Bird Fork Farm

Dunlap, Tennessee

Bird Fork Farm (BFF) is a small, diverse, woman owned and operated farmstead on the Cumberland Plateau outside of Dunlap, TN. Leaving a roaming archaeology career, BFF was born with the goal of using earth-based, regenerative, permaculture principles to grow sustainably raised, nutrient dense, and pesticide free herbs, fruit and produce. Since 2020 BFF has provided Certified Naturally Grown produce, fruit, value added products, herbs, and herbal concoctions to Middle and East Tennessee. Of the total 55 acres, approximately 2 ¼ acres are farmed solely by hand. The remaining 52 acres are an at-risk forest and transitional prairie ecosystem we protect. In 2023 BFF received a grant to re-introduce fire to the land and transform the old hayfield into native prairie. No large gasoline powered equipment is used to reduce the farm’s carbon footprint and soil compaction. Through low-till and no-till practices, composting, and increasing biodiversity, we have been transforming this once heavily plowed land into a microbiological oasis for a healthier ecosystem.

BFF aims to provide high quality, farm-grown, small batch, slow-crafted, intentional herbal products to our community in the form of teas, tinctures, oxymels, bodycare products, herbs, and more; crafted entirely on-farm from our own CNG grown and/or ethically wildcrafted plants. We aim to increase our community’s knowledge surrounding herbs and how they relate to health sovereignty by offering on-farm herbal workshops, online orders, Herbal CSAs, and more. BFF is a gathering place for folks to safely enjoy nature, a place for friends and family to come together, to learn, teach, share, and grow. To reconnect with the land and themselves away from the city.