Plenty
Spring Sowing Season • 2021
FEATURES
4 Springs ’ Ancient Reveille Joy abounds from farms to forests by caroline taylor
8 Food Forests Luscious landscapes you can eat by michael judd
21 Road Trip Where there are no wrong turns by ellen gordon
26 Tackling Food Insecurity with an Agri Culture of Caring
by jennifer freeman
30 African American Heritage Tour A self-guided history tour of western Montgomery County by heritage montgomery
41 You Can Bet the Farm on These Sisters Pleasant Valley Farm ’ s fifth generation fully on board by wib middleton
DEPARTMENTS
14 From the Ground Up Roots of community grow deep in living soils by bridgette downer
17 Wild Thing They ’ re only mostly dead by pamela boe
37 Voices of the Reserve Local agriculture is dependent on the whole community by charlotte henderson
39 Sowing Seeds Farm fresh from our CSA growers
44 Out in Nature The joy of spring migration by susan petro
47 Food for Thought Upholding the primacy of farming by diane cameron
49 Shop the Reserve publisher i managing editor & design Jane Perini publisher i staff writer & photograpy Wib Middleton
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