Sustainable food garden program takes root at Interlochen. “It was the summer of 2016, and the Board of Trustees wanted us to do things more sustainably on campus. The initial idea was to put in a school garden, that summer,” Emily Umbarger tells me. “I said, ‘Let’s slow down. Let me give you a 12-month…
One Tennessee farm is bringing lamb into the mainstream. Farmers Elaine and Howard Dustin are animal people. That much is clear immediately as we meet them at their farm, Belfair Farms in Lawrenceburg, 90 minutes south of Nashville. Along with their 138 sheep, they have 10 dogs, 50 chickens, and eight horses. Having grown up…
“Literally everyone on the planet eats. If you want to get to know your neighbor, grow some food with them.” That is the distilled version of Ann Fleener’s philosophy as the Director of Freedom Farms & Greenhouse, which is a branch of the local non-profit Restore OKC. “Restore OKC started about three years ago out…
With the recent legalization of hemp at the federal and state levels, Indiana’s growers are committed to learning the crop. In Indiana’s Miami County, Mark Boyer manages 1,250 acres, which he mostly devotes to corn, soybeans, and wheat, just like the slew of midwestern farmers all around him. On 350 of these acres, however, Boyer…
