Posts by Kirsten Workman
Kirsten Workman is an Agronomy Specialist with UVM Extension’s Champlain Valley Crop, Soil & Pasture Team based in Middlebury, Vermont. She and her husband, Paul, have owned, lived and worked on farms since before their kids were born — both in Washington state and in Vermont. She can be contacted at Kirsten.workman@uvm.eduor 802-388-4969, or check out www.uvm.edu/extension/cvcrops.
When I reflect on my own skills as a mother, I cannot help but also think about my skills as a farmer. This morning our family celebrated a milestone. Our oldest child, Johnny, boarded a big yellow school bus and rode off into the horizon as a Kindergartener while his little sister Ruby looked on…
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