by soleadmin | Dec 9, 2016 | Street Farm
Asked why I farm, I like to say so I can eat well and feed my family and community, so I’ll have stories to tell, and so I can keep my sanity. But I also farm for the simple beauty of it. We tend to think of farms as utilitarian food factories, but whether rural or...
by soleadmin | Nov 9, 2016 | Farming
Farming in the city presents unique challenges that provide the basic context for this work. These challenges are common to every city everywhere, and they inform the work we do agriculturally. Here are what I consider the most common urban farming challenges:...
by soleadmin | Nov 9, 2016 | Farming
It has never been our intention to give food away. When Seann and I first began meeting to discuss the Sole Food project, the ideas and goals on the table included growing the food, feeding the neighborhood, providing jobs, teaching people to farm, and more. We knew...
by soleadmin | Oct 20, 2016 | Street Farm
There is a universal law of reciprocity and exchange that those of us who farm see play out in intimate detail on a daily basis. We know that we cannot treat soil like an unlimited reserve; we know that every living thing we engage with requires some form of...
by soleadmin | Oct 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
When folks find out that I am an organic farmer, the first question they ask is, “What do you do to control the pests?,” This surprises me—it’s as if they view all farming as some sort of heavily defensive act, that farmers are like generals in the field fighting off...
