December 2011
5 posts
Why support urban farming?
For the past few months, we have thought a lot about the various objectives of our work as city farmers. At various Farm Bill related events— including a recent round table with Congressman Langevin, New England and National Farmers Union meetings, and other more local discussions—we have realized that it would be valuable to articulate these thoughts in terms of broader conversations about...
Urban Ag Policy Please
NEFU Annual Meeting, 9 December 2011
The following is a speech introducing our farm, our background, and some of our hopes and inspirations as farmers. It was delivered by Tess as an introduction to our urban community for the folks at the New England Farmers Union annual meeting in Concord, NH. We hope that by working with organizations like the union, we can integrate urban agricultural...
