When a disaster strikes, our society’s easy access to data (like video clips on social media and headlines at our fingertips) provide us with an initial window from afar into the stories of the communities experiencing that disaster. And as time passes, the news moves on to the next headline, as does our attention despite the fact that these communities are still impacted.

Philo Ridge Farm has been one of BLC’s core management projects for the past ten years and we’ve watched their team grow the operation and grow the impact they have in their community. For this month’s blog post, I want to share a piece that their team recently published speaking to the creative process involved in managing a kitchen at the heart of a farm.

A poem written by Meriwether Hardie.

After college I began working as an instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), an organization that takes students of all ages and experiences into wilderness classrooms around the world. Though I didn’t know it at the time, my work with NOLS was about to become a common thread woven into my life.