 About Us.
That's Emilia on the left. She's a farmer, teacher, and painter. And that's Jed on the right. He's a farmer, teacher, and writer, and he just finished his MBA in Sustainability from Antioch University in Keene, NH. We've spent the last five years farming, teaching, and mentoring kids and community at the Natick Community Organic Farm, a small, not-for-profit organic farm outside Boston. Now we're in the process of moving back to Maine, where we grew up and our parents still live. We want to start our own farm there, run some educational programs there too.
No more Amtakkin' . . .
We have finished our train trip across the country,and find ourselves back in Maine, ready to begin our farm search in earnest.
But the blogging shall go on! . . . as we explore Maine and its farms we shall keep you updated. Stay tuned, as The Adventures of Jed and Emilia continue . . .
Read about the train trip here:
Jed's book project continues, as he's finished writing up the case studies of the farms we've visited and is ready to begin synthesizing. Check back in July for updates!
Check out Jed's writeups of the farms we've visited:
| Arlington, VA May 30 - June 3
The last four days of our trip we spent in Arlington, visiting Emilia's grandparents, aunt and uncles, and cousin. While we had also planned to travel 4 hours to W. Virginia during this visit, we did not and are glad for it. This was certainly the most relaxing leg of the journey, a sort of soft landing as we rested up from all of our travels the weeks before.
On Sunday, we visited The Button Farm in Germantown, Maryland, a working farm and living history center where they reenact the Underground Railroad. We met Tony and Steve, the dynamic duo that ran the place on nothing but volunteer help - quite the project!
Monday and Tuesday we ate, slept, read, and caught up with Emilia's family. There are lots of projects - Uncle Daniel with his guitar repair business and his coffee, cousin Nick with his new, 60 hour a week waiting job, and Aunt Eliza with her garden. The only folks who are winding down with projects are Emilia's grandparents, Lynn and Greg - and rightly so! I think Lynn appreciates notworking in the kitchen as often. And we appreciate their hospitality and a chance to rest!
The train trip to Boston was bittersweet - no more rocking back and forth gently to sleep! But we are ready to stay on steady ground, looking for our Maine farm - keep checking back to this blog, as we'll have more on that to post soon .. . |
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