Gardenripe
My thirty-second farm was Gardenripe in Silverton, Oregon. The Farm The farmers are Bill and Janice Schiedler. The 137-acre property sits on a hillside in the Cascade foothills overlooking the Willamette Valley. Bill’s great-grandfather cleared the land in 1874 to start a farm. The property has been in the family for almost 150 years and […]
Wise Acres Farm
My thirteenth farm was Wise Acres Farm in Kenduskeag, Maine. The Farm The farmer is Brittany. Only thirty years old, Brittany was the youngest farmer I WWOOFed with and she was also the most business-like. Brittany grew up on a homestead with goats in Maine. She left Maine for a while but came back to […]
Sullivan’s Pond Farm
My tenth farm was Sullivan’s Pond Farm in Wake, Virginia. The Farm The farmers are Rona, Tim and their son Cole. Rona spent time on her grandmother’s farm when she was a kid. That experience stayed with her. When she grew up and lived in the city, she made cheese from store-bought milk and entered […]
Left Foot Farm
My ninth farm was Left Foot Farm in Eatonville, Washington. The Farm The farmer is Jeremy. In December 2010, he fulfilled a dream and bought twenty-five acres in an area only five minutes from where he grew up in Eatonville, Washington. At that time he was living with a girlfriend who wanted a few goats. […]
Old Ways Farm
My eighth farm was Old Ways Farm in Honaunau, Big Island of Hawaii. The Farm The farmers are Steve and his partner. Old Ways Farm is on three forested acres in a quiet residential area. With all the tropical trees surrounding the property, it felt like a secluded oasis. Steve grew up on a farm […]
Organics of Hakalau
My seventh farm was Organics of Hakalau near Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii. The Farm The sixty-two acre property is on the rolling hillsides of the Hamakua Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. The area was a large sugar cane plantation a few decades ago. Now the land has been parceled […]
ReZoNation Farm
My sixth farm was ReZoNation near Marana, Arizona. The Farm The farmers are Jaime and Kara. Jaime grew up around gardens and his father’s beehives. After going away to college and working as an engineer, he returned to the land. Jaime’s father bought fifty acres of former pastureland in 1998. In 2005, Jaime acquired half […]
La Buena Vida Farm
My fifth farm was La Buena Vida Farm near Portal, Arizona. The Farm The farmers are Jerry and Jennifer. Jennifer knew since high school that she wanted to have land some day. While they were living in Nogales, they decided to have some fun on Craig’s List by playing ‘let’s get a farm.’ The game […]
Coonridge Dairy
My fourth farm was Coonridge Dairy north of Pie Town, New Mexico. The Farm The farmer is Nancy. Since she was young, Nancy has loved milk. Cows didn’t interest her, but even though she’d never met a goat, she knew that was what she wanted. Two goats quickly turned into a herd of Alpine, Nubian […]
Bodhi Farms
My third farm was Bodhi Farms near Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Farm The farmers are Brian and Roxanne. They started the farm in 2008 after leaving the bustle of Southern California for the rural life and clean air of New Mexico. Both of them were tired of living in Southern California and wanted to […]