Located in Johnstown - Colorado
serving Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Boulder, Denver

Ursula Holmes
Was born in Berlin, Germany, grew up in Hamburg, where she went to a Rudolf-Steiner School which nurtured her love for biodynamics and anthroposophy.
After school she worked on a biodynamic farm in Norway and did an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Germany. Ursula then worked on different farms and decided to stick to farming. She found her way to “Gut Rothenhausen” where she met Larry. They married in 1984. Ursula main responsibilities were the farm store and she also mastered in “agricultural house economics” and educated many interns and apprentices.

On Cresset Farm Ursula bakes her delicious, German bread, is responsible for the milk distribution, customer relations, and for keeping an overview of the whole farm operation.

Lawrence Holmes
Born in South Carolina, grew up in Kansas City, Kn, Paxton, Ma, and Denver, Co. He studied chemistry at Colorado State University in Greeley and was stationed in Germany before he was sent to Vietnam. Lawrence returned to Germany, worked for Weleda where he discovered his passion for biodynamic agriculture and farming. He finished a 2 year state apprenticeship and 3 journeyman years on several biodynamic farms all over Germany. In 1976 he started a community farm in northern Germany with four friends -“Gut Rothenhausen”. For over 20 years his main responsibility was the garden and vegetable cultivation. Larry was also a founding member of the “German biodynamic seed grower initiative” which was founded to save, use, and cultivate open pollinated seeds.
After visiting Colorado for many years and discussing a biodynamic community farm in the Denver Metro area with the Denver Waldorf community they finally moved to the US to start “Cresset Community Farm” in 1999. Larry’s passion is soil fertility and “simple life”.

Jessika Brandt-Feldenkirchen
Jessi grew up in a rural area in northern Germany were her love to nature and animals was born and nurtured. She specialized in Special Event Marketing what she has practiced for the past decade in various positions and roles including her own agency in Germany and the USA. Her journey brought her to beautiful Colorado where she and Olli decided to settle down with their three children. Cresset Farm gives her the opportunity to combine her knowledge in Marketing and Business and her love for farming, food, and community.

Oliver Brandt-Feldenkirchen
Olli was born and raised in Hannover, Germany. He looks back on over 20 years of working in high-tech "corporate world" and is thankful to be able to realize his dream of being an active part of the local food production and the current revolution. For several years he ran a local restaurant besides working fulltime for a high profile technology company and has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Cresset Farm cultivates his love for living and working on a biodynamic farm with his family, building a reliable network and to cherish and be grateful for god’s diverse gifts.


Tina Schinner

Tina moved with her husband and children to Colorado in 2001.  Living just 4 1/2 miles from Cresset made it easy for her  to get to the farm to pick up vegetables and milk and for her  youngest daughter to explore all the fun places to play on the farm.  After a year or so, she joined the marketing committee and eventually became a barter member as Farm Site Coordinator.  Her job was to help new members on the first day of pick up, keep all farm members in touch with the farm (newsletters, emails, etc.), help with booths at various festivals and anything else to help on the farm.  That job has now morphed into a position in the office doing bookkeeping, phone calls, emails and setting up the new online ordering system.  The farm is a special place to her  and a magical place to her daughter Sarah
....the vegetables; fruit and milk are a bonus.  

Meghan Williams

Was born in Indiana and grew up in Connecticut.
Her interest and work in Zoology brought her in the end to agriculture. She is in her 6^th year of farming this year. Past experiences were made on Happy Heart Farms and Denver Botanical Gardens.
On Cresset Farm she is part of the milk team and works on all characteristics of the nursery and garden.
Meghan loves all aspects of sustainable living and her adorable dog Sierra.

Alfredo Sato
Jose Sato
Idali Sato