Meet the Farmer:
Hi! I’m Alex Bice. I arrived in Nashville in June 2018 at the end of a 5-month bicycle tour that began in my hometown of Watsonville, California. I settled in Nashville to pursue a career in music, and have had the good fortune to connect with some amazing artists, playing drums and bass here in town and around the world.
When the pandemic hit in 2020, touring came to a stand-still and the recording studio I was working at shut down, and like many others, I indulged in my lifelong hobby of gardening in a bigger way than ever before. During a 10-day isolation period after catching Covid in October 2021, I decided to go all-in on gardening and make a commercial venture of it, so here I am, telling you my story on my farm website. Crazy business!
Our Mission
Our goal at Cooper Creek Farm is to develop systems that maximize production, biodiversity, and ecosystem health, and to promote food resiliency by practicing human-scale farming that anyone can do in their own neighborhood. I believe that this way of growing food right where we live - especially if expanded to include things like grains, beans, tree crops, and animals - can be a viable way for communities to feed themselves. I also simply enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by abundance! I hope to see more people get into this space in years to come, and find ways to make this food accessible to everyone in the community.
Cooper Creek Farm started in my backyard, and then my neighbors let me use theirs, and starting in 2024 I’m leasing 2 acres near Opry Mills, and expanding the operation substantially! Looking forward to feeding more people and building a livelihood for more farmers!