Good Contrivance Farm is a 501 C-3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation and restoration of small, historic farms in Maryland.
Located in historic Reisterstown, Maryland, the farm serves as a model of historic preservation and sustainable nurture.
“Contrivance” means ingenuity or invention–something planned and created to improve one’s chances of success. “Good Contrivance” is the farm’s original name, suggesting that the owners were inventive and successful in their farming efforts.
In 2015, Jill Eicher and Ron Tanner bought this historic farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, just 24 miles north of Baltimore. Five generations of a single family had owned the farm since its founding in 1860. The current array of buildings date from about 1900. The farmhouse is older: a Victorian, which–when Ron bought it–hadn’t been improved since 1959. He has since restored it to its original Victorian splendor.
This site is dedicated to the memory
of co-founder, Jill Eicher: 1963-2024
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