The Slate of Affairs
06/29/20 • 23 min
Old Slate Farm sits on the south side of Mount Vernon as you head towards Johnstown. Brad and Katie Carothers have been friends of mine since we moved here. Katie reached out to me when we were first getting Yellowbird off the ground and worked with me a day a week in exchange for a box of food!
In January we sat down to talk about
- How they met
- How they went from Upper Arlington to Mount Vernon
- How they built a cut flower business
- How they built a herd of 40 hair sheep
- What it means to be a farmer and how to make money doing it
Join us for a few minutes to hear some folks that are doing what they love, and loving what they do.
Learn more about Old Slate Farm at https://oldslatefarm.com/
Old Slate Farm sits on the south side of Mount Vernon as you head towards Johnstown. Brad and Katie Carothers have been friends of mine since we moved here. Katie reached out to me when we were first getting Yellowbird off the ground and worked with me a day a week in exchange for a box of food!
In January we sat down to talk about
- How they met
- How they went from Upper Arlington to Mount Vernon
- How they built a cut flower business
- How they built a herd of 40 hair sheep
- What it means to be a farmer and how to make money doing it
Join us for a few minutes to hear some folks that are doing what they love, and loving what they do.
Learn more about Old Slate Farm at https://oldslatefarm.com/
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I Beg Your Pardon?
The elusive Sarah Ballmer sits down with me to discuss our family dynamics and the relationships between siblings.
She is from a family of 6 kids and I was an only child until I was 13 when my brother was born.
We talk about who gets the last piece of pizza, if our kids punch each other in the face, and why she is wearing a plastic glove at the time of the recording.
I love hearing her talk but she is a self-proclaimed "bottler" so it is not always easy to get her to open up...maybe this can be a continuing segment where even I get to learn some things I have never known about my partner.
Learn more about Yellowbird Foodshed at:
https://yellowbirdfs.com/
https://www.instagram.com/yellowbirdfoodshed/
https://www.facebook.com/YellowBirdFS/
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No Creeks at Three Creeks
Kendyl and Andy run a tight ship at 3 Creeks Produce. Being PRACTICAL has enabled them to grow a 7-acre farm from just a dream to a fully functional food economy.
When we sat down, it was hot and dry. My wife and I had been given the tour and we let that “wow” factor of what we had seen propel us into this conversation.
We talk about these topics in this order:
- What were the deciding factors in buying their farm?
- What business model they use?
- Farm layout and deciding what to grow
- Challenges to growth as an operation
- Whether some CAN be done vs. WHETHER it is sustainable as a human to do
- Work/life balance
- Farming with machines
- The business side of growing food
- Patience
- Ethical Diet
And then kind of turn of topics to a sustainable future:
- Consumption
- Asking the hard questions
- Seeking out local food
- Human connection/community
Learn more about Three Creeks at https://www.threecreeksproduce.com/. Sit back, relax, and enjoy...Here’s One For Ya!
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