We are proud to be a family-run business. The farmers (that’s us!) are an energized crew with diverse and converging backgrounds in small-scale sustainable agriculture. Rory O’Dwyer and Kevin O’Dwyer are siblings who grew up in Sharon, MA. Kevin now lives with his wife Kate and their daughter Madison in nearby Norton, and Rory and her partner Alida live in North Easton.
Rory and Kevin pound posts for the greenhouse
Kevin O’Dwyer grew up in Sharon, MA. He currently lives in Norton, MA. Before starting Langwater Farm, Kevin was the head grower at Wards Berry Farm, a 150 acre diversified fruit and vegetable farm in Sharon. He started working summers there as field crew at age 14, and continued working there through high school and college before being hired as Chief Grower.
Rory O’Dwyer also grew up in Sharon, MA. She is happy to be back in her home state after living in California and working for the Growers Collaborative, a nonprofit that buys produce from local family farms and distributes it to schools, restaurants and hospitals. Rory apprenticed for four years on two diversified CSA farms in Massachusetts before starting Farm Girl Farm, a CSA and market farm in North Egremont, MA.
Kate, Kevin, Rory and Alida hold trays of baby seedlings
Alida Cantor grew up in Pullman, WA, and moved out to Massachusetts to go to college, after which she apprenticed on several small farms. Most recently she worked to coordinate between chefs and local farmers with Chefs Collaborative in Boston.
Kate O’Dwyer grew up in North Attleboro, MA. She also worked for a number of years at Ward’s Berry Farm in the deli and farm stand, and currently works as a social worker handling foster care and adoptions in Providence, Rhode Island. Kate went to UMass Amherst with Kevin, and Kate and Kevin got married in May of 2009.
Madison O’Dwyer, Kate and Kevin’s daughter, is the newest member of the team! Born in February 2011, she looks forward to helping her family around the farm as soon as she can walk.
Maddie enjoys the beet harvest
