Why Choose Getting Back to Nature™?

Our Practices

Living Soil Progression in 2014

The brothers, Irucka Ajani and Obiora Embry, are using regenerative, permaculture, companion planting, polyculture, biodynamic/agrohomeopathy, and positive vibrations/love to create a healthy and balanced polyculture ecosystem on two acres of the eighth‐generation family farm, Martin Acres, in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. We harvest from our two acres healing plants, food, natural dyes, and create artisanal value‐added products from its flora.

Mother Nature as a Guide

Bumblebee on Slender Mountain Mint

Mother Nature is a place where we go to heal, to breathe fresh air, seek solace and freedom, forage, and reconnect with what is real and natural. It is also a place where we have learned about growing food...nature does not grow food in rows nor in a monoculture, so we don’t either.

Rooted in Love

Group of trees that were dying in November 2013 but were coming back to life in November 2015

We’re adding energy, positive energy/love to our two acres and Martin Acres, and in doing so, we have seen dying trees come back to life, the return of quail, and much more. Love is also what we we put into our products and it’s our most important ingredient!

What We Offer

2025 Calendars

2025 13-Month Wall Calendar

Place your order for the 2025 13‐month wall hanging calendar(s) today! It has beautiful photographs taken at Getting Back to Nature @ Martin Acres by Obiora (for the odd months) and Irucka Ajani (for the even months). The calendar includes nature-inspired events & earth‐based events, cosmic events, such as planetary retrogrades, eclipses, major transits, moon phases, and more.

Syrups

Hickory Syrup Dark

We have a variety of syrups but our signature syrup is Twin Forager Hickory Syrup Dark. It is made from the bark of the Shagbark Hickory tree and can be used in place of Maple Syrup, honey, and other natural sweeteners. It is not overly sweet and adds diverse flavors.

Jams and Jellies

Sumac Jelly

Our artisanal jams and jellies are made primarily with foraged ingredients, including some forgotten southern plants that were consumed by the indigenous communities that once thrived in the South prior to European colonization and removal. This forgotten, non‐domesticated food, is superior in flavor and most importantly nutrition than cultivated/domesticated varieties.

Our jams and jellies with ingredients from Martin Acres include Spring Flower Jelly, Wild Berry Jam, Sumac Jelly, and Wild Flora Jelly.

Plants and Seeds

Black Willow

Check out our collection of native plants and seeds. Our plants can tolerate a wide range of conditions like clay soil, deer, rabbits, drought, and more.

Speakers/Instructors

If you want to hear some of our individual thoughts, then listen to our radio interviews from June 2021:

We can speak to your agriculture, horticulture, environmental, school, youth, and more organization/group. Please contact us if you are interested.

Meet the Brothers/Food Growers

Featured

"Martin Acres is the Place to Be"—Middle Tennessee Local Table Magazine’s 2020 Annual Guide

Irucka Ajani Embry

Irucka Ajani Embry

Obiora Embry

Obiora Embry

We are available for workshops, consulting, tours, and speaking engagements. Contact us to learn more.