Our CSA is Featured on a Major Website

I answered an inquiry on the Local harvest forum about farmers interested in being interviewed last week. I said i was interested and within 24 hours questions were sent to me, I answered them, more questions were sent, I answered those and sent on clarification and this is the end product on Phil Lempert's Food, Nutrition & Science website

CSA Farmer

 

Lucy Goodman farms a variety of crops on four acres of farmland in Eaton, Ohio. Goodman grew up working on horse farms and racetracks, and began planting her own crops about 20 years ago. What started out as a part time farm has since become a full time farming operation. Goodman’s Boulder Belt Eco-Farm also has an active CSA (community supported agriculture).

How did you get into farming?
I always thought I would have a horse farm – and not a produce and chicken farm – until I started working in the kitchens of small fine dining restaurants back in the late 1980's. These restaurants bought from local farms, and the experience of working in these establishments turned me into a foodie and got me going to farmers markets. I had always wanted to have a farm of my own since the days of my horse farm and racetrack experiences, so when the foodie in me combined with the horse woman, a produce farm was formed.
In 1993, my now husband and I moved to a farm house with a lot of land and started a garden which had way too much food for us, so we decided to try and sell it at a local farmers market. The following year we started a "market" garden that was 25' x 75' and set up shop at the Richmond, Indiana farmers market. The Richmond market was a big market back then with over 50 vendors and 2,000 people coming through on any given Saturday. We started out very part time as we both had other jobs, but after four years of part time market farming we went full time. That’s when we started farming more than two acres and became certified organic.

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