Physicians Week: Dr. Faith Koschmann
March 25, 2025
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Legacy provider’s hobby farm grows beyond expectation
As we celebrate Physicians Week, Legacy thanks its providers for the care they give to our patients and communities. This annual recognition gives us all a chance to appreciate the dedication they bring each day to Legacy.
This year we also wanted to talk to a few of our doctors about life outside work and to showcase their hobbies, talents and interests. It’s a sneak peek behind the white coat.
Dr. Faith Koschmann completed her service in the Army in the early 2000s when she and her husband began their search for a place to raise their family. They wanted someplace to become enmeshed in the community. They found their ideal landing spot in Mount Angel when Dr. Koschmann and her husband, Dr. James Domst, joined the staff at Legacy Medical Group – Mt. Angel.
But what she hadn’t planned was the hobby farm that soon followed.
“It started with chickens and grew from there,” she said.
The Koschmanns and their three children moved to the area in 2005. By 2013, they began searching for a home with acreage. They found a 20-acre spread with a house and barn ready for the family’s adventure.
The chickens shared the land with a big garden, fruit trees, blackberries and grapes for the first couple of years. Then came Alpine goats. With three growing boys, the milk provided a ready source of something to drink as well as yogurt and cheese that Dr. Koschmann made.
The kids shared in the work, collecting eggs, milking the goats and tending to the garden. A patient or two has visited the property to pick tomatoes and fruit.
Today, the Koschmann’s children are young adults starting careers or finishing college. The goats roam their pens but are free of milk duty. Dr. Koschmann’s time is now focused on training her three horses.“After we got the first horse, I realized that I had a lot to learn,” she said. “I spent two or three years working with a local trainer.”
She continues to read anything she can find related to horse training and watches videos to get new tips and tricks. She spends a few hours each day when she’s not working riding. Each day of riding brings a new horse to ensure everyone is getting a workout.
“I’ll take videos of those training rides because I’ve found that what I think I’m doing isn’t what’s actually happening,” she said.
Dr. Koschmann has found that the horses and farm have become her passion. It’s what gets her excited when she wakes each day and takes stock of what she’ll be doing outside. It also quenches her thirst for learning.
Looking back, Dr. Koschmann said what really sold the family on Mount Angel was the personal letter the recruiter sent her years ago. The recruiter talked about the outdoor activities available to the young family and the small-town atmosphere.
“It really is everything we wanted and then some,” she said. “I didn’t anticipate the whole farm thing happening, but once it evolved, I discovered that I love working outside. It’s become my happy place.”
It started with chickens and grew from there. After we got the first horse, I realized that I had a lot to learn.
