Finding Her Niche at Bloomsbury Farm

Finding Her Niche at Bloomsbury Farm
Lauren Palmer and her daughter in the cabbage patch.

Text By Vicki L. Ingham

At Bloomsbury Farm, Lauren Palmer practices environmental responsible organic agriculture with a focus on local markets and beautiful, healthy food.

Statistically speaking, Lauren Palmer is something of a rarity in American agriculture—she’s young and she is a woman—yet like her fellow organic farmers across the country, she is having an outsized impact on her community. She is among the 6 percent of “principal operators” who are under 35, and she’s one of just 14 percent who are women. Operating a small-scale farm that’s locally focused and committed to sustainable, environmentally responsible practices, she’s also an entrepreneur, finding creative ways to connect customers to the source of their food.