A week or so back, Landon and I made the annual trip out to State College, PA for the 2012 Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture Conference. The best part of the event is always the camaraderie–2,200 farmers and friends-of-farmers from across the region, swapping stories, celebrating, and commiserating. We got […]
Musings
This past Sunday, Landon and I attended our very first farmers’ market as Root Mass Farm. Someone should’ve passed the word onto our fields. The rain and cool weather slowed our harvest to a near standstill–we had just under $100 of produce to sell. What do you want first? The […]
Entrepreneurship Breeds Humility: A First Market Recap
Landon and I live in the country. Fact. There aren’t many jobs in the country for a Sociology major with non-profit event planning experience. Shit. Who am I kidding–there aren’t a lot of jobs anywhere for a Sociology major with non-profit event planning experience. So, when I reentered the job […]
The Fantasies of an Angry Commuter
I went to the PASA conference (Pennsylvannia Association of Sustainable Agriculture) this past weekend. I’ve gone to the conference for several years now, and it’s always a great source of diverse agricultural know-how. This year I learned about everything from internet marketing to hops growing – it turns out I […]
Forage Radishes Are Awesome!
The day started with some tractor complications and ended with some lighting complications. In between though, Landon and I chalked up all sorts of successes. Well, one. We finally got the buckwheat seed into the fields, and I got to do the seeding honors. Which means I basically looked like […]
A Soundtrack Changes Everything
It’s populated by some really dynamo folks. Today, I had the pleasure of visiting Leotah’s Place–a newly opened coffeehouse in East Kensington. I first learned of Leotah’s Place back in February ’09 when it was just the thoughtful vision of one Brittney Lewis (Blew). As Blew’s classmate, we planned for […]