Franny's Farmacy

Franny Tacy was raised with farming in her blood. She grew up in Nashville, TN, to a cattle-farming father and a banking executive mother. These early histories planted agricultural roots – it is here where Franny’s passion for plant medicine and regenerative agriculture began.

Franny left her family’s farm to begin a forestry program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where she found another farm to call home. While in college, she and a group of friends moved to a farm and developed it with gardens and animals, hosting a monthly “Full Moon Festival,” and getting involved in agricultural crop research.

She then completed a graduate degree in education at Tennessee State University. After four years of teaching, Franny moved to Asheville, NC, and had a successful career in pharmaceutical sales managing a $10 million territory for over 12 years.

Franny’s frustration with what she calls the “unhealthcare system” inspired her to return to the land. It was a three-year process on her path from “Pharma to Farm” before Franny quit her corporate career to focus on building a new endeavor – a business that brought together her passions to care for the land and to help others lead healthy lives.

In 2012, Franny took a leap of faith and bought uncultivated land in Leicester, North Carolina, creating Franny’s Farm. Franny’s agricultural background and professional career in sales and marketing prepared her for the magic that was soon to happen.

As Franny partnered with agricultural researchers in her work on the farm, she discovered the power of the hemp plant as a vital element of plant medicine, regenerative agriculture practices, and sustainable industry. In 2017, Franny planted hemp varieties for food and fiber, and without knowing, became the first female hemp farmer in North Carolina in over 75 years.