Our 5-year Vision: Built With You

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August 18, 2025

I’m incredibly blessed to be surrounded by a family and team who don’t just work hard—they dream boldly, take action, and bring visions to life.

Today, I want to share something deeply personal: a behind-the-scenes look at the next 5 years of big projects we hope to build here at Seven Sons.

These are ideas that have stirred in our hearts for years—and now they’re taking shape.

What follows isn’t just a list of plans. It’s a reflection of our commitment to you, to transparency, to community, and to the regenerative mission that brought us this far.

Let me show you what we’re working toward—together.

 

Project 1: Immersive Visitor Center

Estimated Timeline: Fall 2025
This one is really close, and actually something I introduced a few weeks back!

We're already hosting visitors, having hosted our first few groups to take the tour this weekend.

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This space will continue to evolve in the coming months and become a place where folks can see, smell, and even touch the difference between conventional and regenerative soils. (These demos blow people away every time we do them.)

This will be a place where transparency meets inspiration—for adults and kids alike.

Project 2: Seven Sons B&B

Estimated Timeline: Spring 2026
For years, we’ve dreamed about creating a welcoming space for customers traveling from afar. A place to slow down, unplug, and fully soak in the rhythms of farm life.

Thanks to my youngest brother Brandt and his wife Marissa—who’ve been lovingly remodeling an old home over the past two years—that dream is almost here.

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This isn’t a corporate rental. It’s a labor of love.

Brandt & Marissa have poured their weekends into the landscaping, and have picked every finish and color with care.

Soon, you’ll be able to stay right here on the farm, surrounded by the very food and soil systems you support.

Project 3: Visitor Pavilion & Farm Events

Estimated Timeline: Fall 2026

Imagine this...

You stop in at our farm store, grab a picnic lunch, and stroll out to a pavilion nestled in the pasture. Around you, cows graze. Chickens scratch. The sun dips behind the trees. And there’s music in the air.

That’s the vision.

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We want to create a beautiful, open-air pavilion where customers can gather for on-farm events, seasonal celebrations, and casual hangouts. Some days it’ll be just a quiet spot to enjoy a meal. Other days, it’ll come alive with food trucks, yard games, and live bluegrass.

It’s about creating space for people to reconnect—with nature, food, and each other.

Project 4: Farm-to-Table Dinners

Estimated Timeline: 2026

This one’s been on our vision board for years—but we’ve never pulled the trigger. That’s changing.

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We’re setting our sights on hosting intimate, reservation-only dinners beneath the tree canopy on our farm. Think small groups, seasonal menus, good wine, great conversation—and a meal served just yards away from the pastures that grew it.

We envision these being special occasions reserved for our most loyal club members with behind-the-scenes stories shared by our farmers and chefs alike.

Project 5: On-Farm Market & Regenerative Butcher Shop

Estimated Timeline: 2028–2030

Okay, this one gives me chills…

We want to transform the old white barn near our entrance—the one that housed confinement pigs when I was a boy—into a stunning, fully restored on-farm market and butcher shop.

This would be our most ambitious project ever.

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Inside, you’d find a curated selection of regeneratively raised meats, local fruits and vegetables from trusted partners, and other specialty goods that reflect our standards for quality and ethics.

A place not just to shop, but to believe in food again.

Want to be part of this future?

Soon, I’ll be introducing a new initiative: the Regenerative Investor Club.

This is NOT a donation.

It’s a way to pre-purchase your favorite farm foods—and earn immediate 20% bonus cash (and other perks!) while helping us cashflow these legacy projects.

We’re capping the enrollment period to just 10 days, from August 21st - 31st, 2025.

It's a test for us, and depending on the response we may open it again in 2026 or beyond.

But for now, thank you—from the bottom of my heart—for believing in this mission, this soil, and this family.

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