Reggie and Roger Ramos | Grow With the Flow

Grow with the Flow

Reggie and Roger Ramos

City of Tucker, DeKalb County

After graduating from Georgia Tech, brothers Reggie and Roger Ramos served for several years in the military. When their contracts were up, they decided to start a farming business, Grow With the Flow, and came up with a unique solution to the problem of securing land. They grow in peoples’ yards. It's proved to be a win-win because they now have multiple growing spaces, and the homeowners get to keep some of the vegetables. Plus, there's not as much lawn to mow! 

The brothers, aka the Grow Bros, sell their produce at several farmers markets from Peachtree Road to Tucker. Reggie says resources from Food Well Alliance have been integral to their success over the years and 2021 has been their most profitable year to date. Prior to spring planting, Food Well provided a tractor to till their largest plot, a bulk load of compost, and labor support to spread the compost on the newly tilled land. 

Reggie and Roger started farming because they wanted to offer an alternative to food from industrial farms. Reggie’s vision is for more people influencing each other about the power of local food. “The only way we can have a self-sustaining economy is to have more people growing food. It will at least take us a step in the right direction, and that leads to the health and wealth of everyone.”