Today we’d like to introduce you to Jasmin Jones.
Hi Jasmin, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I began my journey as a plant mom.
At one point, I had over a hundred tropical plants, lush, vibrant, and alive. Caring for them was therapy for me, especially during the pandemic and through other seasons of life. Tending to plants gave me peace, grounding, and healing when I needed it most.
Then life shifted.
I moved into a home surrounded by five acres of land, and I wasn’t quite sure what I was meant to do with all that space. I continued being a plant mom, adding more plants, nurturing what I knew. But I am a very spiritual person, and I prayed deeply about my purpose. I spoke often with my mother, seeking wisdom and confirmation.
One day, after sitting quietly with God, the message became clear: I needed to grow food.
When I shared this with my mom, she confirmed it without hesitation. She said, “Honey, what if the water supply gets cut off? What if the grocery stores run out of food? You need to be able to feed your family.” That conversation changed everything.
On Mother’s Day a couple of years ago, I planted my first seeds with my granddaughter. Just a few seeds. Just a beginning. We planted food. Then I planted more. And more. With each seed, my purpose became clearer. This wasn’t just about feeding myself or my family it was about feeding my community.
I knew then that this was bigger than me.
Not long after, I was divinely connected with a farmer friend through my job. I shared my vision for the land, and he shared his world with me his animals, his knowledge, his experience. I told him I wanted chickens. I wanted eggs. He gifted me my first 22 Silkie chickens, and from that moment on, my life changed.
Learning how to raise them, care for them, collect eggs, wash eggs. it was one of the greatest experiences for me and my family. From there, my farm grew organically and steadily. Today, I have six pigs, almost one hundred chickens, four guinea fowl, quail birds, and sixteen ducks.
I now sell farm-fresh eggs to my community and at farmers markets. I am building my farm from the ground up by myself and learning something new every single day. I work full-time as a registered nurse at night, and during the day, I am a farmer. The work is demanding, exhausting at times, and never-ending but I love it.
This life brings me joy.
I am deeply grateful for my support system and for the people who believe in what I’m doing. What humbles me most is seeing others become inspired people growing their own food, wanting to raise animals, reclaiming their connection to the land because they saw my journey and felt empowered to begin their own.
This is my purpose.
To serve my community.
To educate.
To share knowledge.
To help others become successful and self-sufficient.
To be a good human to my people.
I look forward to watching my farm continue to grow, evolve, and bless others. This is the work I was called to do, and I walk this path with gratitude, faith, and love.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
Like all farmers, I have faced significant challenges throughout this journey. Farming has required me to confront loss, uncertainty, and physical exhaustion often simultaneously. I have experienced the loss of chickens, the death of a pig, crop failures after months of care, and gardens damaged by wildlife such as deer. These setbacks are emotionally difficult, especially when time, labor, and hope have already been invested.
There have been moments when crops did not thrive as expected, despite careful planting and consistent tending. Waiting months for food to grow only to see it fail is discouraging, yet it is a reality of agriculture. Weather conditions, soil variables, pests, and wildlife all play a role beyond human control.
Despite these challenges, I have never considered giving up. Instead, these experiences have strengthened my resolve. Farming has taught me that loss and growth exist side by side it is the natural cycle of life. Some things die, some things flourish, and each season brings new lessons. These moments have pushed me to learn more, adapt my practices, and become a better steward of the land and animals in my care.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’ve been a registered nurse for 12 years, and currently working as a psychiatric nurse for 8 years in a hospital setting with adult and adolescent patients. Before that, I spent six years working with adolescents ages 11 to 17, which was truly the joy of my life. Psychiatric nursing teaches you that healing isn’t linear there are setbacks, losses, and hard days, but showing up consistently makes all the difference.
What drives me is service. Whether I’m caring for patients in a psychiatric unit or tending animals and crops, the work is about showing up with compassion and responsibility. Both nursing and farming are acts of care, and both have taught me resilience, humility, and purpose. This life isn’t easy but it’s meaningful, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Do you any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
My favorite childhood memories are the summers I spent with my grandparents in Saugerties, New York. I was outside from morning until the sun went down playing in the country, running through the woods, wading in creeks, collecting salamanders and fireflies, riding my bike, and just being free.
There was no rush, no noise just nature and curiosity. I learned by being immersed in the natural world. I learned how to observe, how to respect living things, and how to be present. Those summers taught me how to listen to nature long before I had words for it.
Looking back, I realize those experiences planted seeds that are still growing in me today. That sense of freedom, connection to the land, and comfort outdoors shaped who I am as a farmer and as a human. What I’m doing now working the land, raising animals, growing food feels like a return to that childhood rhythm. It feels like home.
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