cnn delves deeper into farm burger—and me

cnn just released a full story to accompany the tv clip they released earlier this week, and the article is featured on eatocracy.cnn right now. 

it includes a pretty thorough description of my apprenticeship, and the circumstances of our move from ny to ga, as well as all the details of the ins-n-outs involved between getting animals from the farm to the bun.

story, photos, and video here, on cnn

man shovels poo, enjoys his time

i’ve become increasingly more paranoid about what the animals do during a rain storm.  let’s face it, we all stay inside, and they’re all together, conspiring willy nilly about who knows what. 

exhibit, a:  look at those beady eyes:

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raindrops keep falling on my head

for the first time in what feels like forever a substantial rain has fallen.  in mid summer it seemed like the rain would never stop, and then just in time to get what we wished for, it hasn’t rained since.

bed rows at the vegetable farm are cracked over and crusty.  pork chop hill has a dust cloud swirling over head.  and the grass.  well, let’s just call it thirsty.

all day today, the crack pop of thunder and the drip drap of rain lulled the town to a hushed pace—singing lullabies with the wind and painting the sky a heavy grey.

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