A Growing Field

‘Farming is less than a job than a way of life’

John Christian 33, wakes up every day at about 7am to start his work working till the sun goes down he plants organically not using pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified seeds to grow his plants, John mainly works with green plants like lettuce, arugula, kale, and bok choy also flowers he has a chicken coop also. He uses the green plants to make his own organic soap in the winter he uses the dried herbs, olive oil, and locally produced butter milk and honey, he sells the soap alongside with the other produce two to three days a week. Organically farming is a family business handed down by generations organic farming has grown in California since 2004 and many other operations in the United States have grown dramatically, organically farming must meet strict criteria to be able to produce more of their products. Michigan State University offers an organic farm attracting students that have not grown up on a farm or anywhere near one, but these students are concerned about their environment. Farming is not for everyone says Markham a student at Michigan State University you must have a strong work ethic and your responsible for going out onto the farm everyday to plant and to nurture your plants, a way to find out if farming is for is to try it out for awhile you could get internships says Shipley also a student of Michigan State University who is going to France for an internship for three months she’s going to get hands on training and learn how to farm with climate change.