~ Meet Your Farmers ~
Anton Shannon
Anton grew up in the Lehigh Valley and was drawn into farming by studying the social, economic and environmental implications and interactions of land use.
After a summer apprenticeship at Kimberton CSA, a diversified vegetable farm growing local, delicious, vegetables for 200 families, he was hooked, falling in love with the craft, work, & art of farming. He relished the fact that using sustainable growing practices, creative systems, and hard work he could help feed his community.
In 2010 Anton moved back to the Lehigh Valley to help with the care-taking of his father. As fate would have it, that same year, a unique farming incubator called The Seed Farm started with the aim of training beginning farmers and providing them for with land and equipment to start farming on their own. Here he was able to turn a dream of farming into a concrete business plan and eventually a Community Supported Agriculture farm: Good Work Farm.
When not in the fields or crunching numbers on the farm budget, you'll find Anton reading, hiking, camping, practicing yoga and visiting with friends scattered about the Valley and beyond.
Anton grew up in the Lehigh Valley and was drawn into farming by studying the social, economic and environmental implications and interactions of land use.
After a summer apprenticeship at Kimberton CSA, a diversified vegetable farm growing local, delicious, vegetables for 200 families, he was hooked, falling in love with the craft, work, & art of farming. He relished the fact that using sustainable growing practices, creative systems, and hard work he could help feed his community.
In 2010 Anton moved back to the Lehigh Valley to help with the care-taking of his father. As fate would have it, that same year, a unique farming incubator called The Seed Farm started with the aim of training beginning farmers and providing them for with land and equipment to start farming on their own. Here he was able to turn a dream of farming into a concrete business plan and eventually a Community Supported Agriculture farm: Good Work Farm.
When not in the fields or crunching numbers on the farm budget, you'll find Anton reading, hiking, camping, practicing yoga and visiting with friends scattered about the Valley and beyond.
Lisa Miskelly
A Maryland-born-and-raised suburbanite, Lisa's first tastes of food production are rooted in the handful of tomato plants her Dad would basket-cage in the back-yard each summer, offering her family a few vine-ripened flavors, and an introduction to the sweetness of gardening.
Lisa spent her first farm season pasturing and milking sheep and making artisan cheese at a dairy in Southern Vermont. For the next five years, she traversed the diverse world of small-and-medium-scale farming, spending seasons working on farms with a variety of approaches and focuses—ranging from hand, horse, and tractor-scale vegetable production.
In addition to co-running Good Work Farm, Lisa manages the Lafayette College Working Farm & Community Garden, LaFarm, where she helps to create an outdoor learning laboratory of sustainable agriculture. When she is not farming, you'll find Lisa writing about farming, cooking food, eating food, or trying to carve a space in her life for family and friends, getting lost in the woods, self-care, and killer dance parties.
A Maryland-born-and-raised suburbanite, Lisa's first tastes of food production are rooted in the handful of tomato plants her Dad would basket-cage in the back-yard each summer, offering her family a few vine-ripened flavors, and an introduction to the sweetness of gardening.
Lisa spent her first farm season pasturing and milking sheep and making artisan cheese at a dairy in Southern Vermont. For the next five years, she traversed the diverse world of small-and-medium-scale farming, spending seasons working on farms with a variety of approaches and focuses—ranging from hand, horse, and tractor-scale vegetable production.
In addition to co-running Good Work Farm, Lisa manages the Lafayette College Working Farm & Community Garden, LaFarm, where she helps to create an outdoor learning laboratory of sustainable agriculture. When she is not farming, you'll find Lisa writing about farming, cooking food, eating food, or trying to carve a space in her life for family and friends, getting lost in the woods, self-care, and killer dance parties.
The dedicated, courageous, and well-loved farm dog Rocco began farming when we adopted him, and brought him to the farm.
Very quickly, Rocco adapted himself to this new lifestyle. While farming is difficult work, Rocco is willing to do what it takes to get the job done. At Good Work Farm, Rocco is our marketing-manager, vegetable taste-tester, rodent patroll-dog, CSA childcare supervisor, general farm manager, and of course, best friend.
In between hunting, barking at inanimate objects, and playing ball, you'll find Rocco lounging in the sun and meditating on the deeper questions of life.