Looking at alumni farmers, we found a recurring theme: Several could trace the roots of their farming experience to the two Virginia farms of four Oberlin alumni. When we followed the branches we found that the fruit, in fact, grows pretty far from the tree.
University of Vermont's farmer training program
Intervale Community Farm
People's Community Market
Waltham Fields
Cornell Small Farms Program
People's Grocery
The Farm School
Sustainable Agriculture Education
Oakland Food Connection
Build It Green NYC
Stick and Stone Farm
Lynn Peemoeller
Crimson & Clover Farm
Potomac Vegetable Farms
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