Wallkill, New York · Ten acres · Est. 2019
A small family farm,
tending the land the way Don Pedro taught us.
Ten acres in the Hudson Valley — pastured poultry, an Asian pear orchard, natural farming, animals as partners in the work. A quiet corner runs as an approved NY OCM research site. Built slow, off full-time jobs, with kids in the house. Cultivating in New York, rooted in Puerto Rico.
- — A flock, a herd, a few trees — enough, not more
- — JADAM-style natural farming, farm-made inputs, no synthetics
- — Animals as partners in the work, not product
- — A blueprint for other small farms to start their own
In memory of
Don Pedro.
1936 – 2020 · Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The farm is named for David's grandfather. Born in Arecibo, he grew up on the sugar plantations of Puerto Rico's north coast — the cane and the land his first teachers. He later built a career on the corporate side of the tobacco industry, in sales and marketing, but the farming instincts from that plantation childhood never left him.
We carry his name for a reason. Every bird in the flock, every tree in the orchard, every row in the garden — it's a continuation of what he started. Share what you know. Support the ones around you. Take care of the family. That's the whole thing.
Read his full story →What we do
Four things, done with care.
A small living homestead
Laying hens, pastured meat birds, and a little herd of sheep, goats, and pigs who work the land beside us — partners, not product. Twenty Asian pear trees. A seasonal garden. Enough. Not more.
Read more →Natural farming
JADAM-inspired. Farm-made microbial inoculants, composted horse manure, biochar, companion planting. Low-input. Regenerative. Puerto Rican intuition in a Hudson Valley field.
Read more →For other small farms
We publish what works — and what didn't. Methods, costs, yields, mistakes. A path for other families, especially veterans and first-generation farmers, to start their own small AI-powered farm.
Read more →A quiet research plot
A small corner of the farm operates as an approved study site under an Agricultural Genomics Foundation NY OCM research license — medical cannabinoid work documented for the public record. Methods open; strain IP protected.
Read more →The thesis
Small can be top-shelf.
For six years we've run this place off full-time jobs, with kids in the house and almost no spare dollars. We've learned what the big farms don't have time to learn: how to grow the best possible thing on the smallest footprint for the lowest cost, using what the land already gives you.
That's the thesis we're proving. Microbial brews instead of synthetic fertilizer. A hundred birds instead of ten thousand. A handful of trees, a small herd, a quiet research plot, and a family learning the work together. The roots of a Puerto Rican farm, replanted in a New York field.
Visit the farm
Field days, campouts, school visits, and guided tours. Small groups, honest days in the dirt.
See what's open →From our flock
Eggs, pastured chickens, seasonal produce, and pears from our twenty trees when they're in season.
Shop the farm →Learn with us
Signature classes — JADAM natural farming, cannabis research basics, starting a small family farm — in person and online.
Upcoming classes →