by Carrie Peterson | Jul 1, 2024 | Farmer Stories
Every small-scale farm is completely unique: farming is part science and part art, with a heavy dose of chance (thanks to Mother Nature), and farms reflect the interests and capabilities of their owners as perhaps no other business venture does. It’s the opposite of...
by Carrie Peterson | Apr 30, 2024 | Farm Stay, Farmer Stories
In 1985, Amii and Tom Harmon wrote a list titled “Some Day.” On that list was a nearly identical description of the farm they now own, where they offer farm stays, event hosting, baby goat cuddling, and farm goods and crafts from eggs to honey. “Sometimes guests will...
by Carrie Peterson | Mar 25, 2024 | Farm Stay, Farmer Stories, Store
Robin Greubel has been a farm girl from the start, growing up on her dad’s farm in Iowa, and her love of the land and animals has never waned. She worked in agriculture as a young adult (“Being in nowhere Iowa,’ she explained, “you mostly work in agriculture....
by Carrie Peterson | Dec 25, 2023 | Farmer Stories
Photo Credit: Wild Feet Productions Antoinette Wilson is a passionate filmmaker, dedicated to living out her beliefs and role modeling a healthy relationship with the natural environment. Since 2015, she has been working with Happen Films as a researcher, writer, and...
by Carrie Peterson | Dec 7, 2023 | Farmer Stories
Lake Breeze Vineyards is more than a beautiful winery situated in the majestic Okanagan Valley, BC. It’s also home to a farmstead where vegetables, herbs, an orchard, chickens, and pigs are grown. The MacIntyres, who own the 16-acre vineyard and winery overlooking...
by Carrie Peterson | Oct 23, 2023 | Farm Stay, Farmer Stories
Lynne Green was out in the field with her flock of sheep and working sheep dog Chief when I caught up with her for an interview. In true farmer fashion, she opened the conversation talking about the weather and how the grass was growing. She grew up in Kentucky, the...
