Friday, April 19, 2024
black and white gourds

In this second installment of Why farming changed the way I eat, Ivory Harlow shares the ways farming tuned her into the natural cycle of seasons, localized her eating, and terminated her food waste.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, I was a vegetarian. Then I became a farmer, and it completely changed my food attitude.
seedlings

Urban farms are filling vacant lots, growing as rooftop gardens, and sprouting in streetside flowerboxes. Creative and resourceful city farming methods put-to-use in the country can increase farm yields, productivity and profit. Urban farming techniques can help country farmers optimize space, micromanage renewable resources, and market products direct.

Ivory Harlow isn't your typical farmer. She shares her reasons for becoming a farmer in her inaugural column for farmanddairy.com.