Food, Farming, and Health with 63rd St. Farmers Brian and Amanda Scott

Heartseed Health Podcast

We learn:

Why Scott and Amanda chose to get into farming.

“If you're gonna work hard at anything in life, this is work worth doing.” - Brian

The story of how the 63rd st. Farm and CSA came into being.

We talk about permaculture: what it is and why it’s valuable for farming.

Why they chose to be a CSA (Community Support Agriculture).

“I don't really want to put a price tag on what this tomato costs because that's really tough. There's a price that we see in the grocery store, and then there's an actual what it does cost and then there's the ‘I love this tomato so much you couldn't put a price tag on it because it's beautiful.” - Amanda

The Importance of Relationships when it comes to food and farms and farmers.

“You know that there's an imbalance. And one way to get past the imbalance is to really engage with your farmer is to really end for the farmers to engage with their community.” - Brian

How Scott, Amanda, and their team take care of themselves as farmer

Important tips on choosing as CSA

Listen to Amanda’s tips and then check out: Localharvest.org