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The Green Eggs and Sam Farm Story

Sammy grew up in the middle of a big family with 2 brothers and 5 sisters.

He was an outdoor boy through and through. He couldn’t sit still for much schoolwork, but he could sit for hours to fish or hunt.

He was always fascinated by watching things grow. A watermelon, a flower, or a chicken…all of it fascinated him!

When he was 8, he and one of his big brothers raised their first turkeys for the state fair in the NC State Youth Market Turkey Show.

The passion continued to grow. When he was 11, in 2018, he was invited to be on the show American Ninja Warrior Junior and his ninja name naturally became “Ninja Farmer Sammy.”

Less than 2 years later when he was 13, in 2020, the world shut down. Sammy, who became “Sam” pretty quickly, was not a kid that was going to sit around gaming or even reading …so he went outside and started a farm. He got a bunch of laying hen chicks and a small batch of meat chickens and turkeys. He and his dad built a mobile coop (with a little help from his siblings)

He saved his money and bought a used plucker for meat bird processing. That first processing day we processed about 25 chickens and it took an entire day...and then some! But Sam couldn't have been any more proud and hooked!

2021 brought more projects, more dreams, more growth. Sam bought some piglets. He needed a place to be able to rotate them, so he took to the overgrown woods with a chainsaw and created woodland areas for the pigs.

He also saved enough money to finally get a used 4-wheeler and cart to make watering a little bit easier.

Even if it meant every bucket of water was half empty after bouncing along to the destination in the woods, it beat hauling 5-gallon buckets of water by hand hundreds of yards multiple trips every day!

Sam also tried his hand at YouTube videos, but after a few, he decided he was much happier outside growing the farm!

Sam has learned so much from other local farmers. So many people have helped him figure things out or lent a helping hand. One neighbor, Mr. Forbis, taught Sam a lot about gardening, and taught him how to trap predators. 

Another neighbor, Mr. Freddy, has always been incredibly amazing at bringing over his big tractor every time Sam has needed to move a big bale of hay or lift a pig into the scalder so he could prepare to smoke it, or bush hog a field, etc. 

Still another neighbor, T-5 Farms, allowed Sam to be a farm hand starting out picking strawberries each spring, planting lots of other veggies, and digging up potatoes in the fall. Soon enough, Sam was helping them process chickens and gaining loads of experience for his own farm...and earning money to get his own farm off the ground!

He also spent a lot of time learning online from the regenerative farmer Joel Salatin at Polyface Farms in Virginia. 

While SO many have helped and encouraged, it has always been Sam pushing forward. He worked for anyone and everyone that needed help to earn money to pay for the next farm project. He constantly tried new things, learned from mistakes, tried different things, learned more, etc. He is forever refining and upgrading and improving, etc. From day one, he was a farmer through and through…no challenge too daunting (i.e. earning enough money to buy, feed and corral the growing number of animals), no disappointment too much (i.e. roaming dogs nearly wiping out an entire batch of meat birds the day before processing), no frustration too big (i.e. chasing ornery pigs that got out...again!). He loves it all. His greatest satisfaction is doing things the right way and having happy animals that ultimately end of feeding happy customers. 

What’s going on at Green Eggs and Sam Farm these days and into the future? Well...Sam married the love of his life, Katie Foister, on April 11, 2026, right here on his farm…a dream come true.

Katie is not new to the farm...she and Sam met when they were 11. She's been helping out for a long time and it is abundantly clear that God hand-picked Sam and Katie for each other! They now have a shared vision for Green Eggs and Sam Farm and the work ethic and passion to carry it out! 

The best is yet to come! Thanks for supporting Green Eggs and Sam Farm and being part of our story!