The Climate Farmers
Cedar Mountain Farm: Listening
Drop in to an evening pasture walk on Cedar Mountain Farm in Hartland, Vermont. Stephen Leslie and Kerry Gawalt's farm includes a small dairy, a cheesemaking business, and a horse-powered market garden. "We've always put soil health, primary but our understanding of what that means and how to achieve it has really grown and deepened over the years. And a lot of early on, we were kind of imposing our idea of what farmers should be on to the land that we landed on. And the longer we spend with it, the more we began to learn how to settle down and listen to what the land itself is asking of us."
This podcast is part of the Climate Farmer Project, and the episode you just heard is one of 11 short takes for the 2023 Climate Farmer Stories exhibit. Hear more short takes and subscribe to hear future episodes. Get all the details on the climate farmers and how to get involved at the Climate Farmer page. Strong local food systems create climate resilience for all.
The Climate Farmer Stories project is a collaboration between the climate farmers, Anagram, and Vital Communities.
Funding for Climate Farmer Stories was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 21FMPPVT1081. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
Drop in to an evening pasture walk on Cedar Mountain Farm in Hartland, Vermont. Stephen Leslie and Kerry Gawalt's farm includes a small dairy, a cheesemaking business, and a horse-powered market garden. "We've always put soil health, primary but our understanding of what that means and how to achieve it has really grown and deepened over the years. And a lot of early on, we were kind of imposing our idea of what farmers should be on to the land that we landed on. And the longer we spend with it, the more we began to learn how to settle down and listen to what the land itself is asking of us."
This podcast is part of the Climate Farmer Project, and the episode you just heard is one of 11 short takes for the 2023 Climate Farmer Stories exhibit. Hear more short takes and subscribe to hear future episodes. Get all the details on the climate farmers and how to get involved at the Climate Farmer page. Strong local food systems create climate resilience for all.
The Climate Farmer Stories project is a collaboration between the climate farmers, Anagram, and Vital Communities.
Funding for Climate Farmer Stories was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant 21FMPPVT1081. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.