This Land Holds Truth: A Farmer’s Journey
A story of early COVID which saw my entry into the farming life, and my examination of agriculture’s complex history in the place I am from.
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“It was the place where I grew up, yet I had never delved much into its past. But in those days of shutdowns and social distancing, the silence slowed me down. It made me realize I didn’t know much about the place I was from, just as it had made me realize I didn’t know much about where food comes from, either.
I found contentment in working the land, walking the quiet streets and the quieter countryside. Being in the old orchards, or those hayfields along the Salmon River, taught me that — with horticulture or history — land holds truth.”
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Published in The Tyee.
