Blue Stone Farm

Mark and Brenda Cowell began farming in Michigan in 2011. Mark grew up in Kalamazoo, then spent 20 years as a professor of biogeography and landscape ecology until he decided it was time to more fully practice what he had been teaching. Brenda was raised in central Indiana and has many fond memories of her grandparents’ farm. She studied life sciences and forest ecology, and also works as a database consultant. Our son Asa enjoys helping out when not occupied with other aspects of his busy life. Blue Stone Farm is named for the many reminders left by the glaciers that helped form our fields – the cobblestones that our hoes often find.  It is also a shout out to Mark’s prior profession as a geographer and to our love of the big blue stone we all live on and share.