The Good Earth
Abbe Turner has always loved nature. Ever since she was a little girl, she was always outside. “I’ve always felt a strong connection to the land. Where I grew up in Toledo, there was a woods behind my house. And that’s where we spent our summers. We weren’t addicted to screens; we were playing outside and we built forts and collected tadpoles and had toad races and did all sorts of wonderful things. When I was about 9, all of a sudden they put up this concrete wall and they built high story condominiums in my woods. I was like, if I ever have the opportunity, I want to own land and I want to raise my children with the ability to play outside, get dirty all seasons, be in touch with nature and animals and run barefoot.
Abbe raised three children with her former husband on a 14-acre farm in Garrettsville, Ohio. The family lived an old farmhouse, where their children, Madeline, Lily, and Ezra, could run wild.“This, to me, is my definition of success,” Abbe told me, pointing to a worn photo print. The picture was idylic: the three children playing with their kid goats beneath an apple tree.
Abbe spends much of her time with Warren Taylor, her partner. Warren founded Snowville Creamery, a popular organic milk brand. Warren and Abbe have to commute to see one another, with Abbe’s home being in Plain City and Warren’s being in Meigs County.
The couple enjoy cooking together and foraging for ingredients in the woods. Warren is also a partner in Mushroom Harvest Provisions, a company that Abbe purchased in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Mushroom Harvest Provisions is a network of small farmers that grow produce for different restaurants. The company focuses on providing fresh, quality ingredients grown without pesticides.
Abbe raised three children with her former husband on a 14-acre farm in Garrettsville, Ohio. The family lived an old farmhouse, where their children, Madeline, Lily, and Ezra, could run wild.“This, to me, is my definition of success,” Abbe told me, pointing to a worn photo print. The picture was idylic: the three children playing with their kid goats beneath an apple tree.
Abbe spends much of her time with Warren Taylor, her partner. Warren founded Snowville Creamery, a popular organic milk brand. Warren and Abbe have to commute to see one another, with Abbe’s home being in Plain City and Warren’s being in Meigs County.
The couple enjoy cooking together and foraging for ingredients in the woods. Warren is also a partner in Mushroom Harvest Provisions, a company that Abbe purchased in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Mushroom Harvest Provisions is a network of small farmers that grow produce for different restaurants. The company focuses on providing fresh, quality ingredients grown without pesticides.
