little big farm

Little Big Farm is a 3 acre market farm on 25 beautiful acres in Olympia, Washington.

We grow and direct market a diverse array of fresh mixed vegetables and specialize in our much-loved salad mix, bunched greens, fresh roots, and greenhouse crops. We offer this bounty through Farmers Markets in Seattle and Olympia, as well as at the Olympia Food Co-op, local restaurants, and Community Supported Agriculture.

The littleness of Little Big is held close to us. By farming on such a small-scale, and utilizing appropriate-scale tools and techniques, our farm is able to produce exceptionally high yields and profitability per acre with an accountability that ensures quality.

Our practices

We truly believe in the small-scale, organic farm. 

While we are not yet certified organic, we follow these practices with great intention, and cultivate with biologically regenerative principles in mind and at hand. At the forefront of our efforts is building and supporting soil health and biological diversity through minimum-tillage practices. We test our soil annually and only apply amendments approved by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI). We never use any synthetic chemicals for weed or pest management. We take great care to build soil health and tilth through the use of hand and shallow cultivating tools, utilizing the power harrow on our BCS walking tractor, the hand-powered Tilther, aerating broadforks, and other innovative hand tools. 

Supporting the resilience that stems from this biological diversity grounds us in our place as farmers and gives perspective to our role in these natural systems.

Little big farm is owned and operated by first generation young farmers maya wood and phelan pagano.

Maya and Phelan graduated together from the Evergreen State College in June 2016 with emphases in Sustainable Agriculture and have worked together on small-scale diversified farms in both Hawai’i and Washington.

We started the farm in the winter of 2016 and have farmed several leased properties during our time growing food.

We were born and raised in Olympia, the place we call home, and are humbled to be able to grow for and with our community.

This little farm runs with the help of many hands. We offer several full-time employment opportunities, as well as seasonal part-time positions to get us through the summer harvests and long days.