Zack Rasmussen
Farm Manager
As a young artist deeply interested in the natural world and travel, Zack found himself in South India where he got his first taste of ecological farming.
These South Indian farmers built complex food-laden ecosystems out of what they had locally. This experience inspired him to dive fully into the world of agro-ecology. Zack has spent the last 10 years studying permaculture design with a specific interest in Agroforestry, Korean natural farming, and syntropic farming systems.
His journey with Chiles Group began with the installation of multiple self-sustaining gardens at Sandbar Seafood & Spirits, for the culinary team. Unique varieties of herbs, spices, vegetables, fruits, and flowers being grown with organic practices and permaculture principles have become a staple for area restaurants.
Since designing and installing countless ecological food systems for individuals, commercial clients, restaurant owners, chefs, and integrative physicians, some of Zack’s current goals at Gamble Creek Farms are to build cohesive plant relationships. This will in turn decrease pest pressure and disease, bring permaculture perspective, ramp up native plant species, the transition from using traditional organic fertilizers to onsite blended and fermented bio-available fertilizers, increase farm profitability, and expose people to really unique heirloom varieties of food. There is potential to discover forgeable culinary items in Florida and he is excited to bring unique flavors to the palettes of our patrons. It's all about the food!