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Mar 27, 2018 · For Chris Newman, becoming a farmer had been a distant dream, the kind he might pursue in his golden years. Then, in 2013, a cancer scare changed everything. Once doctors linked his gut pain to work-related stress, Newman’s wife, Annie, insisted he abandon his career as a software engineer in Washington, D.C.
Nov 19, 2021 · In 2013, Chris Newman started Sylvanaqua Farms to raise chickens and pigs sustainably, and to become an example of a Black and Indigenous farmer who could make it work among the overwhelmingly white crowd of U.S. farm owners.
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Feb 28, 2018 · Sylvanaqua Farms owners Chris and Annie Newman hope to be an example to young farmers interested in permaculture. Photo: Melody Robbins. erikahowsare-2. 7:43 a.m. Feb. 28, 2018. Talking with Chris Newman about the farm he runs with his wife, Annie, you get the feeling you’re glimpsing the future.
Read writing from Chris Newman on Medium. Building a new, accessible, open, and democratic food economy in the Chesapeake Bay region @ Sylvanaqua Farms.
Aug 10, 2020 · Chris Newman quit his job in tech to start Sylvanaqua Farms outside of Washington, DC. — near where his Piscataway ancestors once managed acres of corn and fish along the Potomac River....
Chris Newman, founder of Sylvanaqua Farms, goes deep into the issues of single family farms and the potential of collectives to manage whole landscapes way more effectively to produce...
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