Blog post via Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
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"Hello everyone! Asco wequassin!
Here we are - enjoying a beautiful Fall season with delicious apples and apple cider, among many other beautiful gifts from this year's harvest. I am getting ready to go on my third visit to one of my local family-run apple picking orchards. Last time I went, the sky decided to send some heavy rain. It was still so much fun.
None of this can happen, though, without access to land. I had the opportunity to sit down with Anthony Munene, originally from Kenya, now living in Andover, New Hampshire who runs Two Mountain Farm together with his wife and little son.
Anthony grows it all - from vegetables to herbs; from flowers to fruits - and sells the produce both through CSA shares and at the Sunapee Farmer's Market. Anthony grows all the food using ecological principles from the knowledge and experience he brings from home - with an Associate degree in General Organic Agriculture from the Kenya Institute of Organic Farming and a Bachelor of Science in Ecological Organic Agriculture from Martyrs University in Kampala, Uganda.
I sat down to discuss access to land with Anthony with all the barriers and resistance from neighbors and communities who do not want to welcome immigrants, refugees or people of color, together with the challenges of the cost of land, accessing seed funding, building credit and accessing loans as an immigrant farmer.
Anthony was scheduled to join our NESAWG panel at NEASDA 2023 in NH to share his story. Unfortunately, due to health issues, he was unable to join us, but we have him here with us today. You will not want to miss his "Story From Our Kitchen Table"! Take a seat, get comfortable, sip some apple cider and enjoy the reading!
Much love,
Cristina"
