Alex Ball of Old City Acres

Alex Ball of Old City Acres joins host Clara Coleman to talk about creating a farm from a forest, moving farms season after season, his experience being a young black farmer, the importance of social capital, offering a flexible year-round CSA, and, of course, how he approaches winter growing in southern Michigan.

Mentioned in the show...

The YardMax tracked wheelbarrow! (add to gift list)

Spurt Compost, for you folks living in southern Michigan.

Manny cucumbers from High Mowing for low light conditions.

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