Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, OK
We are Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, and we own and operate Three Springs Farm, a diversified, certified-organic vegetable farm in northeastern Oklahoma. We cultivate over fifty different crops on six acres of land. Farming is our full-time job; we don’t have any off-farm income. About half of our crop land is sown in annuals […]
Cara Fraver and Luke Deikis, NY
By Cara Fraver Quincy Farm is still in its first days, but we have been working on the plan for years. Luke Deikis, my partner, and I will cultivate organically grown vegetables on abeautiful 48 acre farm on the Hudson River in upstate New York. We plan to sell CSA shares as the years progress, […]
Young Farmer Melissa Ingaglio, PA
Melissa Ingaglio is the farm manager at Charlestown Farm, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, about 40 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Born in rural Pennsylvania, she moved to New York City after high school to attend the New School for Urban Planning. While studying urban food systems she discovered her interest in farming that led her back to […]
Nick and Amelia Neaton, MN
Sweet Beet Farm is a small, 10-member CSA run by the husband-and-wife team of Nick and Amelia Neaton in Watertown, Minnesota (located 30 minutes west of Minneapolis). Nick and Amelia are in their first year as a full-fledged farm operation and despite no advertising budget and no fancy website, they’ve still managed to get the […]
Corbin Lichtinger, PA
Hello, my name is Corbin Lichtinger. I farm a small tract of land located in Cussewago Bottoms, roughly ten miles north of Meadville and thirty miles south of Erie, Pennsylvania. The farm I have worked on for the past two years is called Fresh From the Vines. It identifies as a small, family farm that […]
Dana Gentile, NY
Interview with young farmer Dana Gentile, by Devin Dinihanian Let’s start with the H’s and W’s. Can you tell me who you are, what and where you farm, how long you’ve been farming, and lastly, why you’ve chosen to be a farmer? My name is Dana Gentile and I am a meat goat farmer. My partner Abbi and […]
Corbin Lichtinger, PA
Hello, my name is Corbin Lichtinger. I farm a small tract of land located in Cussewago Bottoms, roughly ten miles north of Meadville and thirty miles south of Erie, Pennsylvania. The farm I have worked on for the past two years is called Fresh From the Vines. It identifies as a small, family farm that […]
Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, OK
We are Emily Oakley and Mike Appel, and we own and operate Three Springs Farm, a diversified, certified-organic vegetable farm in northeastern Oklahoma. We cultivate over fifty different crops on six acres of land. Farming is our full-time job; we don’t have any off-farm income. About half of our crop land is sown in annuals […]
Cara Fraver and Luke Deikis, NY
By Cara Fraver Quincy Farm is still in its first days, but we have been working on the plan for years. Luke Deikis, my partner, and I will cultivate organically grown vegetables on abeautiful 48 acre farm on the Hudson River in upstate New York. We plan to sell CSA shares as the years progress, […]
Young Farmer Melissa Ingaglio, PA
Melissa Ingaglio is the farm manager at Charlestown Farm, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, about 40 minutes outside of Philadelphia. Born in rural Pennsylvania, she moved to New York City after high school to attend the New School for Urban Planning. While studying urban food systems she discovered her interest in farming that led her back to […]