{"id":262,"date":"2020-02-06T19:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/food-experience\/?p=262"},"modified":"2020-02-06T19:46:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T19:46:40","slug":"mary-perry-winterberry-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/food-experience\/2020\/02\/06\/mary-perry-winterberry-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Perry &#8211; Winterberry Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will be interviewing Mary Perry, the owner of Winterberry Farm in Maine.\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t available to chat until this upcoming weekend, however I spent a summer on this farm and can provide some background information.<\/p>\n<p>Winterberry Farm is an animal powered certified organic family-operated farm.\u00a0 The farm consists of forty acres of open field, pastures and woodland.\u00a0 There a wide variety of animals on the farm, to name a few there are several laying hens, a team of horses, oxen, ducks, and a bunny.\u00a0 Mary started farming in 2001, producing certified organic food, to ensure the health of her children and the land they were being raised on.\u00a0 Mary started off with a small stand selling some jarred goods and pies.\u00a0 Since then she has expanded greatly by adding a farm store on her property.\u00a0 Along with the store, she attends a few weekly markets, and offers a CSA program.<\/p>\n<p>Below I have listed some questions I will be asking Mary.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What has the experience of owning and operating a farm taught you?<\/li>\n<li>What are some ongoing challenges you experience every day with being a small-scale farm?<\/li>\n<li>What types of seeds do you use, and do you save your seeds?<\/li>\n<li>How do you decide what crops you will grow during the growing season?<\/li>\n<li>How many acres do you grow on?<\/li>\n<li>What are your hopes for the future of the farm?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  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