Stories From the Field
Patty Gentry, Early Girl Farm
My name is Patty Gentry. I own and operate Early Girl Farm in Brookhaven, NY. Early Girl is an intensively planted, highly diversified two and a half acre farm that grows produce primarily for wholesale to restaurants.
Before starting a career in farming 5 years ago, I worked as a Chef in the restaurant business for over 20 years. I have lasting memories of ingredients that captured my heart and taste buds over the years like the first time I tasted a tender stalk of spring asparagus, a sweet English Pea or the bittersweet crunch of a perfect head of escarole.
Welcome to our new website feature! Here, we are inviting growers of all sizes to share their success stories. Whether you are a commercial farmer, homesteader/home gardener or community garden member, we encourage you to drop us a line at web@bionutrient.org to share and inspire others with your own grower tales. (Thank you, Patty, for offering your story to be the first!)