FIELD NOTES | beginning-farmers

Farm Tech

Almost every small scale vegetable farmer I’ve visited is using some variation of a CoolBot: a device that allows farmers to affordably...

Why do we farm?

I'm a week in to interviews with farmers in Maryland, and every conversation is an inspiration. I'm impressed with the creativity and...

First Generation Farmers: Myth or Reality?

How many first generation farmers are there? What percentage of the overall farming population do they represent? I've even been asked a...

Check this page for updates from the field. Learn about the research progress and findings. See photos and farmer's stories. Comment and share your own thoughts or experience.

These posts are part of my masters thesis research on the motivations, values and practices of beginning, first generation farmers in the US state of Maryland and the country of the Netherlands.

Beginning Farmers Research

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