Buller Family Farm, partner of Common Harvest Farms: A Brief History
Buller Family Farm was founded in 2006 by Tom Buller and Jenny Welch Buller. Jenny and Tom attended undergrad, met, and married at the University of Kansas. After several years in Minneapolis, Minnesota, they returned to beloved Lawrence, Kansas with their son in the spring of 2006 to pursue their dream of running an organic vegetable farm. After Tom apprenticed with local farmers for a year, they began renting land south of town and selling vegetables via csa's (community supported agriculture) serving Lawrence and Kansas City.
In the Spring of 2010, they partnered with mentor and fellow farmer Jill Elmers of Moon on the Meadow Farm to purchase and begin farming 34 acres sandy river bottom soil just a mile and a half east of downtown Lawrence. Their partnership, shared growing venture and land is known as Common Harvest Farms. Each farm works together on some projects, shares equipment, and continues to farm separately as well on the land. If you live in Lawrence and enjoy riding your bicycle, you may have already ridden by us and seen us out in the field or working on the old house and barns.
In the Spring of 2010, they partnered with mentor and fellow farmer Jill Elmers of Moon on the Meadow Farm to purchase and begin farming 34 acres sandy river bottom soil just a mile and a half east of downtown Lawrence. Their partnership, shared growing venture and land is known as Common Harvest Farms. Each farm works together on some projects, shares equipment, and continues to farm separately as well on the land. If you live in Lawrence and enjoy riding your bicycle, you may have already ridden by us and seen us out in the field or working on the old house and barns.
