Cutfresh Organics, LLC is operated by Aaron and Betsey Cooper. It now consists of 420 acres. The farm is located on the Eastern Shore of MD in Wicomico County.
Aaron started working on the family grain farm as a teenager and has become more involved in the last five years. In 2007, Aaron began growing organic vegetables on a couple of acres and has expanded to machine picked organic vegetables and organic grain on a larger scale.
We feel that farming organically is better for the health of the soil and allows us to more easily market a diverse array of crops in our local area. This diversity which is necessary in the organic farming model, also increases financial stability for the farm. Instead of relying on two crops for income each year, we have 6 or more different crops. If we have a crop failure in 1 or 2 crops, we don’t have a total loss.
Currently we sell all our crops on a wholesale level. Vegetables are sold mostly within an 80 mile radius of the farm. The grain is sold as far as a 200 mile radius. We have a grinder mixer (tractor run feed mill) to convert our grain into feed for local, organic livestock farmers. Ideally, we would sell all of our crops close by. Currently, that is not a reality, but we will continue to work in that direction.
