Locally Grown Vegetables and Regenerative Agriculture
Locally Grown Vegetables and Regenerative Agriculture
Chris DeVries – Common Ground Farm
2020-04-18T10:20:00 - 2020-04-18T10:40:00
Description
Local Vegetables, soil and regenerative agriculture provide part of the solution to climate change. Choices you make as a consumer influence the way your food is grown. See some of the methods employed in a small, organic vegetable farm and understand how they are part of the solution.
Bio
My name is Chris DeVries. I am originally from St.Thomas, but spent 17 years living away studying and working as an electrical engineer. I returned home in 2010 with my wife and 3 kids with the intention to start a farm. Growing vegetables is a passion and starting a sustainable vegetable farm had been my goal for a decade before moving home. Our farm is just southwest of St.Thomas and we grow year-round using a greenhouse and un-heated hoophouses. As well, we store vegetables in a large cooler for sale throughout the winter at the Market at Western Fair. We also run a 250 member CSA (vegetable subscription box) and go to the Horton farmer’s market in St.Thomas. Our goal is to provide the best vegetables possible to the local communites while leaving the land better off than we found it.