About Mountain Sun Farm

Mountain Sun Farm is a certified organic fruit and vegetable farm located on Lookout Mountain in Mentone, Alabama. It was established in 2017 after farming on leased land for 3 years. We only sell our produce through our CSA and occasionally a self-serve stand at our farm gate. We grow on 8 acres of production fields. The farm has ideal sandy loam and loam soils, and is at the headwaters of Little River in one of Alabama's cleanest watersheds. Sitting atop Lookout Mountain, our crops enjoy a slightly cooler and breezier climate at 1650' elevation. The farm's elevation, topography, and isolation protects it from potential pollution risks of industry or conventional agriculture. Our farming methods prioritize ecological diversity and improving soil quality through intensive cover cropping, promoting beneficial insects, and crop rotation. We rely primarily on beneficial insects and birds to control pests - using naturally-occuring biopesticides secondarily. We rely on healthy soil microbe populations to help our crops combat disease - we feed the microbes with organic matter from cover crops. We do not use any herbicides, we instead use mechanical cultivation and cover cropping for weed control. We don't use plastic mulch on our farm. We both graduated from Auburn University's College of Agriculture in pursuit of our long-held goal to work in organic agriculture. Liz's background is in fruit and vegetable production - she worked and learned with two of the most successful and established organic farms in our area:Randle Farmsand Jenny Jack Farm. Brian's background is in environmental chemistry/microbiology - he's glad to now apply science with bare hands in the field outside of a laboratory. The farmland and farm business (and all the farm loans) are owned by Liz and Brian. 2025 is our 11th season farming full-time as self-employed farmers with no off-farm jobs - and we're now raising a wee-wun on the farm, too. Find us on Wild Farm Alliance's Flyways Trail Map! (A network of farms supporting beneficial birds with nest boxes and habitat in exchange for their pest control services.)

Our Story

CSACSA Policies FAQTestimonials Mountain Sun Farm is a certified organic fruit and vegetable farm located on Lookout Mountain in Mentone, Alabama. It was established in 2017 after farming on leased land for 3 years. We only sell our produce through our CSA and occasionally a self-serve stand at our farm gate. We grow on 8 acres of production fields. The farm has ideal sandy loam and loam soils, and is at the headwaters of Little River in one of Alabama's cleanest watersheds. Sitting atop Lookout Mountain, our crops enjoy a slightly cooler and breezier climate at 1650' elevation. The farm's elevation, topography, and isolation protects it from potential pollution risks of industry or conventional agriculture. Our farming methods prioritize ecological diversity and improving soil quality through intensive cover cropping, promoting beneficial insects, and crop rotation. We rely primarily on beneficial insects and birds to control pests - using naturally-occuring biopesticides secondarily. We rely on healthy soil microbe populations to help our crops combat disease - we feed the microbes with organic matter from cover crops. We do not use any herbicides, we instead use mechanical cultivation and cover cropping for weed control. We don't use plastic mulch on our farm. We both graduated from Auburn University's College of Agriculture in pursuit of our long-held goal to work in organic agriculture. Liz's background is in fruit and vegetable production - she worked and learned with two of the most successful and established organic farms in our area:Randle Farmsand Jenny Jack Farm. Brian's background is in environmental chemistry/microbiology - he's glad to now apply science with bare hands in the field outside of a laboratory. The farmland and farm business (and all the farm loans) are owned by Liz and Brian. 2025 is our 11th season farming full-time as self-employed farmers with no off-farm jobs - and we're now raising a wee-wun on the farm, too. Find us on Wild Farm Alliance's Flyways Trail Map! (A network of farms supporting beneficial birds with nest boxes and habitat in exchange for their pest control services.)

Meet Liz and

Farm Owner · Since 2017