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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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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.
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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Building a new, accessible, open, and democratic food economy in the Chesapeake Bay region @ Sylvanaqua Farms. Read writing from Chris Newman on Medium. Open in app
Nov 13, 2020 · Farmer & Co-Founder, Sylvanaqua Farms. Chris Newman is a farmer, land protector, and an outspoken evangelist of ecological, economic, and social sustainability in food.
Jan 22, 2014 · Annie and Chris Newman is raising funds for Sylvanaqua Farms on Kickstarter! A holistically-managed, beyond-organic family farm devoted to delicious food that's good for you and good for the planet.