Still Farms VA

Today I'm talking with Sofia at Still Farms VA.

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00:56 You can find them at homegrowncollective.org. If you're enjoying this podcast, please like, subscribe, share it with a friend, or leave a comment. Thank you. Today I'm talking with Sofia at Still Farms VA, which I assume stands for Virginia. Is that right, Sofia? That's right. All right. Where are you in Virginia? I am in Wakefield, Virginia. It's this itty bitty town right between Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia Beach area.

01:23 Okay, awesome. I can find you on a map now. That's good.  How's the weather there?  Beautiful, sunny,  80s, lovely. I'm so happy.  Oh my god, it is gray and it's actually muggy here. I think it's 69 degrees in Minnesota right now. Yeah, no, we are finally with the sun out and my seasonal depression has lifted and it is lovely.

01:48 It is spring and you, I assume, grow things. So you have to be beside yourself.  I do. I try to grow things more than I actually grow things. But yeah,  we are very happy to have the sun out again. All right. Well, tell me about yourself and what you guys do at Still Farms Virginia.  Sure. So I am very new to homesteading, farming, agriculture,  any of this sort of life. I grew up in Boston.

02:17 I was actually a makeup artist for most of my life.  I wore red bottom shoes and that's all that mattered to me.  And  then COVID happened and I was bored and I tried to think of a hobby and  I went to Home Depot and I bought some tomato plants and killed them.  And I bought one bean plant and realized that I couldn't feed my family off of one bean plant  and became addicted. So  we started doing a small garden when I was living in Norfolk at the time.

02:44 We started doing a small garden and year after year, I really started to just love the connection to the earth, connection to my food, learning how broken our food system is,  trying to make small changes in my life that I can feel really good about inspiring the people around me.  Then about, just about a year and