After graduating from UF, John Bitter and Amy Van Scoik traveled all over the world, from Taiwan to Mexico, before settling in Hawthorne, Florida, to answer their calling: farming.
The married couple’s passion for agriculture led them to the heart of Northeast Florida, where they founded Frog Song Organics — a now 60-acre farm abundant in herbs, produce, hogs and chickens. Its main mission is to provide quality, nutritious food to Alachua County and its surrounding communities.
They live on the farm with their two children, harvesting crops and managing the land, but as more people move to the county and development continues, the risk of losing farmland grows…