Farmers To You Blog: A Farmer's Perspective

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    Essential Heroes

    by Rebecca Brown
    March 27, 2020

    In times like these I ask myself – why is this happening? I know there must be a reason.

    Yesterday, I was given an answer to this very question by a number of people both at Farmers To You and in my community. I’m calling them my heroes. The pharmacist’s aid, the guy at the transfer station, our incredible crew both here in Vermont and in Boston – these are all my heroes. These selfless heroics, invisible to most, are keeping us safe and healthy and are supporting the most important aspects of a healthy world

     

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    A Note from Greg and the Team at Farmers To You

    by Rebecca Brown
    March 20, 2020

    I am humbled by what we have built together — an essential Regional Food Partnership that is showing its strength and resilience in these difficult times. As we come together to feed and support each other in this time of real need, I am filled with pride in our community.

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    Climate change, food and farming. Yes, your choice matters!

    by Greg Georgaklis
    October 19, 2018

    “We could order in Chinese and lock ourselves in the closet, but we shouldn’t. Because there’s good news: We’re perfect for the job. If the human species specializes in one thing, it’s taking on the impossible.”  A Schendler & A Jones, “Stopping Climate Change is Hopeless. Let’s Do It” NYT, Oct 6, 2018

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    Equinox Gratitude

    by Greg Georgaklis
    September 28, 2018

    What I saw this past weekend at our Equinox celebration here in Vermont gave me immense joy and hope for our future. Ours is a community brought together by food and with the potential to make change in the world. We have created a generous, abundant, engaged and passionate community full of hope and possibility. What we have is special and rich — it is something we need to share.

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