Thursday, April 11: First Brunch!

For our first class brunch, we were hosted by Max and Hannah at Max's house (the day before their SIP readings, no less. Bravo!) It was a really lovely morning: sitting around the table together chatting with quiche warm in our bellies, safe from the cold rainy weather.

The quiche was delicious and made entirely from scratch. 

We first talked about course logistics, such as the brunch schedule, farm visits, the hoophouse raising at Green Gardens, and independent projects. Everyone offered their reflections on the first two weeks, and we discussed some form of more formal written reflection moving forward. Finally, we covered a number of conceptual issues: from government subsidy policy and the Farm Bill to acquiring (and keeping) farm land; Amy was kind enough to share her own story about the latter piece. Overall, one emergent theme was definitely how hard we're realizing small farmers work to provide healthy fresh produce to their community and care for the land!