Justin Perkins

Apr 3, 2024 | resilience.org | Justin Perkins |Joel Bleifuss |Barn Raiser

This story was originally published by Barn Raiser, your independent source for rural and small town news. Today’s young farmers contain multitudes, as varied as the paths—conventional and unconventional, the adventurous and sometimes tortuous—that lead them into farming. For Iriel Edwards, 25, higher education was the gateway. What began with an interest in birds and classes in conservation at Cornell University brought her to the work of Dr. Karim-Aly Kassam.