Third Way Farm is owned and operated by us, your farmers, Tommy and Michelle Shireman. We broke ground on these gorgeous 67 acres in Havre de Grace, Maryland in 2015 and have shaped our farm around the principles of permaculture, sustainability, and regeneration.  We believe any *good* farm is best conceived as a partner in a diverse and multi-faceted ecosystem and as such, we have chosen to diversify our portfolio by focusing our attention on stewardship of, rather than dominion over.  As a testament to our stewardship, we are a no-till farm committed to developing the highest level of sustainable soil management for our produce, protein, and fiber production.  In conjunction with our no-till methods, we also practice companion planting, composting, and rotational grazing.  We are consistently learning and growing our best practices and hope that our efforts here on the farm empower you to join us in our mission to cultivate faith, community, and justice for all through regenerative farming!​

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Third Way Farm is the embodiment of a vision to unite regenerative agriculture with radical discipleship inspired by Jesus’ teachings on nonviolent resistance to oppressive and unjust systems.  In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells us not to respond with violence but to “turn the other cheek” when someone strikes.  Unlike the commonly accepted interpretation of this teaching which calls for a passive, “peaceful,” response to violence, the "Third Way" becomes a creative alternative calling for nonviolent action and resistance to systems of oppression.

We believe the global industrial food system is doing a world of violence to our bodies, land, water, and communities.  Instead of responding with more violence or simply turning our cheek, at Third Way Farm, we are creating the alternative.  We are repairing, restoring, and rehabilitating our community through regenerative agriculture that repairs, restores, and rehabilitates the land.  We are educating, mentoring, and instilling faith for a broken and beaten world that is rooted in unbounded love and grace by actively, and radically, following Jesus.  We are planting the seeds of justice as we sow, tend, and harvest healthy and wholesome food by planting ourselves in the work of resisting oppressive systems and caring for the earth which extends beyond our tables and ecosystems out into the world.