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Our Mission

Bringing Community Back to Farming

At Friends Farm, we’re not just cultivating crops; we’re nurturing communities and fostering connections that sustain both people and the planet. Creating a movement through nourishing experiences, partnerships, and a replicative model that fosters a new culture of collaboration.
  • Biodynamic Farming
  • Educational Workshops
  • Community Building Events And Celebrations
  • Partnerships and Cooperative Economics
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Team Members

Meet Our Team

Sam Rudman

Co-Founder Head of Outreach

I am a Boulder local bringing soil expertise and a stiff back to help Friends Farm grow into a beacon of education and food awesomeness. In my studies on soil and the earth I have learned how powerful our little slice of heaven can be, and am motivated to conserve and steward the land for future generations. I hope you will stop by, the only way we are doing it is together, and we have the best office view in town! Join us for my favorite farm foods: pesto, bruschetta, and arugula salad.

Oliver Aurand

Co-Founder Operations Lead

I’m Oliver and I love to help others create systems and lives more in harmony with the Earth and real community. Maybe you’ve also wondered what cultural change and having a regenerative society will really take? For over a decade, I have studied ecology, farming, anthropology, community building and systems thinking. I have worked on a variety of farms and taught classes in foraging, soil and regenerative technologies. I am excited to help create and learn together with you on this journey!

Kevin Ries

Co-Founder Operations Lead

I’m a native of Colorado where I love to trail-run, snowboard, camp, and play in the river. I’m still new to farming, loving every minute of it. This is my 3rd season growing food and my passion constantly grows. My background is in the healing arts, and I enjoy bringing that love into the Earth itself and further into the community. I am thankful for time spent with family and friends. My favorite quote, “Newday, for see the beauty, give love.”

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Volunteer with Friends

Friends Farm leases 2 acres from the Nyland Cohousing Community as part of an incubator for increasing local food production set up by Waves of Grain food coop. Nyland Cohousing is Colorado’s largest and oldest cohousing community with over 100 members and a dedication to creating a vibrant local food scene.

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    We thank

    Our Partners

    A massive thank you to our partners that make this dream of a restorative, sustainable, community possible.

    Holly Hills Farm and Consulting
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    Our gratitude

    Land Acknowledgement

    Given the relationship agriculture has with the land and the historical, cultural, and community implications of our relationships with the land we humbly give thanks to the past stewards of our land including the Hinono’eiteen (Arapaho), Núuchi-u (Ute), Newe (Shoshone), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne), Cáuigú (Kiowa) and numerous other tribal groups who lived and continue to live here so intimately. We hope we can continue in the spirit of life in Partnership with the Earth and be of service to these and other marginalized groups through our work.