Rasha is a member of the 2005-2006 BLAST Cadre. This is an update on her project.

Our Bosnian farmer decided to just be a hobby producer, and taking his place is a visionary young man from Mexico. He went to school for agriculture and published some research on grass-based grazing for sheep before coming to the states. He’s now working as a landscaper, but dreams of growing mushrooms, vegetables and raising animals in a diversified farm– powered by biogas!

The Farm Beginnings sessions go on, and there’s been a nice contrast and complement between our farmer presenters and official presenters from government and extension offices. By accompanying the two immigrant farmers in the training, I’m learning a lot about resources that are available to farmers in our region and will be so much better prepared next season to work with a new group of potential farmers.