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Sleepy Hollow Farm was founded in 1932 by Cindi's grandfather, Fuller Cochran. In 1993 Cindi and I recognized that we 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 we decided to develop our long time interest in medicinal plants and committed ourselves in 1996 to a Five-Year Plan to convert the farm to the certified organic production of those plants. Today we are USDA National Organic Program certified by Oregon Tilth, Inc. as both growers and processors. We produce several varieties of medicinal plants and a wide range of products from those plants including liquid extracts, soaps, creams, lotions, and other toiletry items.
Sleepy Hollow Farm's leadership in the area of medicinal plant production has been recognized by the USDA through four awards from the Small Business Innovation Research program. Our first project entitled Establishing a Viable Organic Goldenseal Production System for Small Family Farms is developing 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 several states. Our 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, is developing our capacity to produce the highest quality liquid goldenseal extract on the market today.
Sleepy Hollow Farm is a Founding Member of the Institute for Nutraceutical Research at Clemson University, SC. University cooperators with our projects includes 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 also is a member of the Georgia Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program Advisory Council.
In short, we are a small family run operation dedicated to providing you with high quality, sustainably produced herbs and made on the farm herbal products. We invite you to try our products and discover the difference between farm fresh herbal products and those from the store shelf.Return Home
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