Our Story

In the late 1960's, Rusty Baker’s father acquired our farm from a land development group he was part of. It was a 1300-acre mess, with mostly cutover timber and no roads, fields, or development of any kind. 

Over time, Rusty became more interested in natural ways of maintaining and preserving his Louisiana land. He and his wife Tina started growing gardens and orchards, which have become richly abundant over the  decades. They developed a road system, transitioned to no tillage practices, opened some fields for cattle and hay, and worked to improve the habitat for wildlife. But the property was still primarily managed for timber and wildlife.

In 1998, Rusty read a life-changing book by Allan Savory titled "Holistic Resource Management".

He immediately knew that was the direction he wanted to take the farm in. Rusty began reading everything he could find on soil health, regenerative practices and its overall ecological impact, how to produce nutrient dense foods, etc. 

Rusty and Tina knew they wanted to expand the farm’s impact to make a positive contribution to human health, but they needed guidance.

In 2020, Rusty met with Dr. Allan Williams of Understanding Ag. Not only is he on the leading edge of everything we wanted to accomplish, but being born and raised in the south, he has a great understanding of our unique deep south ecosystem. 

Working with Dr. Williams,  we created a plan to light up the soil on every square foot of the farm, a plan to constantly improve the healthy functioning of the soil. This meant fully embracing regenerative practices, incorporating multi stacking enterprises as robustly as possible. They introduced animals on the farm in late 2021. Now, David and Kamryn Crawford run the day-to-day farm operations.

We are now on the ever expanding journey to make a powerful contribution to human health, enhance the totality of the ecosystem we have been blessed with, make a contribution to our human community through education and application, and celebrate a holistic regenerative lifestyle with a successful economic model for all to see. 

Said simply, we want life to flourish on Baker Bayou!

Our Team

           Farm Hands, David and Kamryn Crawford - Owners, Tina and Rusty Baker