CRESTWOOD, Ky. — A Kentucky farm has incorporated a profound approach to farming to avoid using any type of pesticides and herbicides. That's where you can usually find the fourth generation steward, Maggie Keith on the 1,300 acre Foxhollow Farm in Crestwood.

While in business school, Keith decided to write a business plan based around building a grass-fed beef farm that later became a reality. The family converted the three crop rotation farm into a biodynamic farm community in 2006. That was after Keith's mother had studied concepts from Rudolf Steiner, the grandfather of biodynamic farming.

Foxhollow Farm is 1,300 acres located in Crestwood, Kentucky (Spectrum News 1/Erin Wilson)

“A lot of farmers were wondering: why is their soil being depleted, why are these chemicals killing all the life on our farms and how can we help that?” said Maggie Keith. “He came up with a method very similar to organics and that you don't use any cides, pesticides, herbicides, you don't try to kill anything in that way you just try to build up life in your soil.”

That's the same problem Foxhollow Farm was facing with their own soil.

“When my mom and I were first trying to decide what type of agriculture we wanted to do, we went out to the fields and we had a shovel and we were digging into the field as hard as we could and we were literally bouncing on the shovel and nothing was there,” Keith said.

The family then transitioned to sustainable practices to farm to make sure it would last for future generations.

“So biodynamic is one way to look at it but there's permaculture is another great method we use in biodynamics, making sure we're not constantly tilling land but we're using other methods to cover the soil and let the soil be as healthy as it could be,” Keith said.

Foxhollow Farm is committed to the health of the soil, plants and animals, as they all go hand in hand.

Foxhollow Farm converted to biodynamic farming in 2006 (Spectrum News 1/Erin Wilson)

“When you're talking about sustainable agriculture, it's almost like you need to go a step beyond. Now, regenerative agriculture is very popular because we're not just trying to sustain the earth, we're trying to build it up and make sure it can grow for us for future generations and for us, look what we've done in 15 years,” Keith said.

It has paid off. Keith was watching the cattle herd and the fertility of the soil grow, with hopes that one day one of her own children will follow in her footsteps.

“I think we are building little farmers, the soil will be here for him and for my daughters as well,” Keith said. “If they chose this path it'll be here but also the community of farmers here have children too so maybe after watching their parents do it for a long time they'll be interested as well.”

Foxhollow Farm has six different community farmers who live on the property and also provides online shopping options to their 100% grass fed beef.