlled through a phone. While building out such systems was time consuming initially, it makes for sustainable operations. “We can eliminate room for errors and I can focus on what’s important with the actual farming.”