R K McFarmland is a small family farm in North Texas. We are owned and operated by Kelly McFarland, a left-handed Latina who conducts research using lived experiences, and Rich McFarland, a quiet man with a heart of gold. We have been farming since 2017 and try to approach the world of farming with clear, curious eyes. We believe in the "each one teach one" approach to life and seek to teach as we learn, to help find a way forward. 

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We believe there will be no sustainable future in food without food justice becoming a central part of our battle for sustainability. There will not be true environmental sustainability in one community without it existing in all communities. We are all linked in this. We believe food and farming should become linked again. Finding solutions in one area can help to change the way a problem looks elsewhere. We believe community driven solutions are what will pave the way forward.

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R K McFarmland is located on eight acres of land that was historically owned, managed, and cared for by the Caddo and Wichita Native American peoples. The land was taken from them through the settlement of colonists and the eventual Treaty of Tehuacana Creek. Once settled as the city of Valley View, the land was used to grow cotton and the topsoil became heavily depleted. Afterwards, this land became a site for a homestead where a gentleman electrician raised small goats and donkeys as his farm livestock. When R K McFarmland was created in 2017, the topsoil was starting to redevelop and the land had laid fallow for some 20 years. Today, we seek to heal this land through sustainable approaches, and through using regenerative practices to build a closed system of mixed methods that support and enhance the microenvironment.

 

We came to farming through Kelly's studies in anthropology and food and Rich's wise business sense and keen eye to the future. As an independent food anthropologist, Kelly knows that there is no way forward without understanding where we have been and how we got here. Kelly also works through her research to build and help create solutions within the local food system. R K McFarmland now works not only to produce food, raise livestock, and restore the land, but we also offer baked goods, and lovingly produce luxury soaps and fine handmade crafts sustainably. 

 

As a business, we do not seek to increase the divide between those in power and those without. We are constantly reevaluating our business model with this mindset, in hopes to grow together as a community. 

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Welcome to our site. Please don't hesitate to reach out with questions or suggestions. We hope you enjoy your visit, 

Kelly and Rich McFarland