Who We Are

Adam Dusen

Adam grew up in Bucks County, traveled the world learning about permaculture and agroecology, and returned home with the vision of making Hundred Fruit Farm a reality. Adam is an experienced permaculture farmer, designer, and educator, having been involved in permaculture projects across five continents in a wide range of different climates.

Adam’s farming roots began in central PA where he started volunteering at Over the Moon Farm, a small diversified organic farm. That volunteering morphed into an apprenticeship, which lasted for several seasons. There Adam fell in love with organic farms and learned the ins and outs of rotational grazing, pastured animal systems, vegetable gardening, and small-scale diversified farming. 

After graduating from college with a degree in philosophy, Adam received his Permaculture Design Certificate in 2008 from The Panya Project, a permaculture farm and education center in northern Thailand. Adam completed a master’s in environmental science in Sweden (and met Sunghee there), and then returned to Panya for a couple years as a co-manager of the site, helping run and teach permaculture courses, managing interns and volunteers, working on numerous natural building projects, managing a diverse food forest, and steeping himself in all things permaculture. 

In 2013, Adam started working as a permaculture farm manager and teacher for The Island School in The Bahamas. There he managed a 12,000 gallon aquaponic system and 18-acre permaculture farm, producing vegetables, herbs, pastured pork, tilapia, and fruit to help feed the community of 100+ residents and students. He also served as an instructor for hundreds of students of all ages, from toddlers to retirees, using the permaculture farm as an experiential education classroom. 

Adam founded Hundred Fruit Farm with Sunghee in 2015 and began establishing the permaculture systems on the farm the following year. Soon after starting the farm, Adam organized and taught the first PDC at Hundred Fruit Farm and began doing designs for clients in the area. Adam currently splits his time between managing the farm, teaching permaculture design courses and workshops, and creating professional permaculture designs for clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Sunghee Kim

Sunghee was born and raised in the Seoul area of South Korea, so she is a fluent speaker of English and native Korean speaker. Sunghee is a permaculture farmer, educator, and animal behaviorist.

Sunghee’s studies in Biology as an undergrad took her to Sweden for a study abroad experience. She later decided to do her master’s in animal behavior there as well. Sunghee and Adam met in Sweden in 2011 and they’ve been together ever since.

After finishing her master’s, Sunghee traveled to Thailand and spent some time living and volunteering at the Panya Project in Thailand. A permaculture site in the hills of Northern Thailand is about as far removed from the urban jungle of Seoul, but it opened her eyes to the possibilities of permaculture design and a completely different way of living.

Sunghee trained and worked as a divemaster in Thailand and became involved in marine ecology and conservation, later continuing that work in the Bahamas at the Cape Eleuthera Institute. Protecting the environment and nature has always been Sunghee’s interest and passion, but the more she spent time in environmental conservation and research, the more hopeless she felt. Permaculture felt more empowering to Sunghee, while also being strongly connected to ecology and the natural world. So instead of pursuing a career in academia and scientific research, she shifted her focus to permaculture.

Sunghee moved to the US in 2015 to start Hundred Fruit Farm together with Adam. Sunghee is the lead operator of the farm, spending most of her time out in the field getting things done on the farm. She is also the main liaison for all the volunteers and interns on the farm.

While running the farm with Adam is her main focus, she also uses her expertise in animal behavior in her own dog training business, Placid Paws, where she focuses on helping dogs overcome their emotional challenges through optimism and mindfulness.