Our Story

Liberation Farmers is a diversified permaculture farm and direct trade coffee roaster located in Almond, Wisconsin. Owned and operated by John Sheffy and Holly Petrillo, Liberation Farmers was founded in ____ when John and Holly _____ add a few sentences about getting your land in Almond here, why you got into farming? As well as when interest in coffee began_____?

We focus on perennial crops and heritage animals raised on pasture. All of our feed is organic and locally sourced. Our animals grow slower and spend more time foraging on pasture, which creates more flavorful and healthy meat. 

We offer a year round Meat CSA that includes chicken, pork, rabbit, and goat meats. We also sell meat and eggs on the farm and year round at the Stevens Point Farmers Market. We host seasonal on-farm workshops.  In the future we hope our farm will offer a Perennial CSA of fruits, nuts, and herbs!  

Liberation Coffee is our direct trade coffee CSA and coffee harvest trips to Mexico and Kenya.  We travel to our host farmers each year to help pick and process the coffee and take volunteers to help.  We pay for the coffee a year in advance to give the farmers the capital they need to make investments in their farms.  The coffee is grown in forest farms that use organic practices and also grow food for the farmers and roasted weekly in Stevens Point. We have built friendships with our host farmers over many years of harvest visits and coffee buying. Our farmers greatly appreciate our visits and our purchases help them make important investments in their farms each year. They enjoy the community that happens when we interact. They treat us as their extended family, which is quite an amazing honor that we hope we reflect to them also.