WELCOME
TO
LITTLE FEET FARM
Little Feet Farm is owned by the idealistically driven White Ryder family, Stu, Luna and our three young daughters Jamillah, Seneka and newly arrived Indrani.
The name Little Feet Farm reflects our intention and commitment to tread lightly in our lives and farming methods.
The farm began to become a reality in spring 2005, and grew out of a empty 5 acre paddock in the forested hills above Gladysdale in the Yarra Valley. Inspired by Permaculture design and many philosophies of natural food growing, we are carefully crafting a highly productive, diverse, sustainable, poison and chemical free, locally focused food production paradise. But we still have many years of hard work ahead before we reach full harvest.
The dreaming behind our farm began over a decade ago and has been nurtured by adventures through the Himalya’s and remote areas of Australia, periods of environmental activism, both formal and self-study in areas such as chinese massage, nutrition, permaculture, horticulture, renewable energy, carpentry, bushland management and social justice. All of which has led us to believe that we live in an unjust and inequitable world rapidly approaching breaking point and one of the best solutions to this is grassroots change led by motivated groups of individuals within their own communities.
Nowhere in either of our families near histories is there any farming background, leaving us untainted by poisonous modern farming practices but also ignorant of tremendous amount of hard work needed to make a living from growing food for others. Our learning curve on this adventure has been steep and a times difficult, but we are committed to continuing to learn to become skilled ecologically sustainable farmers and advocates for local food production.
Thank You for supporting local growers and investing in the resilience of your community.
