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Sleepy Hollow Farm was founded in 1932 by Cindi's grandfather, Fuller Cochran. In 1993 Cindi and her husband Randy, recognized they would one day be faced with the choice of selling her grandfather’s farm or moving there and attempting to make a living. After three years of researching crop options and various other factors relating to mid-career transitions they decided to develop their long time interest in medicinal plants and committed themselves in 1996 to a Five-Year Plan to convert the farm to the certified organic production of those plants. Today they produce several varieties of medicinal plants and a wide range of products from those plants including liquid extracts, soaps, creams, lotions, deodorants, and other personal care items.
Sleepy Hollow Farm's leadership in the area of medicinal plant production has been recognized by the USDA and the National Institutes of Health/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH/NCCAM) through a series of six awards from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The first project entitled Establishing a Viable Organic Goldenseal Production System for Small Family Farms developed methods for small family farms to produce Goldenseal on currently idle forestland. Goldenseal's popularity has led to it being over-collected from the wild to the point of being declared an endangered species in 1997. Sleepy Hollow Farm's research in this area will allow for more profitability for these small farms while at the same time reducing the need for wild collected goldenseal, giving the plant a chance to recover. The second project, Goldenseal, Processing and Value-Added Product Development, has developed the capacity to produce the highest quality liquid goldenseal extract on the market today. The third project, Development of Research Grade Goldenseal is developing a line of goldenseal products suitable for use in NIH funded clinical studies involving various digestive disorders such as acid reflux, stomach ulcers, and infectious diarrhea.
Sleepy Hollow Farm is a Founding Member of the Institute for Nutraceutical Research at Clemson University, SC and the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants. University cooperators with our projects include researchers from Clemson University, the University of Illinois at Chicago Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, The University of Georgia Center for AgriBusiness and Economic Development, Rutgers University, and North Carolina State University.
Randy and Cindi are actively involved in the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices through their work with the Team Agriculture Georgia project. This project has a mission to deliver programs to the underserved, beginning, and limited resource farmers in Georgia. Randy has given presentations on opportunities for small farms in the area of medicinal plant production and grant opportunities for small farmers. Randy is a former member of the Georgia Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program Advisory Council and the USDA's Small and Beginning Farmer and Rancher Program review panel.
In short, we are a small family run operation dedicated to providing you with high quality, sustainably produced herbs and herbal products. We invite you to try our products and discover the difference between farm fresh herbal products and those from the store shelf. Home
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