Meet Our Farmers: Pink Moon Farm

Pink Moon’s booth at the Capitol Hill Farmers Market often features some handspun yarn along with their produce.

One of the most beautiful things about sustainable farming is the symbiotic relationship between farmer, land, and animals. Located in the foothills of Mt. Rainier on Nisqually land, Pink Moon Farm celebrates and cultivates this relationship with their unique growing practices. As a 22-acre farm for vegetable row crops, meat, and eggs, Pink Moon Farm utilizes everything from the land to the sheep to their fullest potential. Sheep are a part of the farm as animals but also as tools. Their grazing replaces mowers, their hooves replace rakes for seed-to-soil contact, their manure replaces off-farm compost. Pink Moon is an integrated farm that works as a system.  

Farmer Grayson started Pink Moon in 2019, after moving to Washington for grad school. Originally from Massachusetts, Grayson had 8 years of farming experience in Eastern Canada before moving to Washington and gaining even more experience on other farms in Western Washington before starting Pink Moon.  

At three years old, Pink Moon is still fairly young in terms of the lifespan of a farm. Farmer Grayson explained that they are just now starting to see the impact of the work that they started three years ago, in terms of bigger crop yield and fewer weeds. Grayson is excited to be watching the land improve with each crop and animal rotation. Along with Grayson, Pink Moon is supported by the work of three employees and an extended group of friends and family.  

There are many factors that can make things difficult for young farms, from the high cost of land and water, to climate change putting heat stress on the people, plants, and animals at a farm. Despite these challenges, Pink Moon has proved to be incredibly resilient. As a queer and trans person, Grayson has always felt safer in the outdoors. Their resiliency as a person has been a point of strength for their farm.  

Pink Moon’s integrated system also goes beyond the farm. Farmer Grayson shared a recipe that can be made from ingredients found on the farm and can be sized to feed a whole family of farmers, or just one. Read Farmer Grayson’s Kale and Eggs recipe on our recipes page, and pick up the ingredients from their booth at the Capitol Hill Farmers Market.