How it got started

Though Victoria & Boe grew up 30 minutes down the road from each other in Massachusetts and both went to college in Florida. It wasn't until they lived in Hawaii that they met. When they found out their family was growing back in 2018, Hawaii felt too far away from family. With Massachusetts simply being too cold, they venutured to the upstate next! They went all in buying their 20+ acres sight unseen and hopped back to the mainland!

If you think education happens within four walls, think again! When it comes to educating our kiddos, we take it outside to allow nature to teach them while we as adults guide that learning. Being outdooors rain-or-shine increases resilience, cognitive function, motor coordination, connectedness to nature, well-being, critical thinking, better sleep and so much more!

Victoria started Earthganic Farm along with Boe in 2019 after developing a passion for organic farming while traveling through the Middle East, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and South America often times working on organic farms! She studied Environmental Science and Education at Palm Beach Atlantic University where she compiled a lot of what she learned working on farms abroad into her senior thesis about organic farming. Victoria started her professional career as a high school Biology, Chemistry, and Global Issues teacher in the Dominican Republic. She then went on to teach Sciences, Gardening, and Health & Wellness at a school in Hawaii. Being a Resident Supervisor at that school ignited Victoria’s enthusiasm to get kids outdoors. She brought her residents hiking, kayaking, foraging, and boogie boarding whenever she had a chance. Currently she is working at Valley Forest School and works with children as young as 6 weeks to 8 years. Bringing outdoor educational experiences to their homesterad has been a dream since the farm started.
Make sure to ask Victoria about her travels and low-waste living! In the past decade, she’s been to 30 different countries and has worked on farms in six of them. Over the course of three years, she fit all her plastic & landfill waste in a 160z jar each year. Her more recent feet was keeping 99% of their youngest, Banks, homegrown for his first year during which he had 66 foods from the land they steward. She loves sharing her appreciation for traveling and environmental justice!

Vance Stabley spent his childhood years traveling around the world as a child of the military life.  After high school graduation he ventured on to study accounting at Penn State University.  While attending, he suffered a near-fatal car accident which left his arm nearly inoperable.  With diligent physical therapy, he regained much gross motor function.  This experience led him to feel passionate about teaching and he began substituting and secured a para professional role within Northwest Indiana.  He met his now wife and relocated to the Upstate area with their son in June 2020 from the Chicagoland area.  Vance decided to go back and complete his degree, expected graduation October 2024 while he taught his son from home.  He hopes to bring a sense of adaptability, welcomeness to change, and forever improving mentality to Walking in Wellness.