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 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 maddietemple | Jan 23, 2024 | Farmers, Farming, Farms
It’s time to get those seed catalogs out and start thinking about ordering seeds for the coming season! This is the time of year when hope springs eternal and all of us farmers get to dream about the bountiful harvest to come. While you’ve got seeds on your mind we wanted to write a post to mention some considerations before you place that seed order.
by amycpat | May 24, 2023 | Farm School, Farmers
After retiring to Arkansas, a couple started a sheep farm and is now expanding into vegetable production. The female farm owner, at age 70, enrolled in the CAFF Farm School. She is now putting everything learned into practice on her farm as it expands to provide fresh vegetables for local farm-to-table restaurants.
by amycpat | Sep 28, 2021 | Farm School, Farmers
About sixty miles east of Fayetteville is the small Arkansas farm town of Alpena, population 397. A little northwest is Berryville, population 5,550. These are the two communities that formed and influenced Brian growing up. In 2020, when the pandemic devastated the...
by amycpat | Mar 19, 2021 | Farmers, Farming, Farms
Lucy has a heart for the Marshallese community in northwest Arkansas. She also has fresh organic vegetables for them. Lucy is farming a plot of land in Fayetteville and donating much of her abundance. She helps her Marshallese community adapt their traditional diets with local produce
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