With great sadness, we have learned of the passing of a former contributor to CUPS.
The Unconventional Harvest
The Unconventional Harvest: In the Farmers Own Words
I am excited to share the final sequences of my personal transformation and discovery of our nation’s food system and communities. Excerpt 12.
The Unconventional Harvest: Melstone, Montana—Population 136
In a land where people wore jeans, boots, and rancher hats all year round – I stuck out like a sore thumb. And I didn’t give a damn. 10 miles east of Melstone, Montana, a stiff wind barreled into my path. The air was hot – yet it felt fantastic. Excerpt 11.
The Unconventional Harvest: A Large No-Till Organic Farm
I met Emily Stiegelmeier near Route 12 at the intersection of two long and lonely dirt roads near her 4,000 acre farm. Stiegelmeier, and her family, owns and operates Blue Blanket Organics, an organic farm where they grow spring and winter wheat, flax, rye, barley, and buckwheat. Excerpt 10.
The Unconventional Harvest: New Forest Farm
What exactly is permaculture? This lingering question led me to Viola, Wisconsin to stay with Mark Shepard, a permaculture expert. Excerpt 9.
The Unconventional Harvest: Conventional Dairy Farmer Art Thelen
Art Thelin has worked on a Wisconsin dairy farm just outside the town of LaFarge since before he could read or write. Dairy farming is in his blood. Excerpt 8.
