Farm Life

Erin’s path winds between cooking and farming.

Farmer V. Mac Baldwin explains, “healthy cattle are raised on good grass.”

With two kids and a baby on the way, Bronwyn and Bobby are working on a model to deal with the fragility of family farming.

Four years ago, Shari Becker had quit her job without knowing what was next when she and her husband Noah Becker purchased a 23-acre rural property.

“I dream about fruit in the middle of the night,” Lyndon Smith says. “It’s weird, but I’ve come to embrace it.”

Bees are livestock, Ryan points out, and caring for them is challenging. “You can be a detriment when you’re just trying to be helpful,” he says.

Chapel Hill Creamery is unique because all of the milk used in their cheeses comes from their own herd of cows.

“There are definitely times when I’ve questioned our choice to farm for a living,” Vera says, “but right now, it’s feeling like the most sane and essential profession.”

“Farms are a reflection of your personality, whether you like it or not,” observes Vera Fabian.

Susan asked herself, “Do we turn the heat off and close it up, or do we try something else?”

“It’s always on my mind,” Alice says.  “There’s always something that’s going to live or die.”

“It’s a lot happy and a lot sad,” farmer Helga MacAller says.

When it comes to flavor, Raines wants “something special” from her crops.

Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates to “go back and get it.”

“Why should our transportation of a pound of arugula create a bag that lasts forever?” asks O’Neal.