Inch by Inch, Row by Row

I was happy beyond words to be part of the New York City delegation that attended the 21st annual Farm Aid concert in Camden, NJ.

Festivities kicked off with a press conference that spotlighted the important work of local and global organizations like the Camden Community Farmer’s Market and World Hunger Year, and during which 2000 pounds of produce, gleaned from family farms that morning by local schoolchildren, was gifted to Philabundance for distribution to area shelters and food pantries.

Later, we danced to the music of Adrienne Young and bought copies of her albums "The Art of Virtue" and "Plow to the End of the Row" And as farmers Jim Robinson and Annie Farrell talked about the land that they love and described how they calculated which crops produced the best ROI, “inch by inch” took on whole new meaning for me.

Shiver me timbers and refresh my memory! This is why I love farmers and farming and math, and why I started FarmHands-CityHands 20 years ago....

Now, on with the SHOW!