Farm Hopping: Our Visit to Lewis Waite Farm


Cows on Pasture at Lewis Waite Farm 
 
Living in NYC, multiple bars are always within walking distance. We used to spend our weekends "bar hopping" with friends. Now we spend our weekends farm hopping!
 
We’ve been hopping between farms on the weekends and speaking to farmers all over the country to try to get a better sense for which enterprises inspire us most and also fit with our vision for the farm. We hope others will take our lead and get out to see some farms!
 
Earlier this year we attended a Just Food CSA Conference and had the wonderful opportunity to meet Alan and Nancy Brown of Lewis Waite Farm
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You're Never too Old for a Field Trip!

Photo: Grady's Farm. Red Hook, NY
 
There’s a lot of information out there about starting a farm. The amount of information only seems to increase as you learn about it. Have you ever tried to dig through a sand dune? I lived in New Mexico growing up, so I have. Reading about starting a farm is a lot like that. For every useful book or blog you come across you find another! And another! And another! And they’re all hidden gems and they’re all extremely useful and critical to your farm education, but they won’t build you a farm. 

The conclusion that I’ve come to is that you can only learn so much before you just have to get started.
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