Namgyal Ponsar is from Tibet , who also lived in India and Nepal before coming to the United State. For thousands of years, her family for generation to generation lived as Drokpa means Nomad in Tibetan. With no specific place to call home, her family roamed with their livestock across a vast lush and beautiful landscape in Tibet. For Namgyal, the love and respect for the nature,land and livestock is in her DNA.

After the escape from Tibet, Namgyal’s family continued to maintain their nomadic spirit. They farmed and raised livestock in their host country India. Her family grew different types of vegetables and crops such as rice, corn, buckwheat, potato and mustard. Namgyal’s love for farming started at early age. She loves being out in the field. For her, working with hand and touching the soil is something very spiritual and pure.

Namgyal with the help of Farley Center’s farm incubator program started growing organic vegetables her food cart dZi Little Tibet’s kitchen. Namgyal and her family has been growing vegetables such as cabbage, daikon, tomatoes, pepper, carrot, garlic, spinach, cilantro, green salad, beans, cucumber,onions and green onions since 2016. Namgyal calls her farm “Achis Farm” means Big sister’s farm in Tibetan. She also sells her produce at St Mary’s hospital farmers market. Namgyal feels proud and continues to find joy in growing and watching a seed blossom under her care to become a food on somebody’s plate.