A photo-tribute to the things that got me through the last month of my time in Tennessee...
As many of you already know, my experience on the farm in Tennessee ran its course a bit sooner than we all expected. (It was HOT) The three months I spent working to build a farm were some of the most challenging I've ever spent, but the knowledge I gained about working the land, starting a business, maintaining and building professional and personal relationships, and, of course, about myself, were worth all of the effort.
Chris gave me an incredible gift by getting me out of my life and on the farm; the experience has helped me to focus in on what I'd like do with my life: to grow my own (organic, sustainable) food, and eventually to provide this food and food growing knowledge to the people who really really need it at a price they can afford (as opposed to selling it to restaurants or at markets catering to the well-heeled). This will, in the immediate future anyway, take place in an urban setting. I was lucky to fall in with a group of people in Knoxville (you know who you are) that are working to develop feasible and affordable methods of urban farming for lower class communities and am excited to try them out on home turf.
In the meantime, I found a position on a tiny family farm in Poulsbo, WA that is known for producing insane amounts of organic produce on less than an acre in a sustainable, low impact fashion. Check the next post for details...
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