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Doug Powell's Blog – March 2010 Archive (2)

Nola Farm Journal - 2nd Entry

Deciding to start a farm is easy. You can do while you're drunk and most times that's probably how it's done. Following through is something else entirely. Do I really want this much responsibility? We could just buy organic produce from other small farmers... why go through all the trouble? In my case, it's personal. I want to know how it's done. I want to know, not only how to grow food, but also the economics of food. Where it comes from, how much it costs. I figure the best way for me to…

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Added by Doug Powell on March 29, 2010 at 7:24pm — No Comments

The Nola Farm Journal - 1st Entry

My name is Doug. I'm a member of a very unique group of people and we're embarking on something very exciting this year. This group, my community, my family for the past year are either employees or patrons of Cafe Nola, an eclectic little restaurant and coffeehouse in downtown Frederick. That's in Maryland.

Being proponents of the small farm/ small business movement (Nola being one) and some of us amateur gardeners in the making, we've decided to start our own small farm. The…

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Added by Doug Powell on March 29, 2010 at 6:49pm — 3 Comments