Established in 2020, Lacuna Farm is a family business near Lake Geneva in southeastern Wisconsin,
focusing on local flower and food production, native habitat restoration, and farmstead preservation.
focusing on local flower and food production, native habitat restoration, and farmstead preservation.
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Growing up in southern Indiana, literally in the middle of a cornfield, I always longed for a diverse farmstead of my own like my grandparents once had. But my husband, Matt, and I had careers in Chicagoland in education and IT - not exactly conducive to buying acreage and living off of the land.
Then came the beginning of the pandemic and along with it, a desire for more space and a silver lining in an otherwise terrible time. Thanks to the privilege of remote work and school options for us, we were able to start thinking about building the little farm of our dreams. Once the hub of a 200+-acre farm near Lake Geneva, a 1917 farmhouse and a bank barn are the main buildings that remain on 5 acres.
The land was cleared completely in the 1930s, and most of the regrowth on the property is weedy trees and invasive shrubs like buckthorn and honeysuckle. These plants crowd out native plant foods for wildlife and have thus created a "dead zone" for pollinators.
We are in the beginning phases of building a farm that utilizes organic and regenerative methods to raise local flowers and produce, reintroduces native plants to improve soil quality and sequester carbon, and preserves and restores the remaining farmstead buildings. We plan to start offering flowers directly to Chicagoland and Lake Geneva area customers, as well as limited vacation rentals at the farm, in Summer 2022.
Matt and I both studied geology, and the farm is a nod to our shared history. "Lacuna" means "missing time" in the geologic record. "Lacuna Farm" seems fitting to describe a place created during our collective period of missing time, and a place where you can come, put your feet up, and put the rest of the world out of your mind for a bit.
Thanks for joining us -
Amanda
Then came the beginning of the pandemic and along with it, a desire for more space and a silver lining in an otherwise terrible time. Thanks to the privilege of remote work and school options for us, we were able to start thinking about building the little farm of our dreams. Once the hub of a 200+-acre farm near Lake Geneva, a 1917 farmhouse and a bank barn are the main buildings that remain on 5 acres.
The land was cleared completely in the 1930s, and most of the regrowth on the property is weedy trees and invasive shrubs like buckthorn and honeysuckle. These plants crowd out native plant foods for wildlife and have thus created a "dead zone" for pollinators.
We are in the beginning phases of building a farm that utilizes organic and regenerative methods to raise local flowers and produce, reintroduces native plants to improve soil quality and sequester carbon, and preserves and restores the remaining farmstead buildings. We plan to start offering flowers directly to Chicagoland and Lake Geneva area customers, as well as limited vacation rentals at the farm, in Summer 2022.
Matt and I both studied geology, and the farm is a nod to our shared history. "Lacuna" means "missing time" in the geologic record. "Lacuna Farm" seems fitting to describe a place created during our collective period of missing time, and a place where you can come, put your feet up, and put the rest of the world out of your mind for a bit.
Thanks for joining us -
Amanda
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