Naked Acre Farm

My foray into agriculture began in 2010 in the Pacific Northwest where I interned at Sunbow Farm in Corvallis, Oregon. Splitting my months between guiding at-risk youth in the wilderness of the PNW and returning to root down in the slow, steady work at the farm, I developed a love for labor and a deep connection to working within natural systems. I was humbled and hooked immediately because the challenge and opportunity for learning were inherent in every aspect of growing food. After volunteering at a farm devoted to education and social justice issues in Eugene, Oregon throughout 2011 and a short detour to Colorado on my way back east, I had enrolled in the University of Vermont’s Farmer Training Program beginning in 2013. It was here that I started to learn the skills necessary to begin my own small-scale operation.

Hyde Park, Vermont