About
Teacher's Farm is dedicated to the premise that the attributes that make a good teacher are the same as those that make a good farmer: trust and education. A teacher is trusted with a student's education, and a farmer is trusted with the land. In both professions, one must be well informed and yet be a lifelong learner. For most of my teaching career, I taught language arts, and history to adjudicated boys in a level five secure facility. I also ran a school garden where we grew food for the cafeteria and sold some to generate funding for the project.
At Teacher's Farm, I am in harmony with the environment. I bought land depleted by tobacco cultivation and brought it back to life. My farm started with dead ground. It was like asphalt covered in grass. Now, there are birds, worms and pollenating insects. I'm committed to the original idea behind organic farming which was to do good by the environment. Unfortunately, there are ways to farm organically and still be completely destructive to the environment. Therefore, the term organic has lost some of its original meaning. The same can be said of regenerative agriculture. I maintain a Certified Naturally Grown status, which means that the standards I'm held to are even more stringent than organic. You can learn more about that here: Who We Are – Certified Naturally Grown I hope you enjoy the food I've grown as much as I enjoyed growing it!
At Teacher's Farm, I am in harmony with the environment. I bought land depleted by tobacco cultivation and brought it back to life. My farm started with dead ground. It was like asphalt covered in grass. Now, there are birds, worms and pollenating insects. I'm committed to the original idea behind organic farming which was to do good by the environment. Unfortunately, there are ways to farm organically and still be completely destructive to the environment. Therefore, the term organic has lost some of its original meaning. The same can be said of regenerative agriculture. I maintain a Certified Naturally Grown status, which means that the standards I'm held to are even more stringent than organic. You can learn more about that here: Who We Are – Certified Naturally Grown I hope you enjoy the food I've grown as much as I enjoyed growing it!
