Sara Patterson started Red Acre Farm as a CSA with four shareholders when she was fourteen years old. Her family moved from Southern California to Cedar City in 2005 when Sara was ten; four years later she was farming. By the time she was twenty she and her mother Symbria had co-founded Red Acre Center alongside the farm. The credentials that followed are remarkable for any farm, let alone one launched by a teenager: CCOF Certified Organic, Real Organic Certified, and biodynamic — a triple certification at 5,900-foot elevation in Iron County's Cedar Valley, operating year-round.
At 2322 West 4375 North, Cedar City, Red Acre feeds 85 shareholders weekly through a CSA program and sells at four farmers market locations. The operation hosts farm dinners, breakfasts, burger nights, and educational classes — a public-facing calendar that makes it a community institution rather than a subscription-only operation. Plant sales, holiday orders from the farm kitchen, Airbnb lodging, and volunteer days round out the year.
**Verification notes** Website live; Sara and Symbria Patterson confirmed as owners on The Crew page; address 2322 W 4375 N, Cedar City, UT 84721 confirmed; CCOF, Real Organic, and biodynamic certifications confirmed; 85-shareholder CSA and four markets confirmed on site; Visit Cedar City listing confirmed.