Klaas Martens

Klaas Martens is the owner-operator of Lakeview Organic Grain in Penn Yan NY where he and his wife have been faring organically since 1993

Their farm includes about 1400 acres of organic corn, soybeans, small grains (wheat, spelt, barley, oats, triticale), field peas, winter peas, dark red kidney beans, and edamame soybeans. They have been farming organically since 1993. They also raise organic cows, pigs, chickens, and most importantly, 3 children - Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel. Peter has recently joined them working on the farm and is starting his own organic grain farm, and now Elizabeth is a pre-vet student at Cornell University. Mary-Howell is at the mill everyday, in charge of both the business end of the feed business and the seed division of Lakeview.