Beneath the visage of Mount Lamborn rising in the distance, Tom and Lynn Gillespie’s farm on the edge of Paonia spreads out in all directions. It’s a 212-acre operation, home to East Frisian sheep, heritage turkeys, chickens, hogs, beef cattle and a lone dairy cow. The Gillespie’s call it the Living Farm, and it’s hard to come up with a more fitting name. (more…)
Tai Jacober. David Frey photo.
In his cowboy hat and blue jeans rolled over muddy boots, Tai Jacober seems more Marlboro Man than green crusader, but he’s a little of both. (more…)
David Frey photo.
Why go now: A recent organic farm boom has made this town (and the North Fork Valley in general) a major player on the locavore food and wine scene, and fall is the best time for a taste. (more…)
Touch-Me-Not Mountain Preserve Conservation Easement overlooking Eagle Nest Reservoir and the Village of Eagle Nest. Photo courtesy Taos Land Trust
The Barber Farm in Rowan County, N.C., has been handed down in the family from generation to generation since it was settled in 1794. In those two centuries, it’s always been a farm, and even as industrial development spreads across the landscape around it, it always will be a farm. (more…)
Most farms harvest crops. At Steve Heyer’s Solar Harvest Farm, he harvests energy, too. (more…)
Living on any farm can be lovely, but it’s hard to imagine any farm more beautiful than Pamela and Frank Arnosky’s spread in the midst of Texas Hill Country. At any given time the fields unfolding from their bright blue barn may be filled with golden Texas sunflowers, elegant gladiolas or sparkling anenomies. (more…)
I’m a freelance journalist based near Washington, D.C., where I specialize in writing about food, the environment and travel writing from a shrinking globe. I hope you enjoy it. Please feel free to contact me at david@davidmfrey.com.
