Sue...
Sue Decker grew up on a 40-acre farm in Nazareth, PA raising chickens, ducks, horses and growing vegetables. She worked and studied in New York City in many different avenues spanning video, publishing, design, holistic health and CSAs. Her core membership at the Park Slope CSA in Brooklyn, New York inspired her to launch full-time into farming in upstate New York at Windflower Farm in 2004. There, she learned the ins and outs of organic vegetable production for a 300-member CSA, delivering into New York City once a week. The following year Sue went to Charlestown Farm in Phoenixville, PA where she undertook the management of a 150-member CSA and assumed stewardship of Charlestown Farm in 2006, successfully guiding the farm for 3 years thereafter.
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In 2009 Mark and Sue married, moved to Stuyvesant, NY and started Blue Star Farm. What a ride it has been!
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Mark...
Mark Decker finished his 38-year career with Forbes Magazine and now continues to pursue his creative endeavors. Having grown up in Detroit, lived and schooled in London and Vienna, and raised two children in Manhattan, big city Mark finds himself knowing more about farming than he ever imagined. He can even have a discussion about root-knot nematodes.
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Boone...
Boone joined us in December of 2009 and he was with us for almost 15 years as we developed the farm. He was a most loyal, deeply loved and incredibly special farm dog. He passed in June of 2024. He was an avid hunter of voles and mice and could be seen fervently digging in the fields often. He had a fascination with birds and chose to chase all raptors that deemed to fly across our property. (He never caught one.) The chickens were pleased with this arrangement.
He had LOTS of energy and loved to play ball and chase sticks, although he wouldn't give them back easily. He was quite fond of winter and preferred a snowy day to summer. He ate all his veggies, except for fennel. Red peppers were one of his favorites. He knew the word "compost." There are not enough words to describe the complex relationship that one can have with a dog. His spirit and magic are woven into every corner of our farm and our hearts. We feel blessed that he chose us and that he loved us fiercely and shared himself so fully. He is with us always. |