Who We Are

Big Table Farm Co-op is a producer co-op founded and run by farmer friends Marykate Glenn, Lindsey Melling and Becky Richey based in the Greater Cincinnati area. Big Table Farm Co-op promotes soil health, nutrient-dense foods and spreads the word that our health and the health of the land are woven together.

Farmers Marykate, Lindsey and Becky

Meet Your Farmers

Marykate in the field

Mustard Seed Farm grew out of connection with Moriah Pie and Parish Farm in Norwood, Cincinnati Ohio. In 2017 I began working with the Parish Farmers, who ran a pay-what-you-can pizza restaurant called Moriah Pie (now a cafe open 7am - 11am Wed, Thu, Fri, 1766 Mills Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45212). After growing for organic market farms and sliding scale CSAs for the previous ten years, I learned a lot from the Moriah Pie community and Mustard Seed Farm is how I'm deepening that connection.

Mustard Seed Farm is founded on the understanding that opportunities for healing abound when we connect to the landbase- we reconnect to culture, place-based knowledge, and we internalize that our health and the health of the land are woven together.

MaryKate

Lindsey in the field

Lindsey started farming in 2018 at Dark Wood Farm. She started an herbal business in 2020, Effloresce Herbals, crafting herbal products with locally grown and foraged plants. She met Marykate through Becky and worked on Mustard Seed Farm in 2022 while looking for land to start her own farm. In 2023, she started Effloresce Herbals and Farm and has been growing food collaboratively with Marykate since then. “I’m honored and grateful to be working with such inspiring women and a wonderful group of CSA members!”

Lindsey is passionate about connecting people to their food and our planet, sustainable agriculture practices, and providing healthy food, herbs and herbal products to her community.

Lindsey

Becky with squash

Becky has been farming since 2020. She came to farming after burning out in other industries, and quickly fell in love with the work. She started as an intern at Turner Farm, then moved on to work for Darkwood Farm, where she met Lindsey! In 2023, she completed OEFFA's Produce Farm Manager Apprenticeship after working for two seasons with That Guy's Family Farm. In 2024 she started Wishing Pole Farm. Even with years of experience, she appreciates the support of other farmers and Mustard Seed Farm CSA members.

"Farming can be tough, but I want to live in a community where we take care of each other and the land, and I believe we have to build the communities we want!"

Becky

Our Farmer Friends

We partner with other local farms to add diversity to shares and build resilient local agriculture systems:

  • Backyard Orchard

  • Foxtail Farm

  • That Guy’s Family Farm

  • Our Harvest Cooperative

  • Hilltop Family Farm

  • Elmwood Stock Farm

  • Rich Life Farm and Fungi

  • Lobenstein Farm

  • Turner Farm