About Us
Living City Farms is a Certified Organic farm through Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, rooted in closed-loop, no-till, permaculture-inspired practices in Northeast Ohio. We grow from the belief that farming is not just production—it’s relationship: with the soil, with the ecosystem, and with the people we feed.
Our farm is designed as a living system. We cultivate a diverse range of Certified Organic vegetables—from staple tender greens like arugula and lettuce to summer crops like tomatoes, and zucchini—alongside regional fruits like ground cherries. strawberries, and pawpaws. Every crop is grown with intention, in biologically active soil, without synthetic inputs, and with a deep respect for natural cycles.
We share our harvest with the community through our online webstore, a seasonal self-serve farmstand here at the farm, local farmers markets, food cooperatives, and local health food and grocery stores. However you find us, the goal is the same: fresh, nutrient-dense food grown with integrity.
Education
Education is just as important as production. Through our Living City Workshop Series, we host on-site classes and hands-on workshops covering homesteading and organic gardening practices, microgreens, aquaponics, permaculture, fertilizer tea brewing, organic integrated pest management systems, and closed-loop farming. This space is meant to be shared—a place where knowledge flows as freely as food.
We also welcome the community onto the farm through seasonal U-pick experiences—spring strawberries, summer tomatoes and zucchini, and fall harvests of pumpkins, sunflowers, gourds, and pawpaws—offering a direct connection to the land and the food it provides.
Each year, we celebrate the season’s abundance with our Croptober Fest: Autumn Festival—bringing together our partners, local artists, and community to honor the harvest and the work that made it possible.
Our Vision
Our long-term vision is to become a fully closed-loop organic farming system by 2027—reducing reliance on outside inputs while strengthening community understanding of regenerative, self-sustaining agriculture.
At the center of this vision is an integrated system built on cycles, not waste. We cultivate Black Soldier Flies using on-farm green waste and donated near-expiring produce from local grocers—diverting valuable nutrients from the waste stream and putting them back into production.
From there, the system flows:
Black Soldier Fly cultivation produces larvae and frass → larvae feed our chickens and aquaponic fish → fish support produce production → produce feeds the community.
Larvae also support our chickens → chickens produce eggs for the community → their manure feeds the garden → the garden feeds the community.
Black Soldier Fly frass fertilizes our beds → our beds grow crops → those crops nourish our community.
Everything connects. Nothing is wasted.
Living City Farms exists to demonstrate that a farm can be both productive and regenerative—a closed-loop system that feeds people, rebuilds soil, and reconnects community to the source of their food.
