by amycpat | Aug 22, 2025 | Farm School, female farmer
Keira remembers the day when she realized farm life was definitely for her. Her farm crew had been working in sweltering heat, harvesting all day to pack CSA boxes and get them out. The last task was to trellis overgrown tomatoes. There wasn’t even a path through them. It was hot, and everyone was run down and tired. They decided to put on music and then started competing over who could trellis tomatoes the fastest. Next, it began to rain, and they were all getting drenched. “It was a moment when the situation was tough, but we made the best of it,” says Keira. “That‘s when I realized that a bad day farming is better than a good day anywhere else I had worked at. It was the day I decided farming was for me.”
by amycpat | Aug 19, 2025 | Farm School, Farmers
Justin had a good job working in the family business back in his hometown of Little Rock. He wore a suit every day to the office. The only problem was that he didn’t enjoy the work; it wasn’t a good fit for him. He left the company to explore other interests. That’s where he discovered how much he enjoyed working outside. “It kind of saved me in many ways,” he says. “It was the opposite of what I’d been doing, which was indoors and often stressful.”
by amycpat | Jul 30, 2025 | Farm School, female farmer
Being half Korean greatly impacted Julia’s decision to farm and her motivations. Growing up in Atlanta, she experienced her mom’s strong Korean immigrant community as a support system and cultural conduit. The community would come together for fellowship around food. Julia and her brother were immersed in this experience as children, families coming together around a transplanted culture and its cuisine. She visited a couple of regenerative farms in California and felt a deep draw towards them. These experiences brought her to the CAFF Farm School.
by amycpat | Sep 25, 2024 | Farm School, female farmer
“We always had to self-censor and be careful what we say publicly. I’m happy to have speech and spiritual freedom here in the United States.” In her birth country, she was an English teacher. She married a colleague, an English teacher, and a United States citizen. They returned stateside about 16 years ago. She cites the pandemic as her final motivation to farm.
by amycpat | Sep 20, 2024 | Farm School
Initially, their farm was conceived as a hobby farm. However, being in the program has taught Rebecka what an asset their land is and what their farm can become with her new knowledge and skills. “CAFF’s mission is to teach people to farm profitably, and that was a happy surprise. Our intensive crop planning in class made me think about different things we could grow to earn money while the fruit trees and berries mature.”
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