Founder of Laura’s Lean Beef Company and Mt. Folly Enterprises, as well as a well-known innovator, Laura Freeman began her career in agriculture in the fall of 1981. Laura owns and runs Mt. Folly Farm, one of the largest USDA-certified organic farms in the Bluegrass. She is President/CEO of Mt. Folly Enterprises, the company that owns Mt. Folly Farm, Laura’s Hemp Chocolates, Laura's Homestead Alternatives CBD, and Wildcat Willy’s Distillery. Read more of Laura's story.

Are we to be Gardeners of the Planet?

When I asked this question to our regenerative farming team, the response back was, “Compared to what?” The idea that we might behave like gardeners falls between two future visions:  a rewilded paradise where people exit stage right; or a “precision agriculture” future, where food is grown in laboratories, enormous soil-less greenhouses, or dead dirt. …

Laura's Homestead Alternatives log cabin.

A Letter from Laura: Drawdown!

Dear Friends, At Mt. Folly farm, we are doing big things, simply. We are part of the drawdown movement, which seeks to sequester carbon dioxide in plants, trees and soils. We have long been a part of the organic movement as well, for us meaning our products are raised in soils, part of the underground…

March Is Women’s History Month

Dear Friends,  March is women’s history month. As a woman, I’d rather an eon than a month, which we deserve. Still, I ask you to send me a vignette, long or short, about the women who’ve been role models, inspired you, accomplished the impossible, and have improved the well-being of humanity. I’ll get these notes…

sunflower, soil and microbiome

Soil, Sunflowers, Microbiomes and Health

Dear Friends, There is a connection between the soil microbiome and our microbiome. As we focus on health, we’ve come across these new findings. For organic farmers who use nature rather than pesticides and herbicides to grow plants, including organic hemp for CBD, we are heartened to see this research going mainstream. The human microbiome consists…