OUR FOUNDER

In the summer of 2013, 12-year-old Gracie Pfaff read the book “The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough” (Katie Smith Milway). The story inspired her so much that she ran to her Mom and asked if they could go to Africa and teach hungry people how to grow food. Her parents encouraged her to start local, before taking on another country.

Fast forward one year, and Gracie is now one of the youngest service leaders in the world. She is the founder of Harvest107 and making a huge impact on many people’s lives. Her first micro-farm was planted in Franklin, TN and is currently feeding 24 needy families on a continual basis. Some kids may have stopped there, but her heart is now set on making fresh food accessible to every person on the planet. She has recently expanded her projects to Haiti.

The young entrepreneur, now 14, still battles the typical teenage girl problems, like every girl her age. She is homeschooled, but on a mission to disprove the stereo-type. When she’s not working, Gracie loves to run, write songs, and dance.

When Gracie was asked, “What’s next?”, she replied:

“This is what’s next. This is all I want to do – I love it! I won’t stop until everyone has the option to eat fresh food.” 

She is currently in the process of meeting other service leaders and potential partners to expand Harvest107’s operations as well as her education.

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Our Staff

“Another day at the plant with…”

Gracie Pfaff

Gracie Pfaff

Founder

Gracie is a 13 year old with big dreams and an even bigger heart. Being homeschooled offers her the unique ability to work on planning and preparing each planting site and developing her business skills along the way.

Gary Pfaff

Gary Pfaff

Executive Director

Gary is an entrepreneur with more than 20 years experience in upper management. The majority of his career has been split between creative ventures (mainly music) as well as technology and design companies.
Rhiana Pfaff

Rhiana Pfaff

Director of Programs

Rhiana is a humanitarian that is devoted to a healthy, homeopathic life. Prior to leaving the corporate world to raise and educate her children, Rhiana managed and developed healthcare companies.
Daniel Plasir

Daniel Plasir

Student - Agronomist

Daniel is an third generation farmer and the first-ever beneficiary of the Harvest107 education initiative. When Daniel is not in the classroom or the garden, he is playing his bass in numerous bands around Port-au-Prince.
Michael Ball

Michael Ball

Designer/Engineer

Michael is from England and comes from a family of keen gardeners – he has a particular interest in edible herbs and scented plants to attract pollinators and when time allows he continues to study propagation techniques. He brought lavender seeds from his garden in Kent that we intendant to grow to add to our stock of bee-friendly plants. After working with the Harvest 107 team in Haiti he will be travelling to Nepal where (along with work for several other non-profit groups) he will be continuing to work on projects for Harvest 107.
B.K.

B.K.

Site Construction

B.K. which is short for “Brooklyn” heads up the construction efforts for our Haiti projects. He has a wife and daughter that he supports by working with Harvest107.