Sara Hewitt
Sara Hewitt

Sara Hewitt

Kilkenny, MN

5th generation farmer, wife and mother

My husband and I farm 625 acres along with raising beef cattle and honey bees in southern Minnesota. We also have a few laying hens for fun and fresh eggs. We farm land that has been in my family for over 100 years. We love raising our two kiddos out on the farm.  Last year, we started custom raising beef cattle for direct to consumer marketing! We are so excited to connect friends, family and hopefully new friends to our farm.

My husband and I run our farm together.

Baking, Writing, Photography, Blogging, Reading, Hiking

I want to share that we are still family farms that truly care about the product we raise. We care about what our customers choose because it affects our livelihood, and we want to have conversations about how food is grown, and why advancements in technology and innovations are so important to our farm.

My husband and I continue to farm land that has been in my family for over a century now. I love that we are giving our children the opportunity to grow up the way we were raised, learning to care for the land and animals.

We are CommonGround

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