Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Gone Bad
April 23rd, 2009 By MK Wyle
After a hot, sweaty introductory year of organic farming in Georgia, I decided to devote a second year to working as an apprentice farmer in Massachusetts. Cooler weather was not my only reason for the migration; I wanted to be a CRAFT apprentice. CRAFT (the Cooperative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) is a loosely affiliated network of small sustainable farms , all of whom take on apprentices and send these young greenhorns on bi-weekly visits to other CRAFT farms for lectures, tours, and farmer networking. Several CRAFT farmers were among the first sustainable growers in the country; Community Supported Agriculture was born here. It is a fine place to be a student of farming. Read More