About Us
Our Story
The idea for WildSide Farm began with Matt and Suzanne Case's desire to create a sustainable farm on a portion of their land that once was an old dairy farm. After reaching out to Walt and Debbie Tysinger with their idea, they moved forward together to embark on this new adventure.
Walt and Debbie's interest in sustainable agriculture goes back many years beginning with growing home gardens, and developing an interest in organic farming. This led them to an internship on Sustenance Farm in Bear Creek with their 2-year-old daughter living in a tipi.
Since then Walt has worked as an environmental educator and for the past 13+years was the Senior Land Manager for the Triangle Land Conservancy. He holds a B.S. in Natural Resource Management from the University of Maryland. He has completed two extensive permaculture design courses. Debbie's love for gardening began working beside her father when she was a young child and has been gardening in some fashion ever since. She has been a massage therapist for the last 20 years and has had an interest in herbalism for the last several years studying with Suki Roth for part of that time.
The common thread here is that they've always had their hands in the dirt!! The farm will consist of vegetables, herbs, and flowers along with fruit, nuts, and berries. The old pastures and fallow agricultural fields surrounding the farm will be restored to diverse wildlife habitats hence the name WildSide farm.
