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a movement in which young people - most of whom come from cities and suburbs - are taking up what may be the world's oldest profession: organic farming
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For these new farmers, going back to the land isn't a rejection of conventional society, but an embrace of growing crops and raising animals for market as an honorable, important career choice - one that's been waning since 1935, when the U.S. farms peaked at 6.8 million.
It's about creating something real - the food people eat - and at the same time healing the Earth,
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His partner in farming is Megan Marini, 25. In another common situation found on these small, start-up farms, the two are not romantically involved. It's just too hard for one person to farm, so like-minded people of both genders frequently team up. "There are young husbands and wives starting farms. But much more often it's groups of friends working in partnership
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Ramsey stages what young farmers are calling "crop mobs." A local farm puts out the word that it's holding a crop mob to untangle drip irrigation lines or pick sweet potatoes. A crowd descends, works for the afternoon, gets fed a big dinner and then has a party and dances until dawn.
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her favorite farming tool is a spreadsheet. She spends all winter crafting her tillage and planting schedules on spreadsheets that govern what she does once the ground warms. "There isn't time to think about it once you start planting."
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