The Lavasseur Family Farm began on April 19, 2012, with the purchase of our little two acre property in Gansevoort, New York.  However, the concept began one year prior.  After watching Food, Inc. Elaine and I decided that the corrupt industrial food system of the United States was not suitable to be feeding our kids, and we made a plan to move away from it.  We began researching ways to buy healthy, natural food, and found the Saratoga Springs Farmers Market.  We also changed our search criteria regarding our eventual real estate purchase.  After about ten months of searching, we found our little gem on this Earth here in Gansevoort.  It was important to Elaine and I that the farm not just be a farm, but a home, and one that can keep us close to the things we love; civilization!  I don't know that we ever thought we would be farmers, nor do I think we woke up the day after watching Food, Inc. and planned we would end up this way, but here we are.  We are here to make the best of what we have, and what we can manage to create.  Our kids are the driving factor for this journey, and it's the best motivation you can have.
- Jay