2012 Apprentice Update

    2011 was our first year of receiving an apprentice on the farm.  We appreciated having Phil Debroux helping us out during his summer hiatus from the Soil Science Program at NMSU in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
    In 2012, we are happy to have James Schleppenbach here for a good chunk of the growing season. He is working toward his B.S. in Sustainable Living at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. 
 http://sustainableliving.mum.edu/  James will receive credit for the Townside apprenticeship that will be applied to his university program. As part of that, he is writing a series of blog posts. You can read them here:
www.jaschlepp.wordpress.com
    In August/September, we were fortunate to have Marcus and Chelsea staying on the farm to help us out. They are part of the Catholic Worker movement, and are preparing to take over the management of a farm retreat in Northern California that assists people with HIV.  Marcus made this short video of their experience at Townside Farm: https://vimeo.com/49886455