Producer
Getting Back To Nature
Contact: Obiora and Irucka Ajani Embry
Address: PO Box 12002 Lexington, KY, 40579
Phone: 859-900-2491
Website: https://www.gettingback2nature.farm/
About Us
In March 2013 when twin brothers, Obiora and Irucka Ajani Embry, visited for the first time the two acres (now called Getting Back to Nature @ Martin Acres) they had requested for growing food on their eighth–generation, black–owned family farm, Martin Acres, they knew it would be an up–hill battle because the soil was not fertile. Through Obiora's reading of "The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way" by Michael Phillips, he knew that trees thrive in an alkaline soil, however, there were tell–tale signs that the soil was acidic. This led Obiora and Irucka to utilize their previous experiences with growing food, information they gleaned from elders, books, magazines, conferences, and other resources to start improving the soil. Through their non–standard way of regenerating soil and
growing food, they were interviewed and featured in the Middle Tennessee "Local Table" Magazine's 2020 Annual Guide.
Their initial idea of planting heirloom trees and perennials paid off, even though the soil was too depleted for their survival, as the series of
unfortunate events made their commitment to Getting Back to Nature (tm) stronger. The brothers had to re–evaluate their approach and began to dig
deeper into forgotten “southern foods.” This is food that was (and hopefully still) eaten by the original inhabitants who lived in the area. However partly
due to a planned disconnect of humans from Nature and the growing and/or foraging of food, our collective food intelligence has dwindled, so Irucka and Obiora have been re–learning about these and other forgotten foods.
Along with the native perennials growing on their two acres, the twins sow heirloom crops and forage wild plants to use in their diverse value–added products.
growing food, they were interviewed and featured in the Middle Tennessee "Local Table" Magazine's 2020 Annual Guide.
Their initial idea of planting heirloom trees and perennials paid off, even though the soil was too depleted for their survival, as the series of
unfortunate events made their commitment to Getting Back to Nature (tm) stronger. The brothers had to re–evaluate their approach and began to dig
deeper into forgotten “southern foods.” This is food that was (and hopefully still) eaten by the original inhabitants who lived in the area. However partly
due to a planned disconnect of humans from Nature and the growing and/or foraging of food, our collective food intelligence has dwindled, so Irucka and Obiora have been re–learning about these and other forgotten foods.
Along with the native perennials growing on their two acres, the twins sow heirloom crops and forage wild plants to use in their diverse value–added products.
Practices
Our farming practices are varied but rooted in Nature and our observances of her. Some of the methodologies that we apply include the following: regenerative, biodynamic/agrohomeopathy, permaculture, companion planting (akin to intercropping), Afroagroecology, polyculture, and positive vibrations/love. In doing so, we are helping to increase the number and diversity of micro-ogranisms and macro-organisms in the soil (if you have depleted soil or soil with no to little nutrients then the plant can become dis-eased and also have no to little nutrients).
And we do NOT use synthetics, nanotechnology, -ides (herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides, etc.).
And we do NOT use synthetics, nanotechnology, -ides (herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides, etc.).