Fearless Female Farmer, Columbus, OH (2026)

09/20/2026

I have much for which to be grateful. Thank you to everyone who made our inaugural fundraiser for the Fearless Female Farmer so extraordinary! ❤️

The board members of the Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit offered me abundant support as they helped turn this dream into a reality. Kellie, Ann, Lori, and Emma all pitched in to make the event a success. I literally could not have done this without them, and I am terrifically grateful.

The Harrison Farm team stepped up in a way that absolutely warmed my heart. Elsa & Kaitlyn represented the team by each speaking on what the farm had meant on their journey, and both of them were eloquent & heartfelt. Two legends of the Harrison Farm intern team became the illustrious acoustic duo Maddie & Jackie, our fantastic musical performance for the night. Tara, Brandee, Bobbi, Kirsten, Daniela, Katrina, and Maddie assisted with welcoming guests and serving refreshments. Austin & Kaden helped keep the farm running smoothly for the night, despite any unexpected challenges (it would not be a Harrison Farm event without some animal chaos!).

I have fabulous neighbors, and I am incredibly appreciative of everything the Ryan, Hadella, Scaggs, and Schnelle families did to support the event. We had a fantastic turnout of friends of the farm, for which I was truly grateful. And special thanks to my friends Amanda, Kathy, Megan, Laura, Molly, and Angela who assisted in a variety of ways to make the night truly successful. I will be savoring these memories in my heart for a very long time.

Please stay turned for updates on our 2027 Fearless Female Farmer fundraiser, as we honor the centennial of Harrison Farm and launch a special campaign to prepare the farm for its next century! 👩🏻‍🌾

09/17/2026

Our herd is ready for a great party! 🥂🐑🐐🐶

We have a few tickets left for the inaugural fundraiser for the Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit on Friday 18 September 2026 at the Hangar at Harrison Farm. Please join us to support the future of agriculture! Doors open at 6:30pm, we will enjoy delicious appetizers & desserts, there will be a Farm Tour at 7:00pm, followed by amazing live music and a fantastic silent auction. Guests are welcome to pop out to join the celebration any time before the event wraps at 8:30pm.

Tickets are $76 for adults, and $44 for students & young ag professionals. Tickets support the nonprofit’s work to inspire beginning farmers, cultivate inclusion, and empower the next generation of agricultural leaders. Still need a ticket? Send me a message. Cannot attend, but want to support a young fearless farmer to attend? Send me a message.

This is a truly homegrown on-farm event! Our farm products will be featured in delicious appetizers made by our favorite caterer The Berwick and our featured desserts come from my dear friend Emily of Ohio Pies (whose amazing baked goods feature eggs from the chicken ladies of our farm). The board of the nonprofit has put together a fantastic silent auction, and the intern team of Harrison Farm will be welcoming our guests. I am SUPER excited for our live music, an acoustic duo featuring the musical stylings of Maddie & Jackie — two legends of the Harrison Farm intern team!

We have recently welcomed four new interns who have committed for the fall, which takes us to 109 young people who have been a part of our internship program. This is in addition to the many young people who have joined our volunteer team over the years, as well as the young women that I have mentored in agriculture. Your support of our nonprofit allows the farm to be here — and allows me to be here — to support the future of agriculture!

09/03/2026

My grandparents were married on this date in 1944. They wed at my grandmother’s family farm in Pickerington, honeymooned with a road trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and then began their marriage at my grandfather’s family farm in Canal Wi******er. They were married nearly 52 years. I was incredibly blessed to grow up with them. My grandmother was a skilled homemaker, gardener, cook, seamstress, and baker. She loved a good party, enjoyed card games, and was always up for a fun trip. My grandfather cultivated my love of farming, history, and reading. We spent as much time as we could together — whether caring for the sheep in the barn, hiking out West, or sitting in the farmhouse talking about American history. Their love story made my life story possible.

I was fortunate to spend my childhood on the farm. Kids who grow up on farms develop skills & abilities which set them up for life. I was not blessed with marriage or children, so I pour my maternal heart into the young people who are a part of our internship program. I am privileged to watch these young people mature as they encounter challenges, learn new skills, and expand their hearts. This is one way that I aspire to honor the legacy of love which my grandparents gave me.

Even in a changing world, I still believe many things which my grandparents taught me hold true. I am working every day to provide real opportunities for young people to touch the earth, be away from screens, learn to care for animals, and understand the privilege of being a caretaker of the land. When you support the Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit, you make it possible for me to hand down my grandparents’ wisdom to the next generation. Canal Wi******er is changing, Ohio is changing. I strive to ensure that Harrison Farm remains a place where young people can continue to grow and learn. My grandparents only had one granddaughter, yet their legacy has shaped more than 100 young people who have been a part of the Harrison Farm internship program. Your support makes that possible!

“The care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility.” — Wendell Berry

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P.S. Looking to get tickets to our inaugural fundraiser at Harrison Farm on 9/18? You can reach out directly to me to reserve a ticket (which saves some fees), or get them online thru this link. I am super excited for this event!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fearless-female-farmer-inaugural-fundraiser-tickets-1998989422173?aff=oddtdtcreator

09/02/2026

Intern Fayth has a habit of saving the day — and she did again over the weekend!

Fayth joined our team in September 2025, as part of ViaQuest, which provides job skills training to individuals with special abilities. For two weeks last year, Fayth was with me every week day. We never imagined that between Week #1 and Week #2 that I would be in a bad car accident. During that second week, Fayth really shone as she stepped up to help with so many things. While it was not a situation any of us wanted, this gave Fayth the opportunity to demonstrate to her job coach how many skills she had mastered during that first week. Fayth was truly a life saver!

I am very grateful that Fayth has continued to volunteer at Harrison Farm over the last year. On Saturday, Fayth popped out to share her excitement at the medal she received in Softball Skills at her Special Olympics Ohio tournament. I was very proud of her, and talked her into a photo. I was almost done with chores, but Fayth offered to stay and help for a bit. My gratitude for this was profound, as we unexpectedly discovered a rogue hen had hidden a nest in the top of the Big Red Barn — and a rescue operation was needed!

Fayth hid her medal in her pocket so the goats would not eat it (wise choice), and held the ladder as I lifted myself up from its top rung onto the ancient wooden beams. Mama Hen was not helpful as I attempted this rescue, and I was quite thankful for Fayth’s assistance as I lowered myself, a bucket of newly hatched chicks, and an angry mama hen back down to the ladder. Fayth was a lifesaver once again, as Chardonnay the Goat chose this moment to try to knock over the ladder! Thankfully, we all made it back down safely, and Mama Hen now has a cozy & safe spot for her babies.

It is important to me that farming is accessible for those who have a passion for it. We all have different abilities, and each member of our team contributes in a way that is both unique and treasured. The Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit helps make it possible for us to provide these opportunities for young people. Please join us for our fundraiser on 9/18 at 6:30pm at the Hangar at Harrison Farm to support inclusion in agriculture!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fearless-female-farmer-inaugural-fundraiser-tickets-1998989422173

08/29/2026

Please join us for our inaugural fundraiser for the Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit on Friday 18 September 2026 at the Hangar at Harrison Farm! Tickets are now available through the link, or by messaging the farm ($76 for general admission; $44 for students & young professionals).

Please join us for heavy apps & desserts, a farm tour, live music & conviviality, and a silent auction. All proceeds go to support our educational programming at Harrison Farm as we work to inspire beginning farmers, cultivate inclusion, and empower the next generation of agriculturalists.

We are seeking silent auction items for the fundraiser, as well. Please message the farm for more information. The Fearless Female Farmer is a 501(c)3 which helps to make our educational initiatives possible. More than 100 young people have gone through our internship program, and your support makes this life-changing opportunity possible for future agriculturalists!

“Harrison Farm has been a sanctuary from the troubles of life. It gives me a place to exercise my mind & body, and connect with the animals and the beautiful life there is to see around us. My time here has shaped me into the person I am by teaching me so much about agriculture, animals, relationships, and the way the world works.” — Intern Maddie

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fearless-female-farmer-inaugural-fundraiser-tickets-1998989422173

03/09/2026

EVERY day is at the Harrison Farm!
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02/18/2026

Mentorship is a gift. It is a blessing to have a mentor, and a privilege to be one. I take very seriously the gift I have received of getting to mentor so many young people. Recently, I wrote on my Fearless Female Farmer Substack how love has shaped me as a farmer, as a mentor, and as a leader (link in comments). I was not blessed with biological children, but I was gifted with a maternal heart. I am incredibly fortunate that I get to pour that love into the young people who are a part of Harrison Farm. This is all a result of my own mentor, my remarkable chosen mum Kathy.

Years ago, as the Harrison Farm intern program was just getting going, I had the opportunity to work part-time at Quarter Horse Congress for a couple from Nebraska. Kathy & Carl sold jewelry at livestock and equestrian shows. They quickly went from being my bosses, to my mentors, to my chosen family. My admiration for Kathy rapidly became emulation as I strived to reflect her grace, her professionalism, her kindness, and her courage. Kathy could have just treated me as an employee. Instead, she vested herself in helping me to grow as a human, as a businessperson, and as a woman of faith.

Today is Kathy’s birthday, and I am abundantly grateful for her presence in my life. She is my role model, and the love she has so generously given me has changed my life. Her love has also helped shape me into a better woman. Every Harrison Farm intern and every young person I have mentored has benefitted from this. Mentors truly change lives, and I am profoundly thankful for my own.

12/21/2025

Maternal love is a powerful thing. ❤️🐑

The Empress Mathilda is my very favourite animal. She is the resilient lamb who survived frostbite on Christmas Eve 2022, when abandoned by her birth mother at 8 degrees below zero. She has persevered through many challenges, including the loss of her first babies due to illness. Mathilda is strong and resilient, though. I am excited to share this photo of Mathilda and her new twins. She adores her babies, and they are thriving. Mathilda is proof that life is sweeter after difficulty.

I always wanted to be a mother, but that was not a blessing on my journey. It took a lot of life lessons to realize that the maternal love in my heart was placed there for a purpose: to be given. I feel incredibly blessed that I get to share my maternal heart with so many remarkable young people. On Friday, I was joined Harrison Farm by Austin (6 years on the team), Elsa (3.5 years), Maddie XC (1.5 years), and Allysia (4 years). It has been a privilege to mentor each one of these young farmers. I have had the joy of seeing them grow as humans, as farmers, and as leaders. I have watched them mature through the sorrow of losing beloved animals, the failure of forgetting to turn the water off and flooding a pen, the struggle of getting ducks to go home at night despite mud, and the lessons of being a responsible member of a team. I never lose my sense of awe that my former interns continue to help at the farm, even years after their original internship. I am blessed to call them chosen family. ❤️

After chores on Friday, we sat down together to work on our goal lists, and shared them so we can support each other. These young farmers are impressive, and I am excited for their futures. My own goal list focuses on prioritization. I have hit the harsh reality that I will likely never be the same as I was before the car accident in September. I am choosing to view this as a gift from the universe that I will never have to be the same as I was before the accident. Mentorship is a focus for me as I move forward. I am able to do this thanks to those who support our nonprofit and I am abundantly grateful!

12/02/2025

“Harrison Farm has been a sanctuary from the troubles of life. It gives me a place to exercise my mind & body, and connect with the animals and the beautiful life there is to see around us. My time here has shaped me into the person I am by teaching me so much about agriculture, animals, relationships, and the way the world works.”

For Giving Tuesday, I asked one of my interns to write what Harrison Farm means to her, so I could share with our community why our internship program matters. I loved what she wrote, and I am asking your support to make this opportunity possible for more young people!

What is the Harrison Farm internship program?

Harrison Farm is my home, and my heart. I have a passion for animals, and I aspire to honor the legacy of my family as I serve as the 5th generation of Harrisons to be caretakers of this land. My graduate work was in education, and I taught high school social studies before farming became my career. I love that the farm is now my classroom and the circle of life is the curriculum. My interns come for the baby goat snuggles, they learn a great deal about responsibility & real life skills, and they also walk away with many random history facts!

What impact has this internship program had?

* 95 current and former interns
* Middle school, High School, Undergraduate, Graduate Students, and adult learners
* Diverse faiths, heritage, experiences, and homes

Our former interns who are working full-time include Extension educators, teachers, food safety specialists, animal care researchers, human health caregivers, veterinarians, and agricultural policy leaders.

Why support the Fearless Female Farmer 501(c)3 nonprofit?

Only 3 of our interns had a farm background: the other 92 found us because they wanted to learn more about animal agriculture. We are reaching young people outside of the traditional farm community! Thus far, I have mentored them through my own resources. With your support, we can reach even more individuals, and provide greater opportunities to help them grow. Please join me in inspiring beginning farmers, cultivating inclusion, and empowering the next generation of agriculturalists!

The Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit is a 501(c)3.
Donations by check to Fearless Female Farmer
c/o Harrison Farm
5278 Berger Road
Groveport OH 43125

Donations by Venmo to , by PayPal to [email protected], or by Zelle to @614.271.0304. Please include “Fearless Female Farmer” in the subject line to receive donation recognition.

The young people in these photos are all members of our intern team. I am tremendously proud of each of them. I am always amazed by the way farming helps young people to grow as responsible, thoughtful humans. Your gift goes directly to support our educational initiatives, and makes it possible for even more young people to have life-changing experiences at Harrison Farm!

11/21/2025

Farming is always an adventure! This mama hen inspired quite the recent rescue effort. She chose a spot that was so out of the way that her nest of eggs was very safe while she sat on them. Alas, she did not anticipate that it would be a terrible spot for when her babies actually hatched . . . Thus requiring quite the rescue effort by her farmer to save their lives!

I recently shared the tale on Substack of my misadventures with this moody Mother Clucker and the chicks that fell from the sky (link in comments). As I continue to recover from the accident which I was in a couple months ago, I am finding abundant peace from spending more time on the farm. I have been reflecting a great deal on my priorities for the farm, for our educational programming, and for the Fearless Female Farmer nonprofit. I am excited for the future as I refine our focus to prioritize supporting the next generation of agriculturalists through our nonprofit. My interns seem happier having me on the farm more, I am much happier being home more, and I think the animals are happier as well. Especially since it keeps me available for unexpected livestock rescue missions!

Want to sign up to follow our Substack account, so you can receive all the stories about the unruly creatures of Harrison Farm, but you are not sure how to do so? Just send me a message, and I am happy to assist! You can find our page under FearlessFemaleFarmer on Substack, and there are lots of stories of the animal shenanigans which I endeavor to manage at Harrison Farm!

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