Terry Hankins Farm manager Amy Rice-Jones has enjoyed the challenge of starting and running an urban farm for Petaluma Bounty. |
“As a child, Amy Rice-Jones was not interested in spending time in the garden…’I did not have an interest in agriculture as a child,’ said Jones, farm manager of Petaluma Bounty. ‘My mother is an avid gardener and she would nag me to pull weeds in our garden when I was growing up.’”
“It wasn’t until her freshman year in college that her feelings began to change… ‘I came to realize how important growing food for oneself and your community is to the health of our planet,’ she said… ‘Growing food organically is at the heart of community care for me.’”
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