by amycpat | Aug 28, 2025 | Farm School, farm to table, Farmers
Jonah volunteered as a counselor at a summer camp while in high school. The grounds featured a quarter-acre garden, where they met a farmer named Doug. Jonah’s experience there was inspirational and life-changing. It lit up a new path: the love of nature, growing food, and cooking. Although that path would twist in several directions, the core passions remained. Eventually, it brought Jonah to the CAFF Farm School, where they hope to unite all three in a vision for the future.
by amycpat | Aug 28, 2025 | Farm School, farm to table, female farmer
The decision to apply for CAFF Farm School was a slow realization that she’d like to learn farming. Living in apartments as an adult, she never had the space for a garden. But she had acquired plenty of experience with the local food system by working as a server at restaurants like The Farmer’s Table and at Ozark Natural Foods. While there, the employees toured local farms. She visited the beautiful Dripping Springs Garden, and the lifestyle was very appealing. It’s a bucolic farm growing flowers, herbs, vegetables, and fruit. Nicole says, “It made me seriously consider farming as a career. And farmers are the nicest people I’ve ever met.“ She decided to pursue it, but wasn’t sure where to start. A co-worker was applying to the CAFF Farm School and invited her to the Farmers For Tomorrow fundraiser. There she learned more about the program and the need for farmers. She decided
by amycpat | Aug 30, 2024 | Farm School, farm to table
As a teen, Graham started working in restaurants and eventually attended culinary school. His culinary resume working with lauded farm-to-table restaurants is impressive. They feature locally grown produce in their creations, and some have farm managers or culinary farmers that grow exclusively for their menus.
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