MS: What are your long-term goals at the moment?
GH: Continue infrastructure growth here on the farm, further involve my 5 + 6 year old girls to take over the farm when I am gone, bring community together with organic food and music
MS: Do you have advice for people interested in the same field?
GH: Follow your dreams, cause they aren't just dreams
MS: What made you want to be what you are now?
GH: 2 Life experiences and pushing hard for a return to a community/neighborly based society
MS: What are your favorite parts about what you do?
GH: Seeing community cohesiveness, led by small examples, and watching it grow.
MS: What is something(s) you wish you knew in the beginning?
GH: That most people in our society do not "think globally, act locally"
MS: What is your favorite quote?
GH: "Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible" - Frank Zappa
MS: What is your favorite meal and/or drink to share?
GH: Any food that I prepare with ingredients from the farm.
MS: What is your ideal day in the work life?
GH: Doing things at my own pace, not the pace of our society.
MS: What is your ideal non-work day?
GH: Non-work day?! What's that?!
MS: What are some things that keep you going?
GH: Other community enthusiasts, live music, cannabis
MS: How do you approach a work life balance?
GH: Farming is life
MS: What is something you wish people learned or knew more about in your industry?
GH: Whoa.......I could type paragraphs about this!! Self sufficiency SHOULD be the way of life, not what our Capitalistic society says.
MS: What does supporting local mean to you?
GH: Supporting strictly local businesses, from your banking, to your food, to your friends and their businesses
MS: Do you have advice or encouragement for ways to support local?
GH: Follow the different path! Turn off/throw away your TV!
Follow the different path!
Turn off/throw away your TV!
08.09.21
I wish I knew that most people in our society do not "think globally, act locally”.
to learn more about greg hazleton and his farm, visit his Facebook Page: Copper Hill Farm @COPPERHILLBEYONDORGANIC.