Joe Dresbach officially began Dresbach Farms in 1959, when he was just a young man willing to put in the hard work and pursue his dream of farming. Joe and his wife, Marlene, worked tirelessly over the years to grow the farm and as their family grew their 4 boys began helping their parents in whatever way they could on the farm. I have heard many stories of the boys going out to the fields to help Joe pull some pesky weeds out of a crop field, picking sweet corn, or working on equipment. Fast forward to 1991 when Joe was at a farm field day listening to Dave Brandt speak on soil health and no-till farming. The decision he made that day to quit tillage cold turkey began our family's journey to regenerative agriculture. It has been Joe and Marlene's goal to leave the land better than they found it, and leave a legacy farm for anyone in their family to have a place to come back to if they want to farm.

As the farm has grown we have made it our mission to grow quality nutrient dense food for our community using regenerative practices. Regenerative practices include limited soil disturbance, keeping the ground covered, increasing crop diversity, having a continual living plant/root in the soil, and livestock integration. We are doing our best to build up our soils because as soil health increases so does the nurients found in the plants, and in the food produced by those plants. We grow all non-GMO crops including some heritage grains, open pollinated corns, and heirloom produce. We grind our own livestock feed so any grain that our animals receive, we know exactly what is in it, and how it was grown. We rotationally graze our cattle and chickens on our pastures as well as on the cover crops on our row crop ground. Our cover crops are a diverse mix to add diversity to our row crop ground, keep the ground covered and a living plant growing in the soil, as well as a good nutrient dense food for our livestock. We grow sunflowers as part of our cover crop mix and love being able to share the beauty they bring with our community!

We have a come and see philosophy for our customers! We want our community to have an active role in knowing the why and the how behind us growing their food. We encourage questions, and farm visits through the multiple farm tours and events we host throughout the year, and try to share a lot of what is going on at the farm through our weekly newsletter and our social media pages. We want to shed a light on the beauty that is found in agriculture and provide a way for our community to know their farmer, and have a relationship with those of us who are doing our best to raise their food.