About Chef Sam Wickham

Sam grew up in Washington Township and upon high school graduation, moved to Hyde Park to attend the CIA, where she graduated in 2011. Having been nestled in the rich local food scene of the Hudson Valley, she became excited about growing food and working with the land. Sam started a livestock apprenticeship at the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, while working part time at Blue Hill Restaurant, where she met her husband, Rich. The couple spent the next three years working for other farmers, learning skills in the animal husbandry, organic vegetable production, mushroom cultivation and raw milk dairy. The couple moved back to Dayton in the fall of 2016 and in 2018 they found their piece of land in Brookville! (Foxhole Farm). Sam teaches cooking classes at the Learning Center in Hamilton, as well as running Farmer to Table, her in-home private cheffing gig. Foxhole Farm is is the couples' full-time venture where they grown food for the good folks of Dayton!