Brent Ridge is an American physician, business owner and reality television participant. He was formerly the Vice President of Healthy Living for Martha Stewart Omnimedia.

Together with his partner Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Josh Kilmer-Purcell is an American writer. In 2006 Harper Perennial published I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir, a tragicomic account of Kilmer-Purcell's early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named "Aquadisiac" by night...

, Ridge bought in 2007 a 19th Century farm, Beekman Place, located in Sharon Springs, New York

Sharon Springs, New York

Sharon Springs is a village in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 547 at the 2000 census. Its name derives from the hometown of the first Colonial settlers, Sharon, Connecticut, and the important springs in the village...

. The couple launched a business, Beekman 1802, selling products derived from produce raised on the farm.

In 2010 Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell became the stars of The Fabulous Beekman Boys

The Fabulous Beekman Boys

The Fabulous Beekman Boys was a reality television show produced in the United States by World of Wonder Productions. The series followed Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner Brent Ridge as they learned how to become farmers and launched their lifestyle brand, Beekman 1802...

, a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series on Planet Green that follows their lives as they work to develop the Beekman brand to the point where they can live at the farm full time.