GEFA news and Meet Your Farmer - Linda Prescott
Monday, September 28th, 6 - 8 pm.
Good Earth Food Alliance will be sponsoring a community educational event on CSA's and collaborative efforts in sustainable agriculture.
Meet Your Farmer - Linda Prescott
Linda Prescott of Prescott's Farm and Petal Song Apiaries in Kickapoo. Linda has a degree in horticulture and has been a beekeeper for over five years. She and her husband, Pat, own a 34-acre farm with three barns, originally built in the early 1900's, which they are in the process of restoring and rebuilding. They are also restoring the land by planting lots of native and ornamental trees, shrubs, grasses and flowers. Linda and her husband have always been avid gardeners and are committed to growing crops in a way that will be beneficial to all, including the environment. 1. How did you choose the name Prescott’s Farm?
My husband wanted to use our family name so that people would make a connection to us as a family farm and not a large company. “Petal Song” came to me in a dream about three years before we purchased the farm as a name of a business I would have some day. The thought of having bees had never entered my mind and I didn’t make the connection between the two until I heard the hum of the bees on the flowers at the farm.
2. Where is your business located?
It is nestled into rural Fulton County, way off the road.
3. How long has Prescott’s Farm been in business?
We are a work in progress, and are in the process of restoring/recycling three barns. Laying the foundation for our specialty crops is an on-going adventure so this is the first year we have produced vegetables for other people. We have been selling honey for three years.
4. What products do you grow?
Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, radishes, onions, potatoes, garlic - basically every vegetable that grows in our area.
5. Do you have a signature product?
Honey, herbs and shitake mushrooms, specialty peppers.
6. What do you enjoy most about running Prescott’s Farm?
The connection to the cycle of life; working on improving my little spot on the planet from the soil up. Seeing and enjoying the wildlife, knowing I contributed just a little to a healthier lifestyle, and even how fat all the toads in my garden are - life's little pleasures.
7. What do you find most challenging about your work?
Time management, finding time to do all of the little things that need to be done while working a full time job, taking care of the house we live in while turning a barn into a house.
8. What is your philosophy/perspective on farming, agriculture, and sustainability?
Everything is connected. Every thing that I can do to improve the quality of my soil will improve the health of whoever consumes it. We all need to do as much as we can to leave as little negative impact as possible. I want to do that and more and planting trees, flowers, shrubs, and even vegetables, provides food and habitat for all the little creatures that share the farm with us.
To Good Earth Food Alliance CSA Members:
- Don't forget to bring your completed survey to your drop site next Tuesday, September 15th. If you don't have a copy of the survey, you can find a link to it on our main webpage.
- There are still a few cuts of lamb left from which to choose as well as salsa kits, sauce kits, seasonal breads, soups, vinegars, and farm fresh eggs. Ready to go shopping?