Farm Journal

Farming isn’t just something we do, it’s a way of life we’ve inherited. At Castor River, that legacy comes with responsibility. A responsibility to listen to the land, to walk it, to protect it, and to grow with it. These...
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It all starts beneath your feet. Before you taste the rice, before a seed is even planted, before a harvest ever makes it to a store shelf…there’s the soil. And not just any soil. Healthy soil. Living, breathing, dynamic soil...
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There’s a shift happening in agriculture. You can feel it in the soil, in the markets, and in the way more people are asking where their food comes from—and how it was grown. For us at Castor River Farms, this...
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Some things just go together. Carefully grown food, thoughtfully made whiskey, and the kind of stewardship that lasts for generations. Our very own Johnny Hunter had the opportunity to speak at Maker’s Mark headquarters in Loretto, Kentucky, as part of...
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In farming, how you treat the soil tells you just about everything you need to know about how that food was grown. Around here, we don’t just see soil as a means to an end—it’s a living system, and if...
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