This past summer, farming in Pennsylvania, I finally met and worked with people whose lives I could imagine myself living. My years in New York had been full. I cooked often, ate well, and was always working for four or five people at once, and going to school. I imagined I would start my own [...]
Posts Tagged ‘young farmers’
Vermont Models
Posted in Craftsbury, tagged distribution, diversity, place, scale, young farmers on February 2, 2011 |
By Now, A Nest
Posted in Kutztown, tagged place, young farmers on November 2, 2010 |
At the end of the day of the pig roast, on a Sunday in mid-October, a few of the last remaining folks settled by the bonfire with glasses of whiskey, a few loaves of fresh bread brought from the city, and a brick of butter we’d pressed down the street. Four cooks from a restaurant [...]
Working More, Writing Less
Posted in Kutztown, tagged labor, young farmers on September 14, 2010 |
Four of the workers on this farm, if not more, tend to write. We’ve each written blogs, essays, books, or articles, wanting to somehow document the stories we live and witness. None of us have been writing much in the past few months, and we talk in the field and round the table about how [...]
Taking Up Toolbelts
Posted in Brooklyn, Fall 08, tagged students, the future!, young farmers on December 12, 2008 |
This article is cross-posted on Civil Eats, a site that explores the connections between the food system and the environment, the politics of consumer choices, and the actions we can take to change the way we think about food everyday. There are few moments more powerful and thrilling for a young person than those in which [...]