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Frank Hodge, Owner Father Earth Organic Farm

I'm Frank Hodge, founder and owner of Father Earth Organic Farm in Lafayette Colorado. I became interested in gardening in the late 50's while working with a family in western Massachusetts. My father worked for Westinghouse, and as a side job, was a sharecropper for a vegetable farm. When school was out in the summer, our family of 6 boys and 2 girls would spend most days from sun up to sun down, harvesting vegetables for the market.

My father died when I was 11 years old, but I continued to work on the farm because minorities couldn't work in most places unless they were over 16. At age 17, I began working in a grocery store, and asked to bring home veggies that they were going to throw out at the end of the day. I noticed that none of the veggies tasted as good as they did when I got them fresh from the farm. Because I liked the taste of fresh farm produce, I was encouraged to begin growing my own vegetables.

I spent some years in college and in the military, and I would always have something growing in the yard, or in my home, or any place I could find a space to plant something. In 1994, I began studying different gardening methods, including permaculture, bio-intensive gardening, wide row gardening, no dig, and hydroponic gardening.

Today, I use what I have learned over the years, to grow the best organic produce I can by incorporating most of the gardening methods I mentioned above. I truly enjoy the connection that a human being has with the land. I really feel that I am a steward of the land, and I believe that if I take care of the land, It will surely take care of me, my family, my friends, and my community.

Father Earth Name

I have been asked by numerous people how I came about the farm name, "Father Earth." My thought is that, where there is a "Mother," there should be a "Father." So, Mother Earth, Father Earth, Why not? I truly am not taking anything away from Mother Earth, but most people do not realize that there is more "Earth" in Father Earth than there is in Mother Earth. Take the "F" away from Father. Now, rearrange the letters and what do you see? Hence, Father Earth Organic Farm. Blessings to all who serve, support and protect the Mother AND the Father.

Father Earth Organic Farm
8881 Elgin Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026
Phone: 303-494-4500
Cell: 720-849-3484

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