EP #62 The Dirt on Local Farming

We recorded this important conversation live from PurpleBrown Farm Store in Peninsula. Last year, farmer Sasha Miller opened her store to sell products from her own farm, located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and those of many other local farms and makers.  On the occasion of the store's 1-year anniversary, CLE Foodcast convened three female farmers to discuss the local food ecosystem, what the life of a small Ohio farmer is really like, and how we all win when local agriculture thrives. My guests: Sasha Miller of PurpleBrown Farm and Farm Store, Lizette Barton of Barton Farms and Gardens and Alexis Dragovich of Mud Run Farm. Each came to farming differently, but they share the same values, goals and hopes for a healthy, sustainable future for our planet. In this conversation we dig deep into their daily lives and practices, issues around quality and price, the things they do to foster a healthy local food web and how we can help them to be successful (while eating better and closer to the land). This episode is supported by Chef Douglas Katz, Cookin' Genie and the Kimpton Schofield Hotel.