Char Jones

Sep 13, 2024 | shelbynews.com | Annika Harshbarger |Char Jones |Haley Miller |Komlavi Adissem

Danielle and Grace Perkowitz packed up and left Chicago two years ago for Houghton, Michigan, to start a career in goat farming. “I had a joke for years – I’m going to start a goat farm,” Danielle Perkowitz said, co-owner of BigGoat Farm. “What are we waiting for? Let’s do it.”As beginner farmers, they said, they hoped for support from the Michigan Farm Bureau to get their farm started. But they found the Farm Bureau didn’t align with their values, both as small farmers and as queer women.

Aug 1, 2024 | missouriindependent.com | Annika Harshbarger |Char Jones |Haley Miller |Komlavi Adissem

Danielle and Grace Perkowitz packed up and left Chicago two years ago for Houghton, Michigan, to start a career in goat farming. “I had a joke for years — I’m going to start a goat farm,” Danielle Perkowitz said, co-owner of BigGoat Farm. “What are we waiting for? Let’s do it.”As beginner farmers, they said, they hoped for support from the Michigan Farm Bureau to get their farm started. But they found the Farm Bureau didn’t align with their values, both as small farmers and as queer women.

Jul 31, 2024 | investigatemidwest.org | Annika Harshbarger |Char Jones |Haley Miller |Komlavi Adissem |Sky Chadde

This story was written by journalists at the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University and the University of Missouri in partnership with Investigate Midwest. Danielle and Grace Perkowitz packed up and left Chicago two years ago for Houghton, Michigan, to start a career in goat farming. “I had a joke for years — I’m going to start a goat farm,” Danielle Perkowitz said, co-owner of BigGoat Farm. “What are we waiting for?

Jul 25, 2024 | webstercountycitizen.com | Annika Harshbarger |Char Jones |Haley Miller |Komlavi Adissem

Danielle and Grace Perkowitz packed up and left Chicago two years ago for Houghton, Michigan, to start a career in goat farming. “I had a joke for years — I’m going to start a goat farm,” said Danielle Perkowitz, co-owner of BigGoat Farm. “What are we waiting for? Let’s do it.”As beginner farmers, they said, they hoped for support from the Michigan Farm Bureau to get their farm started. But they found the Farm Bureau didn’t align with their values, both as small farmers and as queer women.

Jul 25, 2024 | mycouriertribune.com | Annika Harshbarger |Char Jones |Haley Miller |Komlavi Adissem

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