ABOUT THE FARMERS

ANDREW MEYERS

Andrew grew up in the small town of Camptonville, about 45 minutes from the present site of Four Frog Farm.  Just so you know, that's relatively close in the foothills.  Andrew went down to UCLA to study spanish literature, and sometime during that time in the Smoggy City, he gained an appreciation and longing for farming.  After graduating, Andrew moved back up to Nevada City, and spent two-seasons on a small farm, learning to grow vegetables.  He moved home because the cool blue waters of the Yuba River were too great to resist.  He has dreams of monitoring agricultural run-off in the South Yuba River and forming an advocacy group to eliminate run-off completely.

Not only farming, but his passions include soccer, guitar, basketball, disc golf and epic-fantasy novel series'.

LOGAN EGAN

Logan Egan was born and raised in Grass Valley, CA, in the rural Sierra Nevada foothills.  Throughout his childhood Logan spent most of his time outdoors, and his love of the natural environment followed him to college at Stanford University, where he received a BS in Earth Systems.  Logan's interest in agriculture began early at Stanford with his interest in sustainable living and community, both which, he realized, are inexorably linked to how and from where a community's food is produced and the connection a community has with its food.  Agriculture quickly became passion for Logan, and he steered his studies in it's direction, eventually receiving an MS in Earth Systems with a focus in international agricultural development.

After finishing school and a stint of traveling, Logan yearned to reconnect with his roots and resettle back in Grass Valley, where the makings for Four Frog Farm fell into place.  At 25 years old and wrapping up Four Frog Farm's first season, Logan cannot believe his dream to farm became a reality so soon.  At Four Frog, Logan's hope is to farm sustainably, both environmentally and economically.  While farming provides Logan a living and a way to play in the dirt at the same time, he cannot help but view it as venue for activism and change.  As a society--for the salvation of our health, natural resources, and culture--we must reconnect with our food.  Logan views farming as the role he can play in that movement.