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Episode 8: Growing Farmers with Greta Zarro & Ben Tyler of Unadilla Community Farm
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Meet Greta and Ben of Unadilla Community Farm in West Edmeston, NY. Their project focuses on educating beginner farmers with the skills required for farming and homesteading. Their interns help them grow fruits, nuts, herbs, greens, vegetables to serve the local community through their Veggie Box Program. The interns can choose the classes they wish to take, and which long term projects the wish to work on to hone skills such as carpentry, stone masonry or herbalism.
We hear about their two pronged approach of changing the world via community organizing, political advocacy and activism on the one prong and on the other, actively creating the alternatives to the systems they are working to change by being as self sufficient as possible through farming and homesteading, sharing food with the local community, and training as many folks interested in these skills as possible.
We dive deep into the permaculture world talking about building a food forest and 'dynamic accumulators'. Enjoy!
Unadilla Community Farm Website
National Young Farmers Coaliton