While she had some childhood exposure to hobby farming and spent time on a turkey and cattle farm last year, Desiree’s true farming journey began at CAFF. She got her first taste of production-scale agriculture through her student plot and another small off-site plot she managed while in the program. “Before CAFF, I was more of a home gardener. This was the first time I could really work with production practices,” she says.
Zach never imagined he’d find himself behind the wheel of a tractor or harvesting vegetables under the sun. His background was as far removed from farming as one could imagine: nearly two decades as a professional illustrator and graphic designer. He came to that career by an unconventional path.
Through CAFF, Maeve discovered she loves more than just the farming itself—she loves the business side too. Growing up around restaurants had given her some perspective, but seeing farming through the lens of entrepreneurship opened her mind.
When Ashley was 14, her family moved from a large city in Missouri to a rural town in Vermont. Ashley had no previous experience with farms or agriculture, but at the end of the school year in Vermont, she felt the land calling to her. She contacted farms listed in the yellow pages until she found a dairy farm that invited her to intern for the summer. She fell in love with farm life, and from then on, she knew some day she would own land and be a farmer.
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