aerial view of farm

Sycamore Valley Farms

Real Food, Raised Right Here.

"Know your food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen."

-Joel Salatin

About Us

  • our story

  • Our Animals

  • our family

owners josh and lindsey

Meet Josh & Lindsey

We are Josh and Lindsey Welch and we are the proud owners of Sycamore Valley Farms in the heart of Northeast Ohio. Our dream was to raise our children on a farm just like Josh had growing up on U-Dean Farms.

After 15 years and two kids, God opened up the door for our dream to come true and we ran through it.....literally! Our children (and Josh & I ) are learning and experiencing lessons that can only happen when living on a farm. The excitement and anticipation of the birth of a new calf, the hard work and dedication it takes to provide our animals with the best feed and facilities, the patience and fortitude you must have to raise and care for God's creatures, and the sadness at the loss of one of our beloved animals.

All of these things we experienced in just our first year on the farm.....and that learning has continued every year since. The farm and all its amazing lessons make us better people and a stronger family!

Our Animals

We believe animals should live as nature intended. From our 100% grass-finished Highland beef to our forest-raised heritage pork, see how our regenerative practices create a better life for our livestock and better food for your table.

Our Family

Jobs: Josh and Lindsey both work "off the farm jobs" in education. Josh is a Criminal Justice Instructor at our local career center and Lindsey is the Director of Special Education for a local school district.

Family: Married 25 years with our 2 adult children and their growing families. Brady, our son,  is married to our beautiful daughter-in-law, Alyssa, and our grandson and a granddaughter on the way! Our daughter Lilly is attending college and will be getting married to her high school sweetheart Andrew next year.

Goals: We are striving to one day both be full-time farmers and to use our small farm to educate our community on the benefits of local food, sustainable agriculture, and heritage livestock breeds.