ABOUT US
We’re Erika Roan and Adam Mihalik, the farmers at Oak Spring Farm. The farm was founded by Lisa Duff, and we’re continuing its work here in Baltimore County, growing certified organic vegetables for our CSA and community.
We focus on flavor first: sweet carrots, rich greens, and full-flavored tomatoes, harvested at the right time and handled with care.
We’re committed to growing high-quality vegetables with care and consistency so our CSA members can count on a steady supply of fresh, seasonal produce throughout the season.
Adam Mihalik grew up in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. His path to farming began with a simple preference for work that produces something real at the end of the day. He could list the usual reasons—an interest in ecology, craft, good food, and a life less entangled with the service economy—but after enough seasons those explanations start to feel secondary. Something changes when a person farms long enough. The work stops being theoretical. It becomes a commitment.
On the farm Adam focuses on production systems: field layout, equipment, soil health, and the practical problem-solving that keeps a vegetable farm running day after day. He believes good farming comes from careful observation, efficient systems, and doing ordinary work well, over and over again.
Erika Roan grew up in Nebraska, where her family has farmed the same land since 1908. Her path into vegetable farming began with what she jokingly calls teenage rebellion. She became a vegetarian to irritate her meat-and-potatoes father & started a small farmers market in her hometown, a place that called itself a farming community, though vegetables mostly appeared at the grocery store already wrapped in plastic.
What began as mischief turned into a lasting interest in how food is actually grown and how disconnected most people have become from it. On the farm Erika manages irrigation, greenhouse production, and the packing shed, while also helping run the CSA program and connecting the farm’s harvest to the community each week.
We grew up a few states apart in the Midwest, but didn’t meet until we were both working on a vegetable farm on the East Coast.
Together we approach farming as both a craft and a responsibility.