Healing Waters Farm

Farm Fencing Project

Healing Waters Farm, a diverse operation nestled in the hills of Walton enjoys raising and marketing beef, lamb, poultry, goats, hay and horses. The farm has evolved over the years and been a labor of love to raise quality stock and meat products. Recently the farm’s flock has been plagued by predation from coydogs and fox. With various types of fencing across the operation, as over the years the farm has been knitted together from various land acquisitions, it has been a challenge to maintain strong fencing and a suitable pasture rotation as various fences were not suitable for all types of animals.

Healing Waters saw the opportunity in the Delaware County Farm Enhancement Grant project to make the leap on undertaking this significant project. With the award of an infrastructure grant, the farm began a project that owner Ken Schrider says would never have happened without the award, which funded almost half of a whole farm fencing project. With the assistance of the Farm Enhancement Grant, all fencing was replaced with ground-tight, woven, high tensile fencing and gating systems that allowed animals to be efficiently sorted and safely housed while grazing. The scope of the project also enabled several additional acres to be returned to productive agricultural land from a fallow state.

Last updated July 3, 2025