History
When I first laid eyes on the farm it was kind of a sad place. The hazelnut orchard had been “custom farmed” by non-resident farmers in the age of “Better Living Through Chemistry.” Their list of chemical inputs included all the ingredients of Rachael Carson’s “Silent Spring” and more … DDT, Paraquat, Simazine…the list went on and on, to my private horror. The house was dilapidated: a rental. One tenant was living in a bus parked in the oak gr...