If OEFFA wasn't great for anything else but for meeting other like-minded folks who are doing things! One person I met doing awesome things is Farmer Joseph Swain in Clintonville, OH, just outside of Columbus. He is a full-time urban farmer living off of a 1/3 of an acre and selling mushrooms, microgreens, seedlings, herbs and other fresh produce- all that he grows on his urban lot, in a hoop house, and even inside his house- where he has transformed parts of his house into mushroom growing chambers.
It is inspiring to see the ways in which farmers are continuing to adapt and create new systems of farming that can grow a lot of nutrient dense food in very small space in a place where it doesn't take gasoline to get the food to the people. I feel assured we will see more of this type of farming in the future, and we be thankful for lessons that I am sure Farmer Joseph is learning now and so willing to share with the community so more people can grow some of their own food, too! Cheers to urban farmers!
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You can read more about Swainway Urban Farm and keep up with what Farmer Joseph is doing through their website: http://swainway.com/
and through Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/swainway?ref=ts&fref=ts.
Lastly, I leave you with a nice article about Swainway Urban Farm (and you can find more on their webpage, if you want):
An article in This Week News about Farmer Joseph & Swainway Farm in Clintonville.
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